In accordance with section 29 of the Danish Securities Trading Act, cf. section
4(8) and section 5(3) of the executive order on major shareholders, Danisco
hereby announces that the company has received proxies from a number of
shareholders to vote at the Annual General Meeting on 20 August 2008.
On 18 August 2008, the Board of Directors of Danisco A/S had received proxies
to the effect that the number of votes held by the Board exceeded 5% of the
total voting rights at the Annual General Meeting.
As of today, the number of proxies held by Board of Directors corresponds to
8.3% of the voting rights and of the company's total share capital.
After the Annual General Meeting on 20 August 2008 the Board of Directors will
no longer have access to vote in accordance with the proxies received.
Yours faithfully
Tom Knutzen
CEO
