Press release

Heerlen, NL, 25 Apr 2014 09:15 CEST

Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, has repurchased 170,120 of its own shares in the period from 22 April 2014 up to and including 24 April 2014 at an average price of €50.42. This is in accordance with the resumed repurchase, covering existing option plans, announced on 27 February 2014. The consideration of this repurchase was €8.6 million.

The total number of shares repurchased under this program to date is 1,757,299 shares for a total consideration of €85.0 million.