OMX the Nordic Exchange, Copenhagen April 16, 2008 Release 12 / 2008 Exercise of warrants - increase of Group share capital Further to our Release No. 6 of 14 March 2008 we can inform you that an additional number of warrants have been exercised in the period 14 March - 15 April 2008 as stated below. 275 shares have been subscribed for based on warrants issued in 2004, as detailed in NKT's Stock Exchange Release No. 3 of 9 January 2004. The subscription price will be 108.5 DKK per nominal 20 DKK share. 62,950 shares have been subscribed for based on warrants issued in 2005, as detailed in NKT's Stock Exchange Release No. 3 of 6 January 2005. The subscription price will be 156.8 DKK per nominal 20 DKK share. Insider transactions The exercised warrants referred to above include 40,000 shares exercised by members of the NKT Group Management - see Stock Exchange Release No. 10 of 16 April 2008. Increase of Group share capital As a result of the above, NKT Holding's share capital will be increased by the issue of 63,225 shares of a nominal value of 20 DKK. The share capital will thus be increased by a total nominal amount of 1,264,500 DKK. Following the increase, NKT's registered share capital will comprise a total of 23,718,379 NKT shares of a nominal value of 20 DKK, corresponding to a total nominal share capital of 474,367,580 DKK. The increase in share capital will be entered in Article 3 of NKT's Articles of Association. Consequences The increase in capital described above will not affect the NKT Group's expected results for 2008. Questions Please address any questions concerning the above to the undersigned on telephone number +45 4348 2000. Yours faithfully NKT Holding A/S Michael Hedegaard Lyng CFO