PERSBERICHT
CORPORATE EXPRESS NV VERKOOPT VEENMAN DUITSLAND
Amsterdam, 7 september 2007 - Corporate Express en Konica Minolta Business
Solutions Duitsland hebben overeenstemming bereikt aangaande de overname van
Veenman Duitsland door Konica Minolta.
De activiteiten van Veenman Duitsland betreffen de verkoop en service van printing
equipment voor papieren en elektronische documenten. De onderneming heeft 250
medewerkers in dienst en realiseerde in 2006 een omzet van EUR 36 miljoen.
Voor Konica Minolta is de overname een logische stap in het verder uitbreiden van haar
Europese marktpositie. Daarnaast is Konica Minolta één van de belangrijkste leveranciers
van Veenman via het LINIUM merk.
De transactie is afhankelijk van goedkeuring door de Duitse kartelautoriteit.
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About Corporate Express
Corporate Express provides customers with a single source of business products and services, so
they can focus their energy and time on their core business. Corporate Express helps organisations
to save time and maximize their productivity.
Headquartered in the Netherlands, Corporate Express generated 2006 annual sales of EUR 6.3
billion. The Company has a widespread global distribution network spanning North America,
Europe and Australia, has close to 19,000 employees, and operations in 20 countries. Corporate
Express is listed on Euronext Amsterdam (Euronext: CXP) and in New York (NYSE: CXP). For
more information, please visit: www.cexpgroup.com
For more information
Analysts / investors: Carl Hoyer Telephone: +31 (0)20 651 10 42
carl.hoyer@cexpgroup.com
Press / general inquiries: Corporate Communications Telephone: +31 (0)20 651 10 19
corpcomm@cexpgroup.com
Safe Harbour Statement
Statements included in this press release, which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements made pursuant to
the safe harbour provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. Such forward-looking statements are made based upon management's expectations and beliefs concerning future
events impacting Corporate Express and therefore involve a number of uncertainties and risks, including, but not limited
to industry conditions, changes in product supply, pricing and customer demand, competition, risks in integrating new
businesses, currency fluctuations, and the other risks described from time to time in the Company's filings with the US
Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 9, 2007. As a result, the actual results of operations or financial conditions of the
Company could differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Shareholders and
other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the
date on which they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking
statements.
Corporate Express NV