Royal P&O Nedlloyd On Euronext Cash And Derivatives Markets As Of 19 April

On 16 April 2004 the newly issued shares in Royal P&O Nedlloyd N.V. are due to be listed on Euronext. Following this listing, options on the shares of Royal P&O Nedlloyd NV will be introduced on Euronext.liffe on 19 April 2004. As of this date, Intal and Madron will act as Primary Market Maker to support trading in these securities.

According to PricewaterhouseCoopers' latest IPO Watch Europe survey, Euronext is the first European market by value of IPOs in the first quarter of 2004 with an offering value of Euro 3,616 mln, more than 69% of the total offering value of all European stock exchanges (Euro 5,240m). Euronext saw 10 IPO's in the first three months of this year, the main one being Belgacom, the biggest IPO in Europe since three years.