Own shares
Own shares Pursuant to Section 29, subsection 2, of the Securities Trading Act, notice is hereby given that as at 3 January 2002 Danisco holds 2,947,800 own shares corresponding to 5.06 per cent of the total share capital of a nominal value of DKK 1,164,435,580 (58,221,779 shares). As announced at the AGM, 6 September 2001, Danisco intends to purchase own shares through public trading in Denmark. The shares will be repurchased within the current 10 per cent authorisation and will be used for further development of the capital structure of the company, to finance or execute acquisitions, for selling, to be transferred in other ways, or to be cancelled. Our most recent notice on Danisco's holding of own shares was that of 15 November 2001, in which we reported Danisco's holding of own shares to be 4.61 per cent of the share capital as at 15 November 2001. Yours faithfully Alf Duch-Pedersen CEO For further information, please contact: Michael von Bülow, Investor Relations, Tel.: +45 32 66 20 43, mobile +45 21 49 23 05, e-mail: sfmvb@danisco.com Anders Hundahl, Corporate Communications, Tel.: +45 32 66 20 50, mobile +45 40 43 93 70, e-mail: peah@danisco.com Danisco develops and produces food ingredients, sweeteners and sugar. The Group employs 10,000 people in 40 countries and in 2000/01 Danisco reported net sales of DKK 23.5 billion. Danisco's broad product portfolio includes emulsifiers, stabilisers, flavours, and sweeteners such as xylitol and fructose. Many of these ingredients are produced from natural raw materials and contribute, for instance, to improving the texture of products such as bread, ice cream and yoghurt. Danisco is also one of the largest and most efficient sugar producers in Europe. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/01/03/20020103BIT00270/bit0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/01/03/20020103BIT00270/bit0001.pdf