Press Release

March 11, 2011

DSM – repurchase of shares (4-10 March 2011)

DSM repurchased 499,687 shares from 4 to 10 March at an average price of € 43.49.

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Heerlen, NL, 11 Mar 2011 09:15 CET

Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, has repurchased 499,687 of its own shares in the period from 4 March 2011 up to and including 10 March at an average price of €43.49. This is in accordance with the repurchase, covering existing option plans, announced on 23 February 2011. The consideration of this repurchase was €21.7 million.

The total number of shares repurchased under this program to date is 963,467 shares for a total consideration of €41.6 million.