Interim report - third quarter of 2008 HIGHLIGHTS * Consolidated revenue increased by 24% million to DKK 2,993 million in the third quarter. * Q3 operating profit fell by DKK 30 million to DKK 164 million. * Negative effect of the holding of Vestas shares amounting to DKK 633 million in the third quarter. * The Group incurred a loss before tax of DKK 508 million in the third quarter. * Proceeds of DKK 265 million from the sale of 398,300 Vestas shares. * Fibertex and Grene both maintain profit forecasts. * Martin and Xergi lower profit/loss forecasts by a total of about DKK 50 million. * In optimising its productive structure, BioMar will make a DKK 60 million write-down in the fourth quarter in return for cost savings of about DKK 30 million per year from 2009 onwards. * Schouw & Co. downgrades its forecast for the full-year 2008 profit before tax to just over DKK 200 million, excluding the effects from the holding of Vestas shares. Schouw & Co. will be reviewing the financial statements in a teleconference (in Danish) for ana-lysts, members of the press and other interested parties on telephone +45 32 71 47 67, on Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 15.30 Questions relating to the above should be directed to Jens Bjerg Sørensen, President, on tel. +45 86 11 22 22.