Heineken NV announced that it will propose to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on April 25, 2013 that Mr. Henk Scheffers be appointed a member of the Supervisory Board of Heineken N.V. If approved, Mr. Scheffers will join the Audit Committee. Mr. Scheffers is a chartered accountant and holds the following supervisory board seats (or non-executive seats) in large Dutch entities: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Aalberts Industries N.V. Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Royal BAM Group N.V. Member of the Supervisory Board of AON Groep Nederland B.V. Member of the Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. His other positions are: Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Flint Holding N.V. Chairman of the Investment Committee of NPM Capital N.V. In order to comply with the Dutch Act on Management and Supervision (Wet Bestuur en Toezicht) in relation to the maximum number of supervisory board seats and non-executive board seats, Mr. Scheffers will, prior to his appointment, relinquish one of his supervisory board seats.