• Net profit EUR 151 million (up 25% from Q3 2004).
• Rymco, last remaining unit of DSM Bakery Ingredients, sold.
• Outlook: operating profit* for the whole of 2005 will exceed EUR 800 million and will thus be substantially above 2004 (EUR 567 million).

• DSM once again No. 1 in Chemical Industry sector of Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.

*In this report, ‘operating profit’ is understood to be operating profit from ordinary activities excluding exceptional items.