General

Nutreco Holding N.V. (‘the Company’) is a company domiciled in the Netherlands. The consolidated financial statements of Nutreco for the year ended 31 December 2009 comprise Nutreco and its subsidiaries (‘Nutreco’ or ‘the Group’) and Nutreco’s interest in associates and jointly controlled entities.

Nutreco is a global leader in animal nutrition and fish feed. Nutreco has strong fundamentals based on agriculture and aquaculture knowledge and comprehensive R&D capacity which support farmers to meet the current and future requirements in the food value chains.

Nutreco employs approximately 10,000 employees in more than 30 countries with sales in 80 countries.

The Group had 9,690 employees (excluding third-party staff) at 31 December 2009. The Group operates approximately 120 production plants in 25 countries. The Group has eight leading research facilities to support its customers and its own animal nutrition and fish feed activities. The Group also has a selective presence in various stages of the meat production chain.

All disclosures are based on continuing operations.

Nutreco is quoted on the Official Market of Euronext Amsterdam and is included in the Amsterdam Midcap Index and the Next 150 Index.

The consolidated (and company) financial statements were approved for issuance by the Executive and Supervisory Boards on 1 March 2010. The Group’s financial statements will be subject to adoption by the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting on 1 April 2010.

For 2008 raw materials and consumables used are increased by EUR 25 million for the freight costs, which were reported under other operating expenses.

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