Information on attending the meeting

How can I register and exercise my vote at the General Meeting of Shareholders of Corporate Express NV on 31 May 2010?

Important dates 2010
Meeting:	General Meeting 31 May 2010

Record date:	20 May 2010
End registration Period:	27 May 2010, at 5 p.m.

Instructions for attendance
The Executive Board has determined that those who are registered on 20 May 2010 in
one of the (sub)registers as mentioned hereafter and have given notice in accordance with the
following, will have the right to attend the Meeting and to vote thereat.

Holders of ordinary shares in bearer form

Who is entitled to vote at the GM?
All shareholders recorded in the sub-registers designated for holders of ordinary shares in
bearer form are administered by the banks and brokers which are affiliated (“aangesloten
instellingen”) with Euroclear Nederland (“Euroclear”), and indicate who is entitled to such
shares on 20 May 2010 at 5 p.m (“Record Date”).

What should I do to attend the Meeting or if I want to send a representative?
Holders of bearer shares who wish to attend the Meeting in person or appoint a
representative, must notify ABN AMRO Bank (“ABN AMRO”) phone +31 (0)76 57 99 366, e-mail: abnamro.depotbewijzen@nl.abnamro.com via the affiliated institution (“aangesloten instelling”) in whose administration their shares are registered.
Affiliated institutions must submit to ABN AMRO by 27 May 2010 at 5 p.m. at the latest, for each shareholder concerned, a written statement including the number of shares notified for registration and held by that shareholder at the Record Date.

At the request of the shareholder, the affiliated institution will send a confirmation to the
shareholder of the number of shares registered for the Meeting. The number of shares
registered per shareholder for this Meeting, will be sent by ABN AMRO to Corporate
Express. The shareholder will not receive a registration certificate. Instead, he (or his proxy
holder) will be requested at the Meeting to show a valid identification document. After
checking this with the registration list, the shareholder (or his proxy holder) will be admitted
to the Meeting.

What should I do if I want to vote and if I cannot attend the Meeting myself? (proxy and voting instructions)

Holders of bearer shares who will not be attending the Meeting in person may give a proxy to a third party or to Mr. G.W.Ch. Visser, civil law notary in Amsterdam, to vote on their behalf

In order to give proxy and voting instructions, the shareholder (a) must have registered his shares as mentioned above and (b) must have registered his shares as mentioned above and must have delivered the completed and executed proxy / voting form to the Executive Board on 27 May 2010, 5 p.m. at the latest.
A power of attorney and voting instructions form is available on the website of the Company (www.cexpgroup.com).

Holders of depositary receipts in bearer form

Who is entitled to vote at the GM?
All shareholders recorded in the sub-registers designated for holders of depositary receipts in
bearer form of preference shares A are administered by the banks and brokers which are
affiliated (“aangesloten instellingen”) with Euroclear Nederland (“Euroclear”), and indicate
who is entitled to such depositary receipts on Record Date.

What should I do to attend the Meeting or if I want to send a representative?
Holders of depositary receipts in bearer form who wish to attend the Meeting in person or appoint a representative, must notify ABN AMRO, via the affiliated institution (“aangesloten instelling”) in whose administration their certificates are registered. The affiliated institutions must submit to ABN AMRO in writing at the latest on the 27 May 2010 for each shareholder concerned, a written statement including the number of shares or depositary receipts notified for registration and held by that shareholder at the Record Date.

At the request of the depositary receipt holder, the affiliated institution will send a confirmation of the number of shares registered for the Meeting. The number of shares registered per shareholder / depositary receipt holder for this Meeting, will be sent by
ABN AMRO to Corporate Express NV. The depositary receipt holder will not receive a registration certificate. Instead, he (or his proxyholder) will be requested at the Meeting to show a valid identification document. After checking this with the registration list, the depositary receipt holder (or his proxyholder) will be admitted to the Meeting.

Holders of depositary receipts will receive a power of attorney from the board of the
“Stichting Administratiekantoor Preferente Aandelen Corporate Express” (“the Trust Office”). At the Meeting of 31 May 2010, 1 vote per (depositary receipt of) Preference Shares A can be exercised.

A holder of depositary receipts who, taking into account the above, has given timely notification for the Meeting, will be deemed to have requested a power of attorney. The power of attorney will be issued to him (or his representative) before the start of the Meeting by his (or his representative’s) co-signing the power of attorney for acceptance.

What should I do if I want to vote and if I cannot attend the meeting myself (proxy and voting instructions)
Holders of depositary receipts in bearer form who will not be attending the Meeting in person may give a proxy to a third party or to Mr. G.W.Ch. Visser, civil law notary in Amsterdam, to vote on their behalf.
In order to give proxy and voting instructions, the shareholder must have registered his shares as mentioned above and must have delivered the completed and executed proxy / voting form to the Executive Board on 27 May 2010, 5 p.m. at the latest.
A power of attorney / voting form is available through the website of the Company (www.cexpgroup.com).

Holders of registered shares and/or depositary receipts in registered form

Who is entitled to vote at the GM?
All shareholders recorded in the sub-registers designated for holders of registered shares and depositary receipts of preference shares A in registered form, is the share register respectively register of depositary receipts of preference shares A of Corporate Express NV which indicates who are the holders of registered shares respectively depositary receipts in registered form on 20 May 2010.

What should I do to attend the Meeting or if I want to send a representative?
Holders of registered shares or depositary receipts in registered form are required to give
notification for the Meeting and if desired give proxy to another person in the way explained
in the convocation letter sent to them by the Company.