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 responsibilities and persons/companies closely associated with these. +---------------------------------------------------------+ | Name | Lars Lykke Iversen | |------------------+--------------------------------------| | Reason | Member of Operations Management Team | |------------------+--------------------------------------| | Issuer | The East Asiatic Company Ltd. A/S | |------------------+--------------------------------------| | ID code / ISIN | DK0010006329 | |------------------+--------------------------------------| | Description | Shares | |------------------+--------------------------------------| | Transaction | Buy | |------------------+--------------------------------------| | Trading Date | 09.03.2009 | |------------------+--------------------------------------| | Market | Copenhagen Stock Exchange | |------------------+--------------------------------------| | Number | 1,000 | |------------------+--------------------------------------| | Market value DKK | 138,000 | +---------------------------------------------------------+ Yours sincerely, The East Asiatic Company Ltd. A/S (A/S Det Østasiatiske Kompagni) For more information: Christian Lund, Group Vice President - Legal Counsel Tel.: +45 3525 4300
Report on transactions with shares and related securities of The East Asiatic Company A/S by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons/companies closely associated with these
| Source: Det Østasiatiske Kompagni A/S