Van der Moolen Announces an Increase of Its Interest in Van der Moolen Specialists USA LLC

  
    
  
  
    
      Van der Moolen Holding N.V. ("VDM") (NYSE:VDM) (Amsterdam:VDMN) 
      announced today that it has entered into an option agreement with the 
      minority partners of VDM Specialists ("VDMS") to acquire the 15.6% 
      minority interest in VDMS. For the next 2 years, Van der Moolen has the 
      right to purchase the 15.6% interest of the minority partners for an 
      amount of $8.3 million. In addition, the option agreement gives the New 
      York partners the right to sell their 15.6% minority interest in VDMS to 
      Van der Moolen at June 30, 2009 for an amount of $8.3 million.
    
    
      The option agreement follows on the increase of the interest of Van der 
      Moolen in VDMS from 75% to 84.4% as a result of the reallocation of the 
      interest between minority partners and Van der Moolen during the second 
      quarter of 2007. No amount were paid related to this increase.
    
    
      As a result of the option agreement, 100% of the results of VDMS are 
      included in the Van der Moolen results as of April 1, 2007.
    
    
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