ARNOUT VAN RIJN APPOINTED FUND MANAGER OF ROLINCO

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Arnout van Rijn will take over as fund manager of Rolinco as of 1
September. He succeeds Mark Glazener, who will assume responsibility
for the fund Robeco as of that date.

Arnout van Rijn: "I am highly motivated to realize good results for
our shareholders. My 12 years' experience of investing in emerging
markets, the Far East, America and Europe have been an excellent
preparation for accepting this challenge. Moreover, the outlook at
present for the growth stocks in which Rolinco invests is very
promising right now."

Currently Van Rijn is fund manager of Robeco America. Prior to this
he worked for Robeco for several years in Hong Kong and was also the
fund manager of Robeco Emerging Markets.

Both Rolinco and Van Rijn were born in 1965. Rolinco currently has
assets under management of EUR 1.3 billion.  The fund invests
internationally in companies with prospects for accelerated growth.

It is also intended that Van Rijn be appointed director of Rolinco.
This appointment will be proposed to an extraordinary shareholders'
meeting to be held on 25 August, and is subject to the approval of
Dutch financial markets regulator AFM.


About Robeco
Robeco provides discretionary asset management products and services,
as well as a complete range of mutual funds to a large number of
institutional and retail clients worldwide. Robeco's product range
encompasses fixed-income and equity investments, as well as balanced
accounts, money-market funds and alternative investments.
Robeco distributes its funds for the retail market directly, and
through other financial institutions. Several of its mutual funds,
including the flagship Robeco N.V., are listed on major European
stock exchanges such as Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt and London.

As well as from its head office in Rotterdam, Robeco services its
clients from its European offices in Belgium, France, Luxembourg,
Switzerland, Germany and Spain. In the United States, Robeco has
offices in New York, Chicago and San Francisco (Weiss, Peck & Greer),
Boston (Boston Partners), White Plains (Sage Capital Management) and
Toledo (Harbor Capital Advisors).

Robeco is the center for asset management with full operational
independence within the Rabobank Group. The combination of the
highest credit ratings from the major international rating agencies
and the highest Sustainability Cluster Score within the banking
sector reflects the high added value Rabobank has always offered its
investors, members, clients and employees.

Ronald Florisson, Corporate Communications Robeco
+31 - 10 - 224 28 10
+31 - 653 - 831 586
E-mail: [e-mail]


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