Dividend proposal Robeco N.V.

    Rotterdam, 11 March 2005

                    DIVIDEND PROPOSAL ROBECO N.V.

At the meeting of the management board and supervisory board of
Robeco N.V. it was decided to propose to the General Meeting of
Shareholders the following cash dividend for the 2004 financial year:
EUR 0.40 (previous year EUR 0.36). Payment will be made on 6 May
2005.

The 2004 annual report will be published on 30 March 2005. The
meeting of shareholders will be convened in Rotterdam on 21 April
2005. The shares will be quoted ex dividend from 25 April 2005.


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, 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), and in the Middle East it has an office in
Bahrain.

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
Office +31 - 10 - 224 28 10
Mobile +31 - 653 - 831 586
E-mail: [e-mail]

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