Press Release

April 29, 2021

DSM announces cancellation of 6.6m treasury shares to conclude reduction in share capital

Cancellation concludes reduction in share capital following share buyback program executed from 1 April 2019 to February 2020.

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Heerlen, NL, 29 Apr 2021 08:00 CEST

Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, today announces that it has cancelled 6.6m ordinary shares, thereby concluding the reduction in share capital following the share buyback program executed in the period 1 April 2019 to February 2020. 

6,638,971 ordinary shares held in treasury since the execution of the share buyback program have been cancelled. The total number of issued shares is therefore reduced to 218,826,029 (previously 225,465,000), consisting of 174,786,029 ordinary shares and 44,040,000 cumulative preference shares A. In accordance with regulatory requirements, Royal DSM has notified the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) of the change in its issued share capital.