Cargill Incorporated

Cargill in

the Netherlands

Cargill has been active in the Netherlands since 1959, and has more then 2,000 employees at sites in various locations in the country - in Amsterdam, Amstelveen, Bergen Op Zoom, Denekamp, Deventer, Naarden, Rotterdam (Botlek), Sas van Gent, Schiedam, Swalmen, Uden, Wormer and Zaandam.

Cargill has activities in the following areas in the Netherlands:

• grain and oilseed trading
• oilseed crushing, refining and hardening
• malt production
• poultry
• juice and beverage formulation and production
• transport and logistics
• cocoa
• industrial chocolate
• production and sales of sweeteners, starches and starch derivatives
• food and feed ingredients sales
• sugar trading
• speciality food ingredients including flavours and texturisers

Recent Cargill Investments in the Netherlands:

2002 - Cargill acquires Cerestar, a leading provider of starch and starch derivatives - the largest acquisition in Cargill's history. This acquisition includes Cerestar's plant in Sas Van Gent.

2005 - Cargill announces significant investments at its Botlek facility to boost the production capacity of liquid and tropical oils.

2006 - Cargill acquires Degussa Food Ingredients, including its Dutch site in Zaandam.