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Dividend financial year 2009

Heerenveen, 17 May 2010 - With reference to the advertisement dated 23 April 2010, as published in Officiële Prijscourant ('OPC') and Financieel Dagblad ('FD') dated 23 April 2010, in which the shareholders were provided the option to receive a dividend for the financial year 2009 either in cash or shares charged to the share premium reserve, the Board of Directors herewith announces that the number of dividend rights that entitles to one share Accell Group N.V. of nominal EUR 0.02 ('ordinary shares') has been fixed at 20.8.

Based on the average share price of the Accell Group N.V. share during the period from 29 April up to and including 14 May 2010,  the stock dividend represents an added value of approximately 3% compared with the cash dividend of EUR 1.58 per share of nominal EUR 0.02.

Payment of the dividend and the issuance of ordinary shares relating to the replacement of dividend rights will take place as of 19 May 2010.