Ørsted — Earnings Release 2007

Oct 12, 2009

Release

Financial results 2007

Today the Supervisory Board of DONG Energy A/S has approved the company's

annual report for 2007. DONG Energy's financial results for 2007 were affected by the fact that 2007 was the first year in which the acquired companies Elsam, Energi E2, Nesa and the power activities from the City of Copenhagen and the Municipality of Frederiksberg featured in full in DONG Energy's consolidated financial statements.

• Revenue totalled DKK 41,625 million in 2007 versus DKK 36,554 million in 2006.

• EBITDA totalled DKK 9,606 million in 2007 versus DKK 8,950 million in 2006.

• Profit after tax for 2007 was DKK 3,259 million versus DKK 5,039 million in 2006.

The Supervisory Board will recommend at the Annual General Meeting that a dividend of DKK 5 per share be paid for 2007, equivalent to DKK 1,469 million. EBITDA and profit after tax for 2008 are expected to be on a par with 2007, in line with the company's earlier profit outlook from 21 December 2007.

In connection with the publication of the annual report, a press meeting will be held at Nesa Allé 1 in Gentofte at 01.00 pm CET.

A telephone conference for analysts will be held at 03.00 pm CET: DK +45 32 714 573 UK +44 20 302 344 23

The presentation for the conference will be available at the the company's web site from 01.00 pm CET at the following address: http://www.dongenergy.com/EN/Investor/presentations/

For further information, please contact:

Investor Relations Steen Juul Jensen +45 99 55 97 20

Media Relations Louise Münter +45 61 55 87 71

DONG Energy is one of Northern Europe's leading energy groups. We are headquartered in Denmark. Our business is based on procuring, producing, distributing, trading and selling energy and related products in Northern Europe. The company delivered revenue of DKK 41.6 billion in 2007 (approx. EUR 5.6 billion or USD 8.3 billion). DONG Energy has more than 5,000 employees. For further information, see www.dongenergy.com.

DONG Energy A/S Kraftværksvej 53 Skærbæk 7000 Fredericia

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

11 March 2008