Neptune Orient Lines to Sell American Eagle Tankers for Approximately $1 Billion

05/15/2003

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(Washington, D.C.) – In a transaction valued at approximately US$1 billion, Singapore shipping company Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) will sell its wholly owned subsidiary, American Eagle Tankers (AET), to Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Berhad (MISC). The deal – the largest-ever M&A transaction between companies in Singapore and Malaysia, and the largest acquisition in the transportation industry in 2003 – is expected to close by July, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval. Law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP advised NOL in the transaction.

The transaction comprises the sale of all AET shares, together with the transfer of the ship-management operations for AET’s vessels (currently performed by a subsidiary of NOL) under a separate ship-management business transfer agreement.

American Eagle Tankers is a key provider of petroleum transportation services in the Atlantic basin, including lightering, voyage-chartering and time-chartering services. The company has subsidiaries in the United States, the United Kingdom and Asia.

Together with NOL’s in-house counsel, Kelly H. Hughes, partners Anthony J. Renzi Jr. and Michael E. Dillard of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP led the representation of NOL. JPMorgan acted as investment advisor to NOL. MISC was represented by Norton Rose.

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