Ørsted — Capital/Financing Update 2009

Nov 18, 2009

Company announcement

DONG Energy A/S Kraftværksvej 53 Skærbæk 7000 Fredericia

www.dongenergy.com CVR-nr. 36 21 37 28

Standard & Poor's upgrades rating on DONG Energy A/S 18 November 2009

Today, Standard & Poor's upgraded the corporate rating on DONG Energy A/S to A- from BBB+. The Stable outlook is maintained.

The content of this announcement does not alter the previously announced expectations for DONG Energy's financial result for 2009 or the announced expected level of investments.

For further information, contact:

Media Relations Louise Münter +45 9955 9662

Investor Relations Morten Hultberg Buchgreitz +45 9955 9750

DONG Energy is one of the leading energy groups in Northern Europe. We are headquartered in Denmark. Our business is based on procuring, producing, distributing and trading in energy and related products in Northern Europe. We have approximately 6,000 employees and generated more than DKK 60 billion (EUR 8.2 billion) in revenue in 2008. For further information, see www.dongenergy.com.