Holding of treasury shares increased


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| Announcement no. 14/2007                  | Date      | 27 June 2007         |
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Alm. Brand A/S - Holding of tresary shares increased 
Pursuant to section 28 of the Danish Securities Trading Act we hereby announce  
that since the most recent “Section 28 report”, Alm. Brand A/S and its          
subsidiaries have increased their holding of treasury shares to 2,104,511,      
equivalent to 9.42 % of the share capital in Alm. Brand A/S.                    

In the most recent report on treasury shares dated 27 February 2007 Alm. Brand  
A/S and its subsidiaries held a total of 1,650,922 shares, equal to 7.39 % of   
the share capital.                                                              

Under Alm. Brand´s DKK 600m share buyback programme running from the date the   
annual report was released until the end of January 2008 Alm. Brand has now     
repurchased DKK 190,015,334 worth of treasury shares.                           

Please direct any questions regarding this announcement to Søren Boe Mortensen, 
Chief Executive, on tel. +45 35 47 47 47.                                       


Yours sincerely,                                                                
Alm. Brand A/S                                                                  
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| Søren Boe Mortensen                  |                                       |
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| Chief Executive                      |                                       |
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