Boskalis: Update on Purchase of Dockwise Shares (The Netherlands)

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. announces that it has acquired 28,340 ordinary shares in Dockwise (the Shares) in the course of trading yesterday.

All these Shares were acquired through Euronext Amsterdam and were purchased at an average price of EUR 18.49 per Share with a maximum price of EUR 18.50 per Share.

On 30 January at 12:05 CET, Boskalis announced to have acquired 2,016,030 Shares and to make a mandatory offer for all Shares. Following that announcement, Boskalis acquired an additional 465,994 shares through Euronext Amsterdam on that same day at an average price of EUR 18.50 per Share with a maximum price of EUR 18.50 per Share (which equalled NOK 137 as per such date).

Boskalis now holds at total of 15,931,754 Shares, representing approximately 40% of the Shares. Together with the irrevocable commitments obtained by Boskalis, more than 90% of the Shares is already acquired by, or committed to, Boskalis.

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Press Release, February 5, 2013