| ASTARTA Holding N.V. (the "Company") hereby informs that on November 27, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Company, acting pursuant to Resolution No. 8 of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders dated June 5, 2009, signed a contract with Ernst & Young Accountants LLP (with its registered office: Boompjes 258, 3011XZ Rotterdam, the Netherlands), duly certified by the Royal Dutch Institute of Registered Accountants, as the Company’s external auditor that will carry out: •the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the ASTARTA Holding N.V. Group and the Company’s separate financial statements for 2009; •the review of the consolidated semi-annual financial statements of the ASTARTA Holding N.V. Group for the 1st half of 2009. The Company has not used the services of the selected entity before. | |
