Today, EAC held its Annual General Meeting at Radisson BLU Falconer Hotel &
Conference Centre, Frederiksberg where the items on the agenda were presented.
All proposals were put forward by the Supervisory Board, and all proposals were
approved. 

The Report was adopted, and both the Annual Report 2009 and the proposed of
dividend of DKK 5.00 per share were approved. Payment of the approved dividend
is expected to be made via Danske Bank on Tuesday, 30 March 2010. 

Furthermore, the resolutions to amend the articles of association, both
consequential amendments following the new Companies Act and other amendments,
were approved. In addition, the Supervisory Board was authorised to let the
Company acquire treasury shares. 

The Annual General Meeting re-elected the nominated candidates for the
Supervisory Board: Henning Kruse Petersen, Mats Lönnqvist, Connie Astrup-Larsen
and Preben Sunke. 

KPMG, Statsautoriseret Revisionspartnerselskab, was re-appointed as the
Company's auditor. 

At the subsequent constituting meeting of the Supervisory Board Henning Kruse
Petersen was elected Chairman and Preben Sunke was elected Deputy Chairman. 

For further information, please refer to the agenda with the proposals on page
2-4. 


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