VNU N.V.
INTERIM DIVIDEND 2004
Vanaf 1 januari 2003 verschijnen persberichten van VNU uitsluitend in het Engels. VNU, a leading international information and media company, today announced with respect to the 2004 interim dividend payment, that the number of common shares necessary to obtain one new share has been fixed at 175. This number was decided on the basis of the average closing prices of common shares VNU listed on Euronext Amsterdam on August 19, August 20 and August 23, 2004. VNU's 2004 interim dividend includes a choice between a cash dividend or a stock dividend in common shares. The interim cash dividend amounts to EUR 0.12 per common share.