The Supervisory Board of Buhrmann N.V. nominates Mr R.F. van den Bergh and Mr T. de Swaan as new members of the Supervisory Board
The nominations are pending approval at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders that will be hosted on Tuesday 31 October 2006 at 11 am CET at the Okura Hotel, Ferdinand Bolstraat 333 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Rob F. van den Bergh (55) is a former board member and CEO of VNU and is currently a member of the Supervisory boards of ABN AMRO and Pon Holdings.
Tom de Swaan (60) is a former member of the managing board and CFO of ABN AMRO. He is currently a member of the Supervisory Boards of Koninklijke DSM and GlaxoSmithKline and will be appointed as member of the Supervisory Board of Royal Ahold.
Buhrmann will furthermore propose to make certain technical amendments to the articles of association. The agenda for the meeting and the explanatory notes can be viewed here.