Finnlines - Company Announcement

MS Finnhansa sold to Italy

Finnlines Plc     Stock Exchange Release     28 April, 200


Finnlines Plc's daughter company Hanseatic Shipping has sold MS Finnhansa to
Grimaldi Group at the market price of EUR 40 million with a one month's notice
call option for repurchase by Finnlines Plc at the same price. Such call option
may be declared during April 2010. 

The vessel Finnhansa has been left idle due to the economic situation and the
selling of the vessel will reduce the costs of Finnlines. The company will book
a profit of about EUR 4.5 million on the sale of the vessel. 


Finnlines Plc
Seija Turunen
CFO




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