Major shareholder announcement

Company announcement from                                                       
Vestas Wind Systems A/S                                                         

Randers, 17 January 2008                                                       
Company announcement No. 5/2008                                                

                                                                                
Major shareholder announcement                                                  

Vestas has today received information from Fidelity International that FMR LLC, 
c/o Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street Boston, Massachusetts 02109, USA 
as per 17 January 2008 has increased their holdings of Vestas shares from       
9,150,295 (cf. company announcement No. 3/2007 of 10 January 2008) to 9,303,495 
shares (5.02 per cent).                                                         

Any questions may be addressed to Peter Wenzel Kruse, Senior Vice President of  
Group Communications at Vestas Wind Systems A/S, telephone +45 9730 0000.       

Yours sincerely                                                                 
Vestas Wind Systems A/S                                                         


Ditlev Engel                                                                    
President and CEO