Royal DSM N.V. has repurchased 860,787 of its own shares in the period from 26 June 2008 up to and including 2 July 2008 at an average price of EUR 37.22. This is in accordance with the second phase of the share buyback program, announced on 5 May 2008. The consideration of this repurchase was EUR 32.0 million.

The total number of shares repurchased under the second phase of this program to date is 6,080,203 shares for a total consideration of EUR 230.8 million.