DHT Holdings, Inc. announces sale of 2000 built suezmax

DHT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DHT) ("DHT") announced that, on December 30, 2015, it sold the DHT Trader, a 2000 built Suezmax for $26.5 million.  The sale is in accordance with the company's communicated strategy.  The entire net proceeds are applied to repay debt under the RBS facility and are in support of the company's announced capital allocation policy.  The company will record a book loss of $0.8 million in connection with the sale, which will be recorded in the fourth quarter 2015.

About DHT Holdings, Inc.

DHT is an independent crude oil tanker company operating a fleet of crude oil tankers in the VLCC, Suezmax and Aframax segments. We operate through our wholly owned management companies in Oslo, Norway and Singapore.  For further information: www.dhtankers.com.

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