Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, today provides the investment community with comparative quarterly figures for 2008.

These comparative figures reflect the reclassification of DSM Special Products from discontinued operations to continuing operations. DSM Special Products is now part of the Base Chemicals & Materials cluster. Separately, to further increase transparency, DSM now also provides a more detailed break-down of the results of Other Activities.

The comparative figures for 2008 can be found in the annex to this press release (PDF: 10 Kb) and can also be downloaded from the Investors section on the DSM corporate website, www.dsm.com.