The Managing Board of Directors of DSM announces the following appointments, which have been made to replace business group directors who have reached pensionable age and to fill the vacancies that have arisen due to other appointments:

Mr B. (Ben) van Kooten (53), at present business group director of DSM Elastomers, will be appointed business group director of the new DSM Resins business group as of 1 March 2006. This business group will consist of the two current business groups DSM Coating Resins (including DSM NeoResins and Desotech) and DSM Composite Resins.

Mr B.H. (Bob) Hartmayer (53), at present Chief Operating Officer of DSM Nutritional Products, will be appointed business group director of DSM Elastomers as of 1 February 2006.

Mr E. (Ed) Sheu (52), at present director of DSM Nanjing Chemical Corporation (China), will be appointed business group director of DSM Fibre Intermediates. He is to succeed Mr B. (Bill) Price (61), who will retire on 1 July 2006, with effect from this date.

Mr G. (Gerard) de Reuver (49), at present Mainstream business director at DSM Anti-Infectives, will be appointed business group director of the Anti-Infectives business group as of 1 January 2006. The appointment follows the proposed appointment of Mr N. (Nico) Gerardu (54) as new member of the DSM Managing Board of Directors. Mr Gerardu’s proposed appointment was announced in a separate press release today.