PRESS RELEASE

Profit for 1st quarter equal to last year
Divestment of PlantijnCasparie on schedule
Delisting explored

RSDB is expected to close the first three months of the 2005 financial year at the same level as last year.
Through the various different market segments, parties remain apprehensive.
In combination with excess capacity supply, this leads to continued pressure on prices. Cost savings and an increase of productivity compensated the negative influence of this on the result development.
In view of the uncertainties in the market, it remains too early to make any statements regarding the result development on a yearly basis.

The shaping of the company model with the two business lines Print Productions and Marketing Communications is proceeding according to schedule. The same goes for the negotiations regarding the divestment of the sheetfed activities of PlantijnCasparie, announced in October of 2004.

In the coming months we will explore to which extent, for continuity purposes and to realise a healthy development of Print Productions and Marketing Communications, under certain conditions an ownership structure outside the environment of the stock exchange would offer more opportunities.

These announcements were made by Hans de Jong, chairman of the Executive Board, during the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of RSDB held this afternoon.

Hilversum, April 6, 2005

ROTO SMEETS DE BOER NV
Executive Board