At the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Koninklijke Vopak N.V. (Royal Vopak) held on 27 April 2010 – amongst others – a resolution was adopted to amend the articles of association of the company. The amendment of the articles of association includes amongst others a 1:2 split of all share classes. Each ordinary share, each cumulative preference share and each cumulative finance preference share having a nominal value of EUR 1.- will be split into two shares of the same class having a nominal value of EUR 0.50 each. The amendment of the articles of association will take effect on Monday 17 May 2010 after close of trading.
Euronext Amsterdam has been requested that listing of and trading in the ordinary shares with the new nominal value of EUR 0.50 will start on Tuesday 18 May 2010 under the new ISIN code NL0009432491. The Euronext symbol VPK will not change. Shareholders do not need to take action with respect to the share split.
Profile of Royal Vopak
Royal Vopak is the world's largest independent tank storage service provider, specialized in the storage and handling of liquid chemicals, gasses and oil products. The company operates 80 terminals with a combined storage capacity of more than 28 million cubic meters in 31 countries. The terminals are strategically located for users along the major shipping routes. The majority of its customers are companies operating in the chemical and oil industries, for which Vopak stores a large variety of products destined for a wide range of industries.