Carlsberg Breweries A/S - Choice of home Member State for debt securities

Carlsberg Breweries A/S 100 Ny Carlsberg Vej Tel +45 3327 3300      
                        1760 Copenhagen V    Fax +45 3327 4701      
                        CVR.no. 25508343     carlsberg@carlsberg.com

Company announcement 10/2009
               3 August 2009
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Carlsberg Breweries A/S - Choice of home
Member State for debt securities        

Carlsberg Breweries A/S hereby announces that Carlsberg Breweries A/S has chosen
Denmark as its home Member State in accordance with Section 1, subsection 4 of  
the Executive Order on Issuers duty to Provide Information implementing Article 
2 (1) (i) of the Directive of European Parliament and the Council on the        
harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about     
issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market.         

Carlsberg Breweries A/S has 19 May 2009 issued debt securities with a           
denomination per unit of EUR 50.000 (ISIN code XS0430698455) with a maturity of 
5 year and debt securities with a denomination per unit of GBP 50.000 (ISIN code
XS0430699008) with a maturity of 7½ years. The debt securities are admitted to  
trading on Luxembourg Stock Exchange.                                           

An issuer of debt securities with the denomination per unit of at least EUR     
1,000 or the equivalent to EUR 1,000 at the date of the issue of denominated in 
a currency other than EUR shall choose a home Member State.                     

Contacts:                                         
Investor Relations: Peter Kondrup, +45 3327 1221  
Media Relations: Jens Peter Skaarup, +45 3327 1417

The Carlsberg Group is one of the leading brewery groups in the world, with a   
large portfolio of beer and soft drinks brands. Its flagship brand - Carlsberg -
is one of the fastest growing and best-known beer brands in the world. More than
45,000 people work for the Carlsberg Group, and its products are sold in more   
than 150 markets. In 2008 the Carlsberg Group sold more than 125 million        
hectolitres of beer, which is about 103 million bottles of beer a day.          

Find out more at www.carlsberggroup.com.

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