ForFarmers N.V.: ForFarmers nominates Mr. Cees de

Lochem, 3 February 2017

ForFarmers nominates Mr. Cees de Jong as member to its Supervisory Board

ForFarmers announces that the Supervisory Board has resolved to nominate Mr. Cees de Jong as member of the Supervisory Board. This nomination will be submitted to the Annual General Meeting of shareholders of 26 April 2017. Mr. Henk Mulder will stand down on 26 April 2017 in line with the retirement schedule.

Cees de Jong (1961) is currently President and CEO of the globally operating Danish stock listed bioscience company Chr. Hansen that develops sustainable solutions for the food, nutritional, pharmaceutical and agricultural industries.

Before he was appointed to CEO of Chr. Hansen in 2013, Cees de Jong held various management and board positions in the biopharmaceutical and food industries. His professional career started in 1989 after he had obtained his Master of Business Administration (MBA) and his Medical Doctorate degree from Erasmus University in Rotterdam. The first company he joined was Gist-Brocades (the Netherlands). When this company was acquired by DSM in 1998, Cees de Jong stayed on and was appointed to President of the Business Group Anti-Infectives. In 2000, he moved to Campina to manage the Industrial Products division, and from 2003 to 2007, Cees de Jong worked for Quest International as President of the Flavour division and member of the Board. Subsequently, he became Chief Operating Officer and member of the Board of the biotech company Crucell, which was taken over by Johnson & Johnson in 2011.

'Given Cees de Jong's broad international experience in large branch related organisations, we are extremely pleased to be able to nominate him as a member of our Supervisory Board. We are of the opinion that our Board will be afforced when he takes office', states Jan Eggink, chairman of the Supervisory Board of ForFarmers.  

Note to the editor / For additional information:

Caroline Vogelzang, Director Investor Relations and Communications  T: 0031 573 288 194   M: 0031 6 10 94 91 61 E: caroline.vogelzang@forfarmers.eu

Company profile ForFarmers (Lochem, the Netherlands) is an internationally operating feed company that offers total feed solutions for conventional and organic livestock farming. ForFarmers gives its very best "For the Future of Farming": for the continuity of farming and for a financially secure sector that will continue to serve society for generations to come in a sustainable way. By working side-by-side with farmers ForFarmers delivers real benefits: better returns, healthier livestock and greater efficiency. This is achieved by offering tailored and Total Feed solutions and a targeted approach with specialist and expert support.

With sales of approximately 9.0 million tons of feed annually, ForFarmers is market leader in Europe. ForFarmers has 2,370 employees and production facilities in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. In 2015, the turnover arrived at €2.2 billion.

ForFarmers N.V., Postbus 91, 7240 AB Lochem, T: +31 (0)573 28 88 00, F: +31 (0)573 28 88 99, info@forfarmers.eu, www.forfarmersgroup.eu.