Share Buyback - EAC. Announcement number 20/2007

As previously announced, EAC has initiated a share buyback programme.
Under the programme EAC will buy own shares for an amount of up to
DKK 500m until 3 April, 2008, cf. stock exchange announcement no. 11
of 16 August, 2007.

The programme is being executed in accordance with the rules of "Safe
Harbour" as set out by the EU Commission in Regulation 2273/2003 of
22 December, 2003.

EAC have made the following transactions under the programme since
the stock exchange announcement of 16 October, 2007:


                                     Average purchase
    Date             No. of shares     price, DKK      Transaction value, DKK
Accumulated,
last
announcement 957,725               382.04              365,891,870

 16.10.2007  30,000                433.40              13,002,000

 17.10.2007  29,000                421.72              12,229,880

 18.10.2007  12,500                420.12              5,251,500

 19.10.2007  12,275                418.17              5,133,037

 22.10.2007  10,000                419.85              4,198,500

 23.10.2007  8,900                 427.70              3,806,530

 24.10.2007  25,000                422.88              10,572,000
Accumulated
under the

programme:   1,085,400             387.03              420,085,317



Hereafter EAC owns 1,085,400 own shares or 7.22% of the share
capital.

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

This English version is provided for convenience only and in case of
discrepancy the Danish version shall prevail