Appointment of Lodewijk J.R. de Vink to Royal Ahold Supervisory Board.ZAANDAM, The Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 23, 1998--The Supervisory Board of Royal Ahold (NYSE: AHO), the international food retailer, today announced the appointment of Lodewijk J.R. de Vink to Member of the Supervisory Board, effective December 1, 1998. Mr. De Vink is currently President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. (COO) of the Warner-Lambert Company in Morris Plains, New Jersey Morris Plains, billing itself "the Community of Caring" and "the Community of Cool", is a Borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 5,236. , USA. He was appointed to this position in 1991 after joining Warner-Lambert in 1988. Mr. De Vink was born in The Netherlands in 1945. In addition to his position at Warner-Lambert he is also Director of Bell Atlantic Corporation, President of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, Director of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) is an industry trade group representing the pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies in the United States. , Director of the United Negro College Fund The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is a Fairfax, Virginia-based American philanthropic organization that fundraises college tuition money for African-American students and general scholarship funds for 39 historically black colleges and universities. , Director of the National Actors' Theater, Trustee of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and a Member of the International Advisory Board of Nijenrode University. Royal Ahold (Koninklijke Ahold nv) is a leading international food retailer with annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. sales approaching $35 billion and 3,500 stores and 250,000 associates worldwide. Ahold is the leading food retailer in The Netherlands, one of the top supermarket companies in the US, and has major operations in several countries in Southern and Central Europe, Latin America and Asia. In the United States, Ahold is prominent along the East Coast, operating the BI-LO, Giant Food Stores (including Edwards), Tops Markets (including Finast), Stop & Shop companies and Giant Food of Landover, MD, encompassing over 1000 stores along the eastern seaboard with annualized US sales approaching $20 billion. In addition to its listing on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. (NYSE:AHO), Ahold's shares are trading on the Amsterdam Exchanges and on the Swiss Exchange, and Ahold options are also traded on the American Stock Exchange American Stock Exchange (AMEX) Stock exchange in the U.S. Originally known as “the Curb,” it began as an outdoor marketplace in New York City c. 1850. It moved indoors to its present location in the Wall Street area in 1921. (AMEX). Ahold common shares may be accessed on the Reuter Equities 2000 Service under the symbol AHLN.AS and on Quotron under the symbol AHOLN.EU. Additional information is available on Ahold's home page: http://www.ahold.nl. |
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