An Extraordinary General Meeting of Alm. Brand A/S was held on 19 November 2008. The General Meeting was conducted in accordance with the agenda and the complete proposals as presented by the Board of Directors. The proposal put forward by the Board of Directors concerning a reduction of the company's share capital by DKK 88,000,000 by cancellation of the company's holding of treasury shares acquired as part of the execution of share buy-back programmes was adopted. Please direct any questions regarding this announcement to Søren Boe Mortensen, Chief Executive, on tel. +45 35 47 47 47. Yours sincerely, Alm. Brand A/S Søren Boe Mortensen Chief Executive