VDM - Van Der Moolen Announces the Resignation of its CFO and the Appointment of Interim CFO

  
    
  
  
    
      Van der Moolen Holding N.V. announced today that the company and its 
      Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Mr. Leo J. Pruis, have amicably agreed 
      upon his resignation as managing director and CFO. The Supervisory Board 
      and the Executive Board of Van der Moolen Holding N.V. would like to 
      thank Mr. Pruis for his contribution to the company.
    
    
      In accordance with his contractual arrangements a severance payment will 
      be made to Mr. Pruis of Euro 329.000 gross, which amount is to be 
      increased with a severance amount relating to his deferred bonus over 
      the year 2005. Furthermore a pension contribution of Euro 45.000 gross 
      will be made.
    
    
      Pending the definitive appointment of a new CFO, Mr. Jan W. van de Water 
      will be appointed as interim CFO of Van der Moolen Holding N.V. with 
      immediate effect.
    
    
      For more information about Van der Moolen, please visit www.vandermoolen.com 
      or contact Investor Relations/Corporate Communications, telephone +31 
      (0)20 535 6789.
    
    
      Van der Moolen trades on the leading US and European equity, option and 
      fixed income exchanges. The group trades in open outcry and electronic 
      markets in several time zones. On the NYSE, Van der Moolen currently has 
      a market share of nearly 11% of transaction volume for which it acts as 
      specialist. Van der Moolen's traders worldwide execute an average of 
      100,000 trades a day. Turnover and price volatility are the most 
      important factors influencing its results. Van der Moolen's shares are 
      listed on Euronext Amsterdam (VDMN.AS). American Depositary Receipts 
      (ADRs) representing Van der Moolen shares are listed on the NYSE (VDM).
    
    
      Disclaimer:
    
    
      This press release contains forward-looking statements within the 
      meaning of, and which have been made pursuant to, the Private Securities 
      Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements regarding our future 
      financial condition, results of operations and business strategy, plans 
      and objectives are forward-looking. Statements containing the words “anticipate,” 
      “believe,” “intend,” 
      “estimate,” “expect,” 
      “hope,” and words 
      of similar meaning are forward-looking. In particular, the following are 
      forward-looking in nature: statements with regard to strategy and 
      management objectives; pending or potential acquisitions; pending or 
      potential litigation and government investigations, including litigation 
      and investigations concerning specialist trading in the U.S.; future 
      revenue sources; the effects of changes or prospective changes in the 
      regulation or structure of the securities exchanges on which our 
      subsidiaries operate; and trends in results, performance, achievements 
      or conditions in the markets in which we operate. These forward-looking 
      statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which 
      are beyond our control, which may cause our results, performance, 
      achievements or conditions in the markets in which we operate to differ, 
      possibly materially, from those expressed or implied in these 
      forward-looking statements. We describe certain important factors to 
      consider in connection with these forward-looking statements under “Key 
      Information – Risk Factors” 
      and elsewhere in our annual filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange 
      Commission on Form 20-F. We caution you not to place undue reliance on 
      these forward-looking statements, which reflect our management’s 
      view only as of the date of this Report. We have no obligation to update 
      these forward-looking statements.
    
  
Van der Moolen Holding N.V. announced today that the company and
its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Mr. Leo J. Pruis, have amicably
agreed upon his resignation as managing director and CFO. The
Supervisory Board and the Executive Board of Van der Moolen Holding
N.V. would like to thank Mr. Pruis for his contribution to the
company.

   In accordance with his contractual arrangements a severance
payment will be made to Mr. Pruis of Euro 329.000 gross, which amount
is to be increased with a severance amount relating to his deferred
bonus over the year 2005. Furthermore a pension contribution of Euro
45.000 gross will be made.

   Pending the definitive appointment of a new CFO, Mr. Jan W. van de
Water will be appointed as interim CFO of Van der Moolen Holding N.V.
with immediate effect.

   For more information about Van der Moolen, please visit
www.vandermoolen.com or contact Investor Relations/Corporate
Communications, telephone [phone].

   Van der Moolen trades on the leading US and European equity,
option and fixed income exchanges. The group trades in open outcry and
electronic markets in several time zones. On the NYSE, Van der Moolen
currently has a market share of nearly 11% of transaction volume for
which it acts as specialist. Van der Moolen's traders worldwide
execute an average of 100,000 trades a day. Turnover and price
volatility are the most important factors influencing its results. Van
der Moolen's shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam (VDMN.AS).
American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) representing Van der Moolen shares
are listed on the NYSE (VDM).

   Disclaimer:

   This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of, and which have been made pursuant to, the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements regarding our
future financial condition, results of operations and business
strategy, plans and objectives are forward-looking. Statements
containing the words "anticipate," "believe," "intend," "estimate,"
"expect," "hope," and words of similar meaning are forward-looking. In
particular, the following are forward-looking in nature: statements
with regard to strategy and management objectives; pending or
potential acquisitions; pending or potential litigation and government
investigations, including litigation and investigations concerning
specialist trading in the U.S.; future revenue sources; the effects of
changes or prospective changes in the regulation or structure of the
securities exchanges on which our subsidiaries operate; and trends in
results, performance, achievements or conditions in the markets in
which we operate. These forward-looking statements involve risks,
uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond our control,
which may cause our results, performance, achievements or conditions
in the markets in which we operate to differ, possibly materially,
from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements.
We describe certain important factors to consider in connection with
these forward-looking statements under "Key Information - Risk
Factors" and elsewhere in our annual filing with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission on Form 20-F. We caution you not to place
undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect our
management's view only as of the date of this Report. We have no
obligation to update these forward-looking statements.