EAC's developments the first couple of months in 2009 - Announcement no. 8/2009

In the management report at EAC's Annual General Meeting today, the
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Henning Kruse Petersen, makes the
following comment about the EAC's developments in the first months of
the year:"We already know the results for the first two months of the
financial year and have an indication of the results for March; and
so far developments are in line with expectations.

Foods began the year quietly and with fewer production days due to
extra holidays announced without prior notification by the government
in January. But we expect that they will catch up on the lost
volumes. Industrial Ingredients saw a continued fall in raw material
prices and demand at the beginning of the year, but in February we
felt the first signs of new activity in the market. In Santa Fe, the
first quarter is traditionally low-season but based on that
precondition, the business has developed well. All in all, there was
nothing in the first months of the year to indicate that we should
revise our expectations."

The full management report will be made available for download at
EAC's website after the Annual General Meeting.

EAC will update its expectations for 2009 at the publication of the
interim report for the first quarter on 5 May 2009.


Yours sincerely,

The East Asiatic Company Ltd. A/S
(A/S Det Østasiatiske Kompagni)

For additional information, please contact:

President & CEO Niels Henrik Jensen
 +45 3525 4300
 nhj@eac.dk

Group CFO Michael Østerlund Madsen
 +45 3525 4300
mom@eac.dk

www.eac.dk