Miscellaneous

    Rotterdam, 23 April 2004

                            PRESS RELEASE

               NEW SUPERVISORY BOARD MEMBERS APPOINTED


At the annual shareholders' meetings of Robeco Groep N.V. (on 20
April 2004), Robeco N.V. and Rolinco N.V. (both on 22 April 2004),
C.E.M. Beckers and G. Izeboud were appointed as supervisory board
members.

Mr. Beckers is Chief Investment Officer of Kedge Capital in London.
Until 2000 he was president of Barra, a financial risk-management
organization. Mr. Izeboud was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers
until 2002, and also sat on the Tabaksblat Committee.

The appointments fill the vacancies arising from the retirement of
Messrs. Roef (on reaching the statutory retirement age) and Ruys, who
stepped down at his own request. Messrs. Beckers and Izeboud have
also been proposed for appointment as supervisory board members of
Rorento N.V. at the shareholders' meeting to be held on 5 May 2004.


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, Germany, Spain
and Switzerland. 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 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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