Report of the Supervisory Board To the shareholders The Supervisory Board was greatly saddened by the death of Mr. A.H. Heineken on 3 January 2002, at the age of 78. His passing marks the loss of a great man and a great brewer, to whom we are all indebted for his enormous contribution to the success of our company. His vision and his principles of quality and solidity will con tinue to form the foundations on which the Supervisory Board and Executive Board will work to build the business in the future, and the strategic course he plotted, will be maintained. The Executive Board has submitted to the Supervisory Board the financial statements for 2001 which it has prepared. These financial statements, which can be found on pages 49 to 74 of this annual report, have been audited by KPMG Accountants N.V., whose report appears on page 75. The Supervisory Board recommends that you adopt these finan cial statements and, as proposed by the Executive Board, appropri ate EUR 157 million of the profit as dividend and add the remainder, amounting to EUR 610 million, to the general reserve. The proposed dividend amounts to EUR 0.40 per share of EUR 2.00 nominal value, of which EUR 0.16 was paid as interim dividend on 24 September 2001. The dividend for the whole of 2000 was EUR 0.40. Mr. J.M. Hessels was appointed to the Supervisory Board of the company at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 26 April 2001. Messrs. H. de Ruiter and M. Das were reappointed to the Supervisory Board of the company at the same meeting, the latter also being reappointed as delegated Supervisory Director. The pro posal to appoint Mr. Boonstra was withdrawn. At the same meeting Messrs. M.J. Bolland and J.F.M.L. van Boxmeer were appointed to the Executive Board with effect from 1 May 2001. It was announced on 12 September 2001 that Mr. A. Ruys, at pres ent Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board, is to succeed Mr. K. Vuursteen as Chairman of the Executive Board. Mr. Vuursteen, who is to step down at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, joined the Executive Board in 1991 and has been its Chairman since 1993. The Supervisory Board owes Mr. Vuursteen a great debt of gratitude for his singular commitment to the company and his contribution to its success. The Management Board of Heineken Holding N.V. has announced that Mr. Vuursteen is to be proposed for appointment to the Management Board. It is proposed to appoint Mr. D.R. Hooft Graafland to the Executive Board with effect from 1 May 2002. A binding nomination to that effect will be submitted to the Annual General Meeting. Messrs. R. Hazelhoff and L. van Vollenhoven are due to retire by rotation from the Supervisory Board of the company and, having reached the age limit laid down in the Articles of Association, neither is eligible for re-election. Mr. A. Maas will also be retiring, at his own request. The Supervisory Board thanks them most sincerely for the expertise with which they have discharged their duties. A proposal will be put before the Annual General Meeting on 25 April 2002 to appoint Messrs. J.M. de Jong and C.J.A. van Lede to the Supervisory Board and to appoint Mr. De Jong as its Chairman. Binding nominations for the appointment of two members of the Supervisory Board will be submitted to the Annual General Meeting. The Supervisory Board held seven joint meetings with the Executive Board and met twice in the absence of the Executive Board in 2001. The agenda of these meetings included a number of regular items, including consideration of the financial position, results, poli cies and business plans of the operating companies, investment pro posals and management development. Other items on the agenda included evaluation of completed investment projects, interest-rate and exchange-rate risks, financing and internal control systems. Meetings convened to consider the results were attended by the external auditors. One meeting was devoted especially to corporate strategy, with special emphasis on business development. Other topics included the Supply Chain project, a reorganisation exercise to introduce a supply-chain approach to cooperation between the production units in and the commercial organisations of Heineken Nederland, Heineken Export Group and Heineken USA. One meeting was devot ed to the activities of Heineken University and one was held in Greece at Athenian Brewery, where the management team gave a presentation on the Greek beer market and Athenian Brewery's strategy. The Preparatory Committee met seven times and the Audit Committee held three meetings, one of which was attended by the external auditors. One meeting was devoted to the changes in accounting policies. The Supervisory Board thanks the Executive Board and all the staff for their continued commitment during 2001. Amsterdam, 26 February 2002 Supervisory Board Hazelhoff Das Loudon Maas De Ruiter De Carvalho Van Vollenhoven Risseeuw Hessels HEINEKEN N.V. ANNUAL REPORT2001 11

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