Announcement number 15/2007

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 17 September, 2007: 

      Date	        No. of shares	Average purchase price, DKK	Transaction  
value, 
DKK 
Accumulated, 
last announcement
		                 505,650		360.29		182,180,441
	17.09.2007		18,200		387.34		7,049,588
	18.09.2007		30,000		397.75		11,932,500
	19.09.2007		39,000		401.99		15,677,610
	20.09.2007		38,225		393.13		15,027,394
	21.09.2007		17,000		395.97		6,731,490
	24.09.2007		23,250		392.91		9,135,158
	25.09.2007		19,725		381.49		7,524,890
Accumulated			
under the			
programme:		        691,050		369.38		255,259,071

Hereafter EAC owns 691,050 own shares or 4.60% 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.