EAC sells non-strategic activities

Résumé: 
EAC has sold a number of non-strategic assets and activities. The divestments
result in a profit over book value of DKK 38 million and a positive cash-flow
effect of DKK 143 million. 


In line with EAC's focus on its three market-leading businesses, EAC has sold a
number of non-strategic assets and activities. It regards the following: 

-	The 30% investment in Unza Indochina Pte. Ltd.
-	The 35% investment in the Indian wool company Global Wool Alliance Pvt. Ltd.
-	Properties of the 60%-owned Malaysian company EAC, Holdings (Malaysia) Snd.
Bhd. 
-	The 100%-owned EAC Trading Ltd. A/S
-	Two financial assets under EAC Industrial Ingredients.

The divestments have a positive cash-flow effect of DKK 143 million and results
in a total profit over book value of DKK 38 million, of which DKK 12 million
from Global Wool is included in the H1 2007 report under discontinued
operations, while DKK 3 million was booked under operating profit in EAC
Industrial Ingredients. The remaining DKK 17 million will be booked in Q3 as
profit from sale of associated companies, while DKK 6 million will be booked as
operating profit in Industrial Ingredi-ents. 

The divestments are in line with EAC's focus on the three strategic businesses
EAC Foods, EAC In-dustrial Ingredients and EAC Moving & Relocation Services.
Today, the only non-strategic opera-tional activities, EAC has left, are
shareholdings in two minor Chinese companies. 


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 35 25 43 00, +45 20 23 21 88 (mobile),
nhj@eac.dk 

Group CFO Michael Østerlund Madsen, +45 35 25 43 00, +45 20 41 09 57 (mobile),
mom@eac.dk 

www.eac.dk

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