Supervisory Board renews Torsten Temp's tenure on the Management Board for a further three years

Hamburg/Kiel, January 8, 2013 - At its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of HSH Nordbank renewed Torsten Temp's tenure as the member of the Management Board responsible for the market to 30 April 2016.

Mr. Temp has been a member of HSH Nordbank's Management Board since 1 May 2010. He is in charge of the Shipping, Energy & Infrastructure and Real Estate business segments.

"With this renewed appointment of Mr. Temp we are ensuring continuity in the management of the Bank's shipping business and simultaneously responding particularly to the intensified situation of the international shipping business," said Hilmar Kopper, Chairman of HSH Nordbank's Supervisory Board.

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