Royal Vopak celebrates inclusion in AEX-Index in anticipation of its 400th anniversary

Vice-chairman of the Executive Board and CFO of Royal Vopak (ticker symbol: VPK), Jack de Kreij, celebrates the inclusion of Royal Vopak in the AEX-Index® by sounding the gong.

De Kreij: “We see this inclusion in the AEX as an inspiring milestone in anticipation of our 400^th anniversary in 2016 and a recognition of all the effort, commitment and accomplishments of our colleagues worldwide.”

Royal Vopak is a tank storage provider for the oil and chemical industry. Vopak operates 78 terminals in 28 countries with a combined storage capacity of 33.5 million cbm, with another 6.2 million cbm under development, to be added by 2019. Vopak’s mission is to ensure safe, reliable and effective storage and handling of bulk liquid products at key marine locations that are critical to the customers around the world.

The AEX-Index is a free-float market capitalization weighted index that reflects the performance of the 25 largest shares listed on Euronext Amsterdam, and is the most widely used indicator of the Dutch stock market. The index serves as a basis for more than 2,000 products, such as; structured products, exchange traded funds, options and futures. The inclusion of Royal Vopak will be effective from Monday 23 March 2015.

For more information: www.vopak.com

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