HAMILTON, BERMUDA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/17/12 --

Press release from Ship Finance International Limited February 17, 2012

Please find enclosed the presentation of the preliminary fourth quarter results to be held February 17, 2012 in the link below.

Also, a short webcast presentation of accounting items is available at the following link: http://www.media-server.com/m/p/nwdh4nft

Presentation of 4th quarter 2011 results: http://hugin.info/134876/R/1587148/497814.pdf

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Source: Ship Finance International Limited via Thomson Reuters ONE

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