HAMILTON, NORWAY -- (Marketwire) -- 05/24/12 --

Press release from Ship Finance International Limited, May 24, 2012

Please find enclosed the presentation of the preliminary first quarter results to be held May 24, 2012 in the link below.

Also, a short webcast presentation of accounting items is available at the following link:

Presentation of 1st quarter 2012 results: http://hugin.info/134876/R/1614713/514559.pdf

First Quarter 2012 Accounting Items: http://www.media-server.com/m/p/rjipk4nm

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Source: Ship Finance International Limited via Thomson Reuters ONE [HUG#1614713]