Press release

Heerlen, NL, 14 Mar 2014 09:15 CET

Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, has repurchased 254,756 of its own shares in the period from 7 March 2014 up to and including 13 March 2014 at an average price of €47.40. This is in accordance with the resumed repurchase, covering existing option plans, announced on 27 February 2014. The consideration of this repurchase was €12.1 million.

The total number of shares repurchased under this program to date is 683,392 shares for a total consideration of €32.0 million.