DGAP-News: Hapag-Lloyd AG / Key word(s): Issue of Debt Hapag-Lloyd AG: Hapag-Lloyd launches notes offering 16.01.2017 / 09:57 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. OTHER RESTRICTIONS ARE APPLICABLE. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THE PRESS RELEASE. Hapag-Lloyd launches notes offering Volume of EUR 150 million / Part of the proceeds will be used for the early redemption of the USD bond Hapag-Lloyd AG, a leading global container shipping company, today launched a euro bond offering with a volume of EUR 150 million and a maturity of five years. Part of the proceeds, initially amounting to USD 50 million converted (approx. EUR 47 million), will be used for the early redemption of US dollar notes due in autumn 2017. The US dollar notes originally had a volume of USD 250 million, half of which was already repaid in 2015. The remaining proceeds of the new euro bond will be used for general corporate purposes (including further repayment of existing indebtedness). Hapag-Lloyd is one of the leading companies in the industry and generated a positive net result in the third quarter of 2016 and EBITDA of EUR 381.3 million in the first nine months of 2016. The new euro bond will be listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. All of Hapag-Lloyd AG's existing bonds are quoted above par. The Company's shares, which were listed on the stock exchange in November 2015, are also quoted higher than its issue price.  About Hapag-Lloyd With a fleet of 166 modern container ships and a total transport capacity of 953,000 TEU, Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world's leading liner shipping companies. The Company has around 9,400 employees at 366 sites in 121 countries. Hapag-Lloyd has a container capacity of 1.5 million TEU - including one of the largest and most modern fleets of reefer containers. A total of 125 liner services worldwide ensure fast, reliable connections between all the continents. Hapag-Lloyd is one of the leading operators in the Transatlantic, Latin America and Intra-America trades. Disclaimer NOT FOR PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN OR AUSTRALIA. This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The securities to which this document relates have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. There will be no public offering of the securities in the United States. This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy any securities. In the United Kingdom, this document is only being distributed to and is only directed at persons who (i) are investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended) (the "Order") or (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.) (all such persons together being referred to as "Relevant Persons"). This document is directed only at Relevant Persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not Relevant Persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant Persons. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.01.2017 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Hapag-Lloyd AG Ballindamm 25 20095 Hamburg Germany Phone: +49 (0) 40 3001 - 2896 Fax: +49 (0) 40 3001 - 72896 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.hapag-lloyd.com ISIN: DE000HLAG475, USD33048AA36 WKN: HLAG47, A1E8QB Indices: SDAX Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hamburg; Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange End of News DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 536581 16.01.2017