As informed in Stock Exchange Announcement No. 5/2007 the Board of Directors of Coloplast has decided to initiate a share buy-back programme in the order of DKK 1 billion during 2007 and part of 2008. A first buy-back programme within the scope of the authority will be exercised in the period from 5 March 2007 to 15 August 2007. The volume of trading in own shares will be limited to a maximum total market value of DKK 500 million. This programme is expected to be followed by an additional programme in August 2007. Under the programme the following transactions have been executed during the period 16.04.07-20.04.07 : Date Number of shares Average buying price Amount DKK 16.4.07 10,000 468.10 4,681,000 17.4.07 8,000 470.44 3,763,520 18.4.07 8,000 473.68 3,789,440 19.4.07 10,000 472.65 4,726,500 20.4.07 11,000 476.47 5,241,170 Total 47,000 22,201,630 Henceforth, Coloplast owns 2,250,159 own B shares of DKK 5 equal to 4.69% of the company's total share capital. Bought back since start of programme Number of shares Amount DKK (gross) 309,800 146,224,205 Further information Investors and financial analysts Jørgen Fischer Ravn Head of Investor Relations Tlf. 4911 1308 E-mail: dkjfr@coloplast.com Press and the media Jens Tovborg Jensen Head of Media Relations Tel. + 45 3085 1922 E-mail: dkjto@coloplast.com This information is available in a Danish and an English version. In case of discrepancies, the Danish version will prevail.