The B stock is up 2.2 pct, at rate 42,240. The rate was DKR 41,400 before the announcement.
There has been some speculation that A. P. Møller-Mærsk would perform a major stock split, making shares more readily available to the public.
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller was opposed to such a split.
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