Eureko B.V. today announced that Ernst Jansen (59), Vice Chairman of the Executive Board, will take up retirement as of 1 October 2007. Ernst Jansen joined Eureko´s subsidiary Centraal Beheer Achmea in 1990 and has been member of the Board of Eureko since 1992. For most of this time he has been responsible for Eureko´s operating companies outside the Netherlands. He has concentrated fully on Eureko´s investment in PZU, Poland since 1 April 2007, when he handed over all other responsibilities for Eureko´s international activities to Gerard van Olphen, who as of 1 October 2007 also will be responsible for the PZU-participation.

After his retirement, Ernst Jansen will become advisor to the Executive Board of Eureko and retain his positions on the Supervisory Boards of several of Eureko´s operating companies. He will also remain a Eureko member on the Supervisory Board of PZU. Consequently he will continue to be involved with the ongoing matters concerning Eureko´s position in Poland.

Eureko has a 33% shareholding (minus 1 share) in PZU, with the agreement to acquire a further 21%, which, as a consequence of a dispute with the Polish Government, is currently subject to international arbitration.

The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of Eureko owe Ernst Jansen special gratitude for his contribution over the years to the implementation of Eureko´s strategy, in particular with respect to Eureko´s expansion abroad.

The composition of the Executive Board as of 1 October 2007 will be: Maarten Dijkshoorn (Chairman and CEO), Huub Hannen (Vice Chairman), Gerard van Olphen, Willem van Duin and Roel Wijmenga (CFO).

Zeist, 5 July 2007

For further information, contact:

Lorrie Morgan (International media)
Tel +31 (0)30 693 7065 Mobile: +31 (0)654 93 72 72

Marco Simmers (Dutch media)
Mobile: +31 (0)653 43 87 18

Monika Wincenciak - Ziemba (Polish media)
Tel. +48 22 812 68 35 Mobile: +48 607 077 572

Barth Scholten (Investor Relations / Analysts)
Tel: +31 (0)30 693 7051

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