Press release

Velsen, 28 September 2012 (before market opening) CROWN VAN GELDER PRESS RELEASE CROWN VAN GELDER PROPOSES NEW SUPERVISORY BOARD MEMBERS IN ANTICIPATION OF RETIREMENT TWO CURRENT MEMBERS EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING (EGM) OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON 9 NOVEMBER 2012

Crown Van Gelder N.V. (CVG) announces its intention to appoint Mr. Jacques van den Hoven and Mr. Henk van Houtum as members of its Supervisory Board. The proposed appointments will be submitted for approval at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGM) on 9
November 2012.
With these proposed appointments, CVG anticipates the expiration of the final term of Mr. Klaas Schaafsma as member of the Supervisory Board in May 2013. Simultaneously, the current Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Mr. Berry Bemelmans, has decided to step down in May
2013, one year before the end of his final term. When accepting this final term Mr. Bemelmans already indicated his intention to shorten the total period. In the light of the strategic review which is currently in progress, the Management and Supervisory Board attach great importance to a thorough introduction and a smooth transfer of responsibilities to the intended new members of the Supervisory Board.
The proposed appointment of the Supervisory Board members will take place during an EGM of shareholders, to be held on 9 November 2012 starting at 11.00 a.m., at the Crown Van Gelder offices in Velsen-Noord, The Netherlands. The Supervisory Board will be temporarily expanded, and with the resignation of Mr. Schaafsma and Mr. Bemelmans will be brought back to 5 members after the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 16 May 2013.
Mr. Jacques van den Hoven (60, Dutch nationality) is a former member of the Management Board of Heijmans N.V. He currently holds various Supervisory Board positions. Mr. Van den Hoven has ample managerial expertise. After his appointment as Supervisory Board member and after the retirement of Mr. Bemelmans the Supervisory Board intends to nominate Mr. Van den Hoven as chairman of the Supervisory Board of CVG.
Mr. Henk van Houtum (59, Dutch nationality) is Director Strategy and Innovation at Van

Houtum, an independent producer of hygienic paper in the Netherlands. With Mr. Van Houtum s vast knowledge of the paper sector he will be able to make a valuable contribution to the Supervisory Board in the areas of company strategy, production technology and innovation. There is no (anticipated) business relationship between CVG and the Van Houtum company.

The Supervisory and Management Board of CVG are convinced that with these proposed appointments, the Supervisory Board is well positioned to provide continuity in the cooperation with the Management Board to execute CVG s strategic review in progress.

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The Works council and the General Meeting of Shareholders have a right of recommendation in respect of the two vacancies in the Supervisory Board.

The agenda of the EGM has been published on the company s website.
Crown Van Gelder will publish a trading update on 8 November 2012 (before market opening).

For more information, please contact:

Henk van der Zwaag, CFO, tel. + 31 (0)251 262 201
Internet site: www.cvg.nl
Profile:
Crown Van Gelder N.V. is a specialist paper manufacturer with around 280 staff. The company develops, produces and sells high-quality speciality products in the woodfree uncoated and single-coated paper sectors. The product portfolio includes customised solutions for self- adhesive labels and base paper grades that are coated, metallised or provided with a (polyethylene) PE coating, and paper products suited as packaging materials for use in combination with foodstuffs, and a series of speciality paper products designed to print forms, direct mail, envelopes, books, and manuals. Crown Van Gelder N.V. is listed on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam.

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