WP - Get 'excerpt' with HTML tags

custom_excerpt.php

/**
 * Return post's excerpt without removing HTML tags
 *
 * @param int $count total content length to be return
 *
 * @return string
 */
function Get_As_excerpt($count = 150)
{
    if (has_excerpt()) {
        $excerpt = get_the_excerpt();
    } else {
        $excerpt = get_the_content();
    }
    $excerpt = substr($excerpt, 0, $count);
    $excerpt = substr($excerpt, 0, strripos($excerpt, " ")); 
    $excerpt = apply_filters('the_excerpt', $excerpt . '...');
    return $excerpt;
}