Press release

Heerlen, NL, 13 Dec 2013 09:15 CET

Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, has repurchased 185,761 of its own shares in the period from 6 December 2013 up to and including 12 December 2013 at an average price of €56.08. This is in accordance with the repurchase, covering existing option plans, announced on 6 November 2013. The consideration of this repurchase was €10.4 million.

The total number of shares repurchased under this program to date is 1,112,359 shares for a total consideration of €64.5 million.