International Media Solutions Acquires Roto Smeets Group B.V.

Today, 10 July 2015, International Media Solutions B.V. - a company founded by a group of six major shareholders in Roto Smeets Group N.V. (RSG NV) for this purpose - has acquired the shares of Roto Smeets Group B.V. (RSG BV) from RSG NV in accordance with the Bid as published on 31 March and 8 May 2015. The shareholders in RSG NV approved the Bid and hence the sale of RSG BV during the General Shareholders' Meeting on 13 May 2015. All conditions on which the Bid depended have since been met.

This means that, as of today, the listed company RSG NV no longer owns any activities. As previously announced, Mr G. Schaaij has signed an agreement to continue RSG NV under a different name after the proceeds of the sale of RSG BV have been paid out to the current shareholders.

Before things can be finalised, a number of formalities must be completed. This process will take a few more months due to the relevant minimum time periods required by law.

In the next few weeks, an Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting will be called in order to change the name of RSG NV into a name for the stock market as chosen by Mr Schaaij. To support this sale, a capital reduction for RSG NV will also be placed on the agenda. The Articles of Association cannot be amended and the transfer of RSG NV to Mr Schaaij cannot be implemented until the capital reduction procedure has been completed as stipulated by Dutch law. In view of this, the payment of the Bid to the shareholders and the definitive transfer of the listed company are expected to take place in mid-November 2015.

Joost de Haas, CEO of RSG: "The transfer of RSG BV to its new parent company, International Media Solutions, marks Roto Smeets Group's departure from the stock exchange. This changes nothing for our company or our activities, apart from relieving us of various restrictive requirements as well as significant costs applicable to a listed company. Although RSG was one of the oldest listed companies in The Netherlands, that offered us few benefits in recent years. We are now looking forward to continuing to build a new future for ourselves under the IMS banner."

Deventer, 10 July 2015

For more information:
Joost de Haas, CEO
Tel.: +31 570 69 49 01



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