18/09/2006 08:20 

Baltic Beverages Holding AB (BBH) will be holding a conference to update on progress being made across the business. The event will take place at Baltika Breweries, St Petersburg, on Tuesday 26 September 2006 from 09.00 local time (07.00 CET).

The conference will be co-hosted by John Nicolson, Chairman of BBH and Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen, Vice-Chairman of BBH, and speakers will include Anton Artemiev, President of Baltika Breweries, as well as other local senior management.

The presentations will also be web cast simultaneously on the company's website, www.carlsberggroup.com. Copies of the slides in pdf formats will be available on the website.

Baltic Beverages Holding AB (BBH) is a 50:50 owned joint venture between Carlsberg A/S and Scottish & Newcastle plc. BBH operates 18 breweries in six countries in Eastern Europe, including Russia, where it is the market leader with a 36% market share.

For further information contact:

Investor Relations:
Mikael Bo Larsen, +45 33 27 1223