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Douwe Zijp appointed new CEO of Nunza B.V.
Haelen, the Netherlands
May 21, 2004

Pieter van Kesteren, the current CEO of Nunza, will retire by the end of February 2005

Douwe Zijp (photo), currently CFO of Nunza B.V., has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Management of Nunza B.V. effective October 1, 2004. He succeeds Pieter van Kesteren who will retire by the end of February 2005 after six years of valuable service to Nunza. In the period between October 2004 and February 2005, Pieter van Kesteren will support Douwe Zijp in the transition.

Douwe Zijp was born in Groningen, the Netherlands on August 24, 1956. He studied Business Administration at Groningen. He started his career at the Nederlandse Gasunie in 1980 and joined the agricultural industry in 1990, holding various senior management positions within Schering Netherlands, later AgrEvo Benelux and in the AgrEvo Headquarters. In 1998 Douwe Zijp joined Nunza, first as Corporate Controller and from 2001 onwards as CFO of Nunza.

“I am confident that the vegetable seed business which is a strategic part of our Bayer BioScience portfolio, will continue to be highly successful under the leadership of Douwe,” said Lykele van der Broek, Head of BioScience.

Nunhems, with annual sales of some EUR 160 million, is one the world’s leading innovative enterprises in Research, Breeding, Production, Marketing and Sales of vegetables seeds and services for the professional vegetable production business. The varieties are marketed under the global Nunhems brand to professional growers, plant propagators, the fresh produce and food processing industries and dealers.

The company offers an outstanding range of vegetable varieties and related services for profitable and sustainable horticulture. Nunhems has a global workforce of 900 and is represented in 20 countries with specialized research, breeding, logistical and sales locations. In addition, Nunhems is represented in 35 countries with dedicated sales teams, ensuring proximity to growers and dealers and to the world’s main vegetable production areas.

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