ABN-Amro made the following announcement on 21 April 2009:
Further to the announcement dated 26 March 2009 concerning the payment of the final dividend of Royal DSM N.V. for the financial year 2008, ABN AMRO Bank N.V. trading under the name RBS (“RBS”) hereby announces that the number of dividend rights (the exchange ratio) is fixed at 32.27 dividend rights for one (1) ordinary Share Royal DSM (or at the option of the Admitted Institutions of Euronext Amsterdam 3,227 dividend rights for 100 ordinary Shares).
Based on the daily volume weighted average price of all traded Shares at Euronext Amsterdam by NYSE Euronext during 14 April 2009 up to and including 16 April 2009 (less auction/less of exchange trades), being EUR 21.8318, 1/32.27 part represents a value of EUR 0.6765, which is 0.5095% less than the cash dividend of EUR 0.68. This exchange ratio corresponds to a reinvestment price of EUR 21.9436 per ordinary share.
The delivery of shares bought as a result of reinvestment will be made as of 21 April 2009.
