Appointment to VNU World Directories.HAARLEM, The Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 1998--VNU, a leading international publishing and information group, today announced the appointment of Mr. E.G E.G For Example .M. Penninx as Chief Executive Officer/President of VNU VNU Volontaires des Nations Unies (French) VNU Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeversbedrijven (Dutch) VNU Virtual Network User World Directories, effective October 1, 1998. He will succeed Mr. A.F. Haussener, who is retiring. Ed Penninx is currently Chairman of VNU Newspapers. Announcements regarding his succession will be made in due course. VNU is a Netherlands-based international publishing and information company, whose operations include consumer and professional magazines, newspapers, telephone directories and information services See Information Systems. , educational textbooks, marketing information services and entertainment. VNU shares trade on the Amsterdam, Brussels and Luxembourg Stock Exchanges and prices may be accessed on Bloomberg under the symbol VNUN NA, on the Reuters Equities 2000 Service under VNUS.AS and on Quotron under VNUN.EU. Its sponsored ADRs, each equal to one-half of an ordinary share, trade on the NASD NASD See: National Association of Securities Dealers NASD See National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). OTC Bulletin Board OTC Bulletin Board An electronic quotation listing of the bid and asked prices of OTC stocks that do not meet the requirements to be listed on the NASDAQ stock-listing system. under the symbol VNUNY. The corporate website of VNU on the internet can be accessed at http://www.vnu.com.
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