The program consists of various tranches with
maturities ranging from 8 to 20 years in 3 different currencies, with in total USD 575 million of the
tranches in USD. In this new issue 27 institutional investors are participating, of which 6 are new
investors. The annual interest rates are between 4.75% for the 8 years Euro tranche and 6.02%
for the 20 years USD tranche with a weighted average annual interest rate of 5.5%.
The proceeds of this private placement will be made available in December 2009. The program
will further enhance the maturity profile of the outstanding debt and will provide sufficient flexibility
under the current revolving credit facility to enable the refinancing of the regular repayments
under the existing private placement programs up to and including 2011.