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 November 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.
Form 20-F
[ X ] Form 40-F [
]
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted
by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ________.
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted
by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)7: ________.
INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Set forth herein as Exhibit 1 is
a copy of Announcement No. 21 -
2008 issued by A/S STEAMSHIP COMPANY TORM to The Copenhagen Stock Exchange on
November 21, 2008.
Exhibit
1
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ANNOUNCEMENT
NO 21 - 2008
21
November 2008
Decision
to convene an extraordinary general meeting requesting the shareholders to
authorize the Board of directors to distribute interim
dividends
In
connection with the approval of the interim report for the third quarter
of 2008, and with reference to the historically good result combined with
the development of the share price the Board of directors has decided to
convene an extraordinary general meeting in order to request the
shareholders to grant authority to the Board of directors enabling it to
make an interim dividend distribution of DKK 4.50 per share in TORM of a
nominal value of DKK 5.
TORM
will as soon as possible announce further details concerning the
extraordinary general meeting.
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Contact
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A/S
Dampskibsselskabet TORM
Tuborg
Havnevej 18
DK-2900
Hellerup
Denmark
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Telephone:
+45 39 17 92 00
Mikael
Skov, CEO
Roland
M. Andersen, CFO
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ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 21 - 2008
21 NOVEMBER 2008 A/S DAMPSKIBSSELSKABET TORM – DISTRIBUTION OF INTERIM DIVIDEND 1/1
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.
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A/S
STEAMSHIP COMPANY TORM
(registrant)
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Dated:
November 24, 2008
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By:
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/s/ Mikael Skov | |
| Name: Mikael Skov | |||
| Title: Interim Chief Executive Officer | |||
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