Clarification of unchanged profit forecast for 2007 for Topdanmark


3 November 2007
Announcement No. 23/2007




On 2 November Topdanmark held a capital market day. One of the topics was a
review of Topdanmark's investment policy. 

Under this agenda item there was a description of developments in the market
for structured products, including developments in structured products with
subprime as underlying asset. The description was based on public information
stating that the subprime market has taken a downturn in the second half of
2007 to date. During the review Topdanmark repeated the exposure information
that was disclosed when the half-year report was presented. 

Before the conclusion of this item it was made clear that Topdanmark's profit
forecast for 2007 remains unchanged. 

The movement in Topdanmark's share price following the capital market day
causes us to make the following clarification: 

Since the 2007 profit forecast set out in the H1 2007 report, the value of the
structured products of the investment portfolio has been written down by DKK
60m in Q3 and a further write-down of about DKK 50m is expected in Q4 to date. 

It is expected that these write-downs will be offset by an increase in earnings
on other investment assets and gains on the claims provisions in insurance
operations. 

Therefore, overall, at today's date, Topdanmark continues to expect a post-tax
profit of DKK 1,200 - 1,300m in 2007. 

Topdanmark expects to publish its Q1- Q3 2007 interim report on 27 November
2007- 



Please direct any queries to:

Poul Almlund, CEO
Direct tel: +45 4474 3453, Mobile: +45 4025 3524

Lars Thykier, Managing Director, Topdanmark Kapitalforvaltning
Direct tel: +45 4474 3714, Mobile: +45 4025 3524

Steffen Heegaard, Head of IR and Communications
Direct tel: +45 4474 4017, Mobile: +45 4025 3524