Report of transactions with shares and related securities of The East Asiatic Company Ltd A/S by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons/companies closely associated with these

Pursuant to section 28a of the Danish Act on Securities Trading The
East Asiatic Company Ltd. A/S shall make public transactions with
shares and related securities of The East Asiatic Company Ltd. A/S by
persons discharging managerial responsabilities and persons/companies
closely associated with these.


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| Name             | Alba Invest ApS                                |
|------------------+------------------------------------------------|
|                  | Associated to member of Operations Management  |
| Reason           | Team,                                          |
|                  | Bent Porsborg                                  |
|------------------+------------------------------------------------|
| Issuer           | The East Asiatic Company Ltd. A/S              |
|------------------+------------------------------------------------|
| ID code / ISIN   | DK0010006329                                   |
|------------------+------------------------------------------------|
| Description      | Shares                                         |
|------------------+------------------------------------------------|
| Transaction      | Buy                                            |
|------------------+------------------------------------------------|
| Trading Date     | 04.03.2009                                     |
|------------------+------------------------------------------------|
| Market           | Copenhagen Stock Exchange                      |
|------------------+------------------------------------------------|
| Number           | 1,000                                          |
|------------------+------------------------------------------------|
| Market value DKK | 156,000                                        |
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Yours sincerely,
The East Asiatic Company Ltd. A/S
(A/S Det Østasiatiske Kompagni)

For more information:
Christian Lund
Tel.: +45 3525 4300