Announcement number 14/2007 - Share Buyback

As previously announced, EAC has initiated a share buyback programme. Under the
programme EAC will buy own shares for an amount of up to DKK 500m until 3
April, 2008, cf. stock exchange announcement no. 11 of 16 August 2007. 

The programme is being executed in accordance with the rules of "Safe Harbour"
as set out by the EU Commis-sion in Regulation 2273/2003 of 22 December, 2003. 

EAC have made the following transactions under the programme since the stock
exchange announcement of 27 August 2007: 
Date	No. of shares	Average purchase price, DKK	Transaction value, DKK
Accumulated, last announcement
		                 295,500		353.15		104,357,034
	06.09.2007		41,800		367.58		15,364,844
	07.09.2007		41,000		359.87		14,754,670
	10.09.2007		31,225		351.99		10,990,888
	11.09.2007		13,825		365.56		5,053,867
	12.09.2007		17,150		374.13		6,416,330
	13.09.2007		30,150		387.72		11,689,758
	14.09.2007		35,000		387.23		13,553,050
Accumulated			
under the			
programme:		        505,650		360.29		182,180,441


Hereafter EAC owns 505,650 own shares or 3.36% of the share capital.

Yours faithfully,

The East Asiatic Company Ltd. A/S
(A/S Det Østasiatiske Kompagni)

For additional information, please contact:
President & CEO Niels Henrik Jensen, +45 35 25 43 00, +45 20 23 21 88 (mobile),
nhj@eac.dk 
Group CFO Michael Østerlund Madsen, +45 35 25 43 00, +45 20 41 09 57 (mobile),
mom@eac.dk 
www.eac.dk

This English version is provided for convenience only and in case of
discrepancy the Danish version shall prevail.