CORRECTION: Convening for the Annual General Meeting of Vestas Wind Systems A/S

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This correction is due to the fact that the currency in the full wording of the
proposals (item 3) was stated in DKK and not in EUR. 

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To the shareholders of Vestas Wind Systems A/S                                  


Pursuant to article 4 of the Articles of Association, you are hereby convened   
for the Annual General Meeting of Vestas Wind Systems A/S on                    

                   Wednesday 2 April 2008 at 2.00 p.m. (CET)                    

at the Concert Hall (Musikhuset) Aarhus, Thomas Jensens Allé, 8000 Aarhus C,    
Denmark. The agenda includes the following items:                               

1. Report from the Board of Directors on the company's activities during the    
past year.                                                                      

2. Presentation of the annual report, and resolution to adopt the annual report.

3. Resolution on the application of profit or covering of loss according to the 
approved annual report.                                                         

4. Election of members of the Board of Directors.                               

5. Appointment of auditors.                                                     

6. Proposals, if any, from the Board of Directors or the shareholders, including
proposals for authorisation of the company to acquire treasury shares.          

The Board of Directors proposes the following:                                 

6.1 The Board of Directors requests the authorisation of the general meeting for
the company to acquire treasury shares up to a total nominal value of 10 per    
cent of the value of the company's share capital at the time in question, cf.   
article 48 of the Danish PublicCompanies Act, in the period up until the next   
annual general meeting. The payment for the shares must not deviate more than 10
per cent from the closing price quoted at the OMX Nordic Exchange Copenhagen at 
the time of acquisition.                                                        

7. Any other business.                                                          

The agenda, the annual report for 2007 and the full wording of proposals to be
considered by the General Meeting will be available for review by the
shareholders at the company's registered office from 17 March 2008 to 2 April
2008 between 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. (CET). 

Admission card                                                                  
Pursuant to article 6 of the Articles of Association, shareholders wishing to   
attend the General Meeting shall order an admission card with VP Investor       
Services, Helgeshøj Allé 61, P.O. Box 20, 2630 Taastrup, Denmark, (fax: +45 4358
8867) or via Vestas' homepage www.vestas.com no later than on 28 March 2008 at  
4.00 p.m. (CET). Non-registered shareholders wishing to attend the General      
Meeting shall provide evidence of their title by presentation of a document of  
title issued by the relevant shareholder's bank ("the account-holding bank").   
The document of title must be issued no more than 14 days before the            
shareholder's request for an admission card. Further, the shareholder shall     
declare in writing that the shares are not and will not be transferred to a     
third party before the General Meeting has been held.                           

Entitled to vote                                                                
The company's share capital amounts to DKK 185,204,103.00 and is divided into   
shares in the denomination of DKK 1.00 and/or multiples thereof. Each share     
amount of DKK 1.00 shall entitle the shareholder to one vote.  Shareholders who 
are entitled to attend the General Meeting, and who have caused their shares to 
be entered in the Register of Shareholders or have reported and submitted proof 
of their acquisition, shall be entitled to vote.  Shareholders who have acquired
shares by transfer cannot exercise the voting rights attached to the shares in  
question without such shares having been registered in the Register of          
Shareholders or the shareholder has reported and submitted proof of his         
acquisition prior to this notice, cf. article 6 of the Articles of Association. 
A form for submitting votes by proxy may be obtained from VP Investor Services  
or via www.vestas.com. The shareholders exercise their financial rights through 
their own deposit banks, cf. section 73 (5) (2) of the Danish Public Companies  
Act.                                                                            

Canapés and drinks will be served after the General Meeting. The arrangement    
will be ending at approx 5 p.m. (CET).                                          

Randers, 10 March 2008                             
Vestas Wind Systems A/S                             
On behalf of the Board of Directors                       

Bent Erik Carlsen                                
Chairman                                    




FULL WORDING OF THE PROPOSALS FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS            
for the Annual General Meeting of Vestas Wind Systems A/S 

Wednesday 2 April 2008 at 2.00 p.m. (CET)                    

at Concert Hall (Musikhuset) Aarhus, Thomas Jensens Allé, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark




Re. Item 1 on the agenda:                                                       

Proposal to take note of the annual report.                                     

Re. Item 2 on the agenda:                                                       

Proposal to approve the annual report.                                          

Re. Item 3 on the agenda:                                                       

Proposal to apply annual profit of EUR 275m as follows:                         
Transfer to reserve for net revaluation according to the equity method EUR 287 
Dividend	EUR 0m                                                            
Retained earnings	EUR (12)m                                                  

Re. Item 4 on the agenda:                                                       

Proposal to re-elect the current members of the Board of Directors appointed by 
the general meeting. The nominated candidates for the Board of Directors have   
stated that they hold the following competencies and fiduciary positions in     
other Danish and foreign companies and organisations:                           

Bent Erik Carlsen (62 years), Chairman                                          
Group Executive Vice President, A.P. Møller-Mærsk (Denmark) 2002 -.             
Member of the Board since September 1996. 

Competencies                                                                    

Education:                                                                      
1972	B. Com. (marketing), Copenhagen Business School, Denmark                   
1978	B. Com. (management accounting), Copenhagen Business School, Denmark       
- 	Various management courses INSEAD, Denmark                                   

Former positions:                                                               
1969-1972 - Sales Manager, Colon Emballage A/S, Denmark 
1972-1979 - Managing Director, Eurocard Denmark A/S, Denmark 
1979-1981 - Managing Director, Winther & Heide Eftf. A/S, Denmark 
1981-1983 - Member of the European Management, Air Liquide, France 
1983-1988 - Managing Director, Aktieselskabet Dansk Ilt- & Brintfabrik, Denmark 
1988-1990 - Managing Director, Fro Saldatura S.A., Italy 
1990-1992 - Managing Director, L'Air Liquide Belge sa-nv, Belgium 
1992-1999 - Managing Director, Hede Nielsen A/S, Denmark 
1999-2002	 - Managing Director, Air Liquide, Scandinavien, Denmark 

Fiduciary positions                                                             
Chairman of the Boards of: A/S Maersk Aviation Holding (Denmark), Aktieselskabet
Roulunds Fabriker (Denmark), Dansk Industri Syndikat A/S (Denmark), Maersk      
Container Industri (China), Mærsk Container Industri A/S (Denmark), Norfolk     
Holding B.V. (The Netherlands), Rosti A/S (Denmark), Rotrex A/S (Denmark),      
Roulunds Holding A/S (Denmark), Star Air A/S (Denmark) and Svitzer A/S          
(Denmark).                                                                      

Deputy Chairman of the Board of: Dansk Supermarked A/S (Denmark).               

Member of the Boards of: Ejendomsselskabet Roulunds A/S (Denmark), F. Salling   
A/S (Denmark), F. Salling Holding A/S (Denmark) and Martinair Holland N.V. (The 
Netherlands).                                                                   

Independence                                                                    
Complies with the Committee on Corporate Governance's definition of the concept 
independency (The Committee on Corporate Governance's definition of the concept 
independency is available at www.vestas.com / Investor).                        

Torsten Erik Rasmussen (63 years), Deputy Chairman                              
Managing Director & CEO, Morgan Management ApS (Denmark) 1997 -.                
Member of the Board since January 1998.                                         

Competencies                                                                    

Education:                                                                      
1961-1964 - Commercial education, Dalhoff Larsen & Horneman A/S, Denmark 
1964-1966 - Military service, Royal Danish Life Guards, Denmark and discharged  
as First lieutenant (R) 1967                                                    
1972 - MBA, IMEDE, Lausanne, Switzerland 
1985 - International Senior Managers' Program, Harvard Business School, USA 

Former positions:                                                               
1967-1971 - Department Manager and later Director, Northern Soft- & Hardwood
Co. 
Ltd., Congo                                                                     
1973 - Management Assistant, LEGO System A/S, Denmark 
1973-1975 - Finance Director, LEGOLAND A/S, Denmark 
1975-1977	 - Logistics Manager, LEGO System A/S, Denmark 
1977 - Deputy Manager, logistics, LEGO System A/S, Denmark 
1978-1980 - Managing Director & CEO, LEGO Overseas A/S, Denmark 
1981-1997	 - Director and member of the Group Management, LEGO A/S, Denmark 

Fiduciary positions                                                             
Chairman of the Boards of: Amadeus Management A/S (Denmark), Ball ApS (Denmark),
CPD Invest ApS (Denmark) and EVO Management A/S (Denmark).                      

Deputy Chairman of the Boards of: A/S Det Østasiatiske Kompagni (Denmark), JAI  
A/S (Denmark) and TK Development A/S (Denmark).                                 

Member of the Boards of: Acadia Pharmaceuticals A/S (Denmark), Acadia           
Pharmaceuticals Inc. (USA), Arvid Nilsson A/S (Denmark), Coloplast A/S          
(Denmark), ECCO (Thailand) Co. Ltd. (Thailand), ECCO (Xiamen) Co. Ltd. (China), 
ECCO Sko A/S (Denmark), ECCO Slovakia a.s. (Slovakia), Ecco'let Portugal        
(Portugal), JAI Aviation ApS (Denmark), JAI Group Holding ApS (Denmark), Morgan 
Invest ApS (Denmark), NatImmune A/S (Denmark), Oase Outdoors ApS (Denmark),     
Outdoor Holding A/S (Denmark), PT ECCO Indonesia (Indonesia), Schur             
International A/S (Denmark), Vola A/S (Denmark) and Vola Holding A/S (Denmark). 

Independence                                                                    
Complies with the Committee on Corporate Governance's definition of the concept 
independency.                                                                   

Arne Pedersen (62 years)                                                        
Managing Director, Homasit A/S (Denmark) 2008-.                                 
Member of the Board since April 1995.                                           

Competencies                                                                    

Education:                                                                      
1967 - Engineering worker, Assens Sukkerfabrik A/S, Denmark 
1971 - Production Engineer, Engineering College of Odense, Denmark 
1976 - B. Com. (organisation), Århus School of Business, Denmark 

Former positions:                                                               
1972-1973 - Personal Planner, Århus Bogtrykkerie A/S, Denmark 
1973-1977 - Project Manager, Novopan Træindustri A/S, Denmark 
1977-1980 - Project Manager, Joran Bor A/S, Denmark 
1980-1985 - Managing Director, Svendborg Avis A/S - Fyns Amtsavis, Denmark 
1985-1993 - Managing Director, Nordfab A/S, Denmark 
1993-1998 - Managing Director, Århus Flydedok A/S, Denmark 
1998-2004	 - Managing Director, Bladt Industries A/S, Denmark 
2004-2007	 - President and CEO, SIPCO Surface Protection Inc. USA 

Fiduciary positions                                                             
Chairman of the Boards of: AROS Maritime ApS (Denmark), AROS Maritime A/S       
(Denmark), DanTruck-Heden A/S (Denmark), DanTruck-Heden Lifttruck A/S (Denmark),
DTH Holding ApS (Denmark), EMH og P&S DOK og Leasing Aktieselskab (Denmark),    
Formard Mould A/S (Denmark), Marstal Værft A/S (Denmark), Nettotruck A/S        
(Denmark), Petersen og Sørensen Motorværksted A/S (Denmark) and Petersen og     
Sørensen Reparationsværksted A/S (Denmark).                                     

Member of the Boards of: DanTruck-Heden Danmark A/S (Denmark), Devitech ApS     
(Denmark), Muehlhan A/S (Denmark), Muehlhan Norway AS (Norway) and Targit A/S   
(Denmark).                                                                      

Other positions of trust: Chairman of Brancheforeningen Danske Maritime - Danish
Maritime Association (Denmark), Chairman of Industriens Branchearbejdsmiljøråd -
Industrial Occupational Health Committee (Denmark), member of CESA - Den        
europæiske værftsforening - The European Shipyard Association (Belgium) and     
member of Dansk Industris Hoveddbestyrelse - The General Council of the         
Confederation of Danish Industries (Denmark).                                   

Independence                                                                    
Complies with the Committee on Corporate Governance's definition of the concept 
independency.                                                                   

Freddy Frandsen (63 years)                                                      
Director.                                                                       
Member of the Board since April 2004.                                           

Competencies                                                                    

Education:                                                                      
1967 - Electronic Engineer, Engineering College of Århus, Denmark 
- Various management courses INSEAD, Denmark                                    

Former positions:                                                               
1967-1973	 - Engineer, Industry Department, Bruun & Sørensen A/S, Denmark 
1973-1987	 - Divisional Director, Skako A/S, Denmark 
1987-1989	 - Managing Director, Kverneland-Danmark A/S, Denmark 
1989-1993	 - Managing Director, Pedershaab A/S, Denmark 
1993-2005	 - Managing Director, Aalborg Industries A/S, Denmark 

Fiduciary positions                                                             
Chairman of the Boards of: FRF Invest ApS (Denmark) and Hans Følsgaard A/S      
(Denmark).                                                                      

Member of the Boards of: Aktieselskabet af 1. november 1998 (Denmark),          
Anpartsselskabet af 8. februar 2005 (Denmark), Hans Følsgaard A/S (Denmark),    
Odense Staalskibsværft A/S (Denmark), Polaris Invest II ApS (Denmark), Polaris  
Management A/S (Denmark) and Svejsemaskinfabrikken Migatronic A/S  Denmark).    

Other positions of trust: Chairman of the non-profit foundation: Utzon          
Foundation (Denmark), member of Det Nationale Fødevareforum,                    
Videnskabsministeriet - Ministry of Science (Denmark), member of Følsgaard      
Fonden (Denmark) and member of Nordsøen Forskerpark/ Ocenarium (Denmark).       

Independence                                                                    
Complies with the Committee on Corporate Governance's definition of the concept 
independency.                                                                   

Jørgen Huno Rasmussen (55 years)                                                
President and CEO, FLSmidth & Co. A/S (Denmark) 2004 -.                         
Member of the Board since January 1998.                                         

Competencies                                                                    

Education:                                                                      
1976 - MSc engineering (construction), Danish University of Technology, Denmark 
1977 - B. Com. (organisation), Copenhagen Business School, Denmark 
1980 - Lich.tech., Danish University of Technology, Denmark 

Former positions:                                                               
1979-1982 - Project Manager, A. Jespersen & Søn A/S, Denmark 
1982-1983	 - Manager, Industrial Construction, Chr. Islef & Co. A/S, Denmark 
1983-1986	 - Department Manager, H. Hoffmann & Sønner A/S, Denmark 
1986-1988	 - Director of Foreign Affairs, H. Hoffmann & Sønner A/S, Denmark 
1988-2003 - Managing Director, Hoffmann A/S, Denmark 
2000-2003 - President & CEO, Veidekke ASA, Norway 

Fiduciary positions                                                             
Chairman of the Boards of: Aktieselskabet af 1. januar 1990 (Denmark), FFE      
Invest A/S (Denmark), FFE Minerals Corporation (USA), FLS miljø A/S (Denmark),  
FLS Plast A/S (Denmark), FLSmidth Airtech A/S (Denmark), FLSmidth Inc. (USA),   
FLSmidth Ltd. (India), FLSmidth Materials Handling A/S (Denmark), FLSmidth      
Minerals Holding ApS (Denmark), FLSmidth Rusland Holding A/S (Denmark) and SLF  
Romer XV ApS (Denmark).                                                         

Deputy Chairman of the Boards of: Dansk Eternit Holding A/S (Denmark) and Scion 
DTU A/S (Denmark).                                                              

Member of the Boards of: Dan Indian Holding ApS (Denmark) and FLSmidth          
Dorr-Oliver Eimco Denmark ApS (Denmark).                                        

Other positions of trust: Member of the representatives of Industriens          
Arbejdsgivere - The Copenhagen Industries Employers' Federation (Denmark) and   
member of the representatives of Tryg i Danmark smba (Denmark).                 

Independence                                                                    
Complies with the Committee on Corporate Governance's definition of the concept 
independency.                                                                   

Jørn Ankær Thomsen (61 years)                                                   
Attorney at Law and partner, Gorrissen Federspiel Kierkegaard (Denmark) 1976 -. 
Member of the Board since April 2004.                                           

Competencies                                                                    

Education:                                                                      
1970 - Master of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 

Former positions:                                                               
1970-1974 - Deputy judge and Junior associate, Denmark and Lawyer in 1974 
                                                                                
Fiduciary positions                                                             
Chairman of the Boards of: Aida A/S (Denmark), Aktieselskabet af 26. november   
1984 (Denmark), Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co. (Denmark), Carlsen Byggecenter      
Løgten A/S (Denmark), Carlsen Supermarked Løgten A/S (Denmark), Danish          
Industrial Equipment A/S (Denmark), Danske Invest Administration A/S (Denmark), 
DB 2001 A/S (Denmark), F.M.J. A/S (Denmark), Fibertex A/S (Denmark), Frima      
Vafler A/S (Denmark), Fåmandsforeningen Danske Invest (Denmark), GAM Holding A/S
(Denmark), Ghana Impex A/S (Denmark), Givesco A/S (Denmark), Holdingselskabet
af 25. 
november 1972 A/S (Denmark), Investeringsforeningen Danske Invest (Denmark),    
Investeringsforeningen Danske Invest AlmenBolig (Denmark),                      
Investeringsforeningen Danske Invest Select (Denmark), Investeringsforeningen   
Profil Invest (Denmark), K.E. Mathiasen A/S (Denmark), Kildebjerg Ry A/S        
(Denmark), Krone Erhvervsinvestering A/S (Denmark), Krone Kapital A/S (Denmark),
Løgten Midt A/S (Denmark), Martin Professional A/S (Denmark), Ortopædisk        
Hospital Aarhus A/S (Denmark), Pipeline Biotech A/S (Denmark),                  
Placeringsforeningen BG Invest (Denmark), Schouw Finans A/S (Denmark),          
Specialforeningen Danske Invest (Denmark), Søndergaard Give A/S (Denmark) and   
Th. C. Carlsen, Løgten A/S (Denmark).                                           

Member of the Boards of: A/S P. Grene (Denmark), ASM Foods AB (Sweden), Biomar  
A/S (Denmark), Biomar Holding A/S (Denmark), Carletti A/S (Denmark), Dan Cake   
A/S (Denmark), GFK Holding ApS (Denmark), GFKJURA 883 A/S (Denmark), Givesco    
Bakery A/S (Denmark), Krone Kapital I A/S (Denmark), Krone Kapital II A/S       
(Denmark) and Krone Kapital III A/S (Denmark).                                  

Other positions of trust: Member of Jens Eskildsen og Hustru Mary Antonie       
Eskildsen Mindefond - Memorial foundation (Denmark), member of Købmand TH. C.   
Carlsens Mindefond - Memorial foundation (Denmark) and member of the Otto       
Mønsteds Kollegium (Denmark).                                                   

Independence                                                                    
Does not comply with the Committee on Corporate Governance's definition of the  
concept independency due to connection to one of the law firms acting as        
consultant to the company.                                                      

Kurt Anker Nielsen (62 years)                                                   
Director.                                                                       
Member of the Board since 2006.                                                 

Competencies                                                                    

Education:                                                                      
1972 - MSc (Economics and Business Administration), Copenhagen Business School, 
Denmark                                                                         

Former positions:                                                               
1972-1973 - Business Economist, Carlsberg A/S, Denmark 
1973-1974	 - Management Consultant, Booz, Allen and Hamilton of Scandinavia, 
Denmark                                                                         
1974-1977	 - Economist, Novo Industri A/S, Denmark 
1977-1984	 - Head of Corporate Planning, Novo Industri A/S, Denmark 
1984-1985 - Director, Corporate Planning and Communications, Novo Industri A/S, 
Denmark                                                                         
1985-1989	 - President of Corporate Finance, Novo Industri A/S, Denmark 
1989-2000	 - Chief Financial Officer, Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark 
1996-2000	 - Deputy CEO, Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark 
2000-2003	 - Co-CEO, Novo A/S, Denmark 

Fiduciary positions                                                             
Chairman of the Board of: Reliance A/S (Denmark).                               

Deputy Chairman of the Board of: Novozymes A/S (Denmark).                       

Member of the Boards of: Lifecycle Pharma A/S (Denmark), Novo Nordisk A/S       
(Denmark), StatoilHydro ASA (Norway) and ZymoGenetics Inc. (USA).               

Other positions of trust: Chairman of LifeCycle Pharma's Audit Committee        
(Denmark), Chairman of Novo Nordisk A/S' Audit Committee (Denmark), Chairman of 
StatoilHydro ASA's Audit Committee (Norway), Chairman of ZymoGenetics Inc.'s    
Audit Committee (USA) and member of Novo Nordisk Fonden (Denmark).              

Independence                                                                    
Complies with the Committee on Corporate Governance's definition of the concept 
independency.                                                                   

Re. Item 5 on the agenda:                                                       

Proposal to elect PricewaterhouseCoopers, Statsautoriseret Revisionsaktieselskab
and KPMG Statsautoriseret Revisionspartnerskab as auditors of the company.      

Re. Item 6 on the agenda:                                                       

Proposal 6.1                                                                    

Proposal from the Board of Directors to authorise the Board of Directors to let 
the company acquire treasury shares of up to a total nominal value of 10 per    
cent of the value of the company's share capital at the time in question, cf.   
Article 48 of the Danish Public Companies Act, in the period up until the next  
annual general meeting. The payment for the shares must not deviate more than 10
per cent from the closing price quoted at the OMX Nordic Exchange Copenhagen at 
the time of acquisition.                                                        

Randers, 10 March 2008                             

Vestas Wind Systems A/S                             
On behalf of the Board of Directors                       

Bent Erik Carlsen                                
Chairman

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