UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D. C. 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO
RULE
13A-16 OR 15D-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
month of April 2008
Commission File Number: 000-49650
A/S
STEAMSHIP COMPANY TORM
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
Tuborg
Havnevej 18
DK-2900
Hellerup
Denmark
(Address
of principal executive offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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]
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[ ] No
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INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Set
forth herein as Exhibit 1 is a
copy of Announcement No. 8 - 2008 issued by A/S STEAMSHIP COMPANY TORM to The
Copenhagen Stock Exchange on April 22, 2008.
Exhibit
1
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ANNOUNCEMENT
NO. 8 – 2008
22
April 2008
Annual
General Meeting in A/S Dampskibsselskabet TORM 22 April 2008
At
the Annual General Meeting the following took place:
· Annual
Report 2007 was approved.
· A
dividend of DKK 4.50 per DKK 5 share as proposed by the Board of Directors
was approved.
· Mr.
Bo Jagd and Mr. Michael Steimler were elected to the Board of Directors
for a period of four years.
· Deloitte
Statsautoriseret Revisionsaktieselskab was re-elected.
· Authorization
to increase the share capital with up to DKK 182,000,000 was renewed until
1 April 2013.
· The
overall guidelines for the incentive scheme to members of the Board of
Directors and the Management Board proposed by the Board of Directors was
adopted.
· Authorization
to purchase the Company’s own shares was renewed.
The
expectations for the 2008 result before tax of USD 210-230 million were
maintained. In addition comes any gains from sale of vessels.
At
the Board of Directors meeting immediately following the Annual General
Meeting, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. N. E. Nielsen as Chairman
and Mr. Christian Frigast as Deputy Chairman.
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ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 8 -
2008
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| 22 April 2008 | A/S DAMPSKIBSSELSKABET TORM – ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2008 |
| Accordingly,
the Board of Directors is composed as follows:
N.
E. Nielsen (Chairman)
Christian
Frigast (Deputy Chairman)
Bo
Jagd
Gabriel
Panayotides
Michael
Steimler
Nicos
Zouvelos
Peter
Abildgaard (elected by the employees)
Lennart
Arnold Johan Arrias (elected by the employees)
Margrethe
Bligaard (elected by the
employees).
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Contact
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A/S
Dampskibsselskabet
TORM Telephone: +45
72 27 00 00
Tuborg
Havnevej
18 N.
E. Nielsen, Chairman of the Board
DK-2900
Hellerup
Denmark
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About
TORM
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TORM
is one of the world's leading carriers of refined oil products as well as
being a significant participant in the dry bulk market. The Company
operates a combined fleet of 128 modern vessels, principally through a
pooling cooperation with other respected shipping companies who share
TORM's commitment to safety, environmental responsibility and customer
service.
TORM
was founded in 1889. The Company conducts business worldwide and is
headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. TORM’s shares are listed on the
Copenhagen Stock Exchange (ticker TORM) as well as on the NASDAQ (ticker
TRMD). For further information, please visit www.torm.com.
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Safe
Harbor
Forward
Looking
Statements
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Matters
discussed in this release may constitute forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements reflect our current views with
respect to future events and financial performance and may include
statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events
or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are
other than statements of historical facts. The forward-looking statements
in this release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are
based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation,
Management’s examination of historical operating trends, data contained in
our records and other data available from third parties. Although TORM
believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made,
because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant
uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to
predict and are beyond our control, TORM cannot assure you that
it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or
projections.
Important
factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially
from those discussed in the forward looking statements include the
strength of world economies and currencies, changes in charter hire rates
and vessel values, changes in demand for “tonne miles” of oil carried by
oil tankers, the effect of changes in OPEC’s petroleum production levels
and worldwide oil consumption and storage, changes in demand that may
affect attitudes of time charterers to scheduled and unscheduled
dry-docking, changes in TORM’s operating expenses, including bunker
prices, dry-docking and insurance costs, changes in governmental rules and
regulations including requirements for double hull tankers or actions
taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or
future litigation, domestic and international political conditions,
potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents and political
events or acts by terrorists. Risks and uncertainties are further
described in reports filed by TORM with the US Securities and Exchange
Commission, including the TORM Annual Report on Form 20-F and its reports
on Form 6-K.
Forward
looking statements are based on management’s current evaluation, and TORM
is only under obligation to update and change the listed expectations to
the extent required by law.
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ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 8 -
2008
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| 22 April 2008 | A/S DAMPSKIBSSELSKABET TORM – ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2008 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
A/S
STEAMSHIP COMPANY TORM
(registrant)
Dated:
April 23, 2008
By: /s/ Klaus
Kjærulff
Klaus
Kjærulff
Chief Executive
Officer
SK 03810 0001
877062