Announcement number of shares HBG

Rijswijk, the Netherlands – HBG, Hollandsche Beton Groep nv, announces that – in relation to the payment of the stock dividend over the reporting year 1999 – 997,111 new ordinary shares in HBG were issued.

Accordingly, the current number of ordinary shares outstanding is 35,584,141, of which 633,190 are in the possession of HBG.


Further information:

Arno C. Pronk, HBG Public Relations, telephone +31 70 3722121.