The Extraordinary General Meeting of Alm. Brand A/S held today was conducted in accordance with the agenda and the complete proposals as presented by the Board of Directors. The proposal put forward by the Board of Directors concerning a reduction of the company's share capital by DKK 96,000,000 by cancellation of the company's holding of treasury shares acquired as part of the execution of share buy-back programmes was adopted. 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 Søren Boe Mortensen CE