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Fugro N.V. Board/Management Information 2006

Mar 10, 2006

3845_iss_2006-03-10_0205ec42-80f4-47d3-bde9-789bee688a37.pdf

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PRESS RELEASE

TUGRO

Leidschendam, the Netherlands, 10 March 2006

Appointments in the Supervisory Board of Fugro N.V.

Fugro N.V. announces that it intends to propose to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 10 May 2006 that Messrs. F.H. Schreve and Th. Smith be reappointed and Mr. G-J. Kramer be nominated as member of the Supervisory Board.

The Supervisory Board proposes that Mr. F.H. Schreve, who is scheduled to retire by rotation on 10 May 2006, be reappointed as a member of the Supervisory Board for a period of four years.

Mr. Schreve was appointed as member of the Supervisory Board of Fugro when it was not a listed company in 1983. Currently he is the chairman of the Supervisory Board. Reappointment of Mr. Schreve deviates from best practice provision III.3.5 of the Corporate Governance Code, which provides that a person may be appointed as a member of a supervisory board for a maximum period of twelve years. However, the Supervisory Board attaches great importance to the reappointment of Mr. Schreve, amongst others in view of the supervision by the Supervisory Board of the changes in composition of the Board of Management. This requires continuity from the Supervisory Board and continuity of its composition. Reappointment of Mr. Schreve would safeguard this, the more given his tenure and knowledge of the company and his experience in this field.

It is proposed that Mr. Th. Smith, who is also scheduled to retire by rotation, be reappointed as a member of the Supervisory Board. Mr. Smith, who is an American national, has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Fugro since 2002. Mr. Smith has been involved in global business since 1967, of which 17 years were spent overseas. He has held various executive positions in the oil and gas industry, of which 30 years with Brown & Root. His specific expertise lies in the area of operational management and marketing and the oil & gas market. In view of his broad expertise and knowledge the Supervisory Board proposes to reappoint Mr. Smith.

The Supervisory Board will also propose to appoint Mr. G-J. Kramer as a member of the Supervisory Board. Mr. Kramer has been the CEO of Fugro N.V. for a period of almost 23 years. He has stepped down as CEO per 1 October 2005. The Supervisory Board proposes to appoint Mr. Kramer as a member of the Supervisory Board in view of his profound knowledge of the company and its field of operations.

Mr. Kramer will not qualify as an independent member in the sense of the Corporate Governance Code. However, the Supervisory Board as such will continue to comply with the requirement of independency as set out in "best practice" provision III.2 of the Corporate Governance Code, as this provision allows a Supervisory Board to have one non independent member.

Mr. F.J.G.M. Cremers has been appointed as vice-chairman of the Supervisory Board.

Further details of the proposed appointments can be found in the explanatory notes to the agenda of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of 10 May 2006. This agenda will be published on www.fugro.com.

For further information:

Fugro N.V.

K.S. Wester,

President and CEO

Telephone +31 70 311 11 12

Fugro N.V.

P.O. Box 41

2260 AA

Leidschendam

The Netherlands

Tel: +31703111422

Fax: +31703202703

ingfugro.com

www.fugro.com

Fugro collects, processes and interprets data related to the earth's surface and soil composition and provides advice based on the results. As an extension to these activities, Fugro provides services such as precise positioning, construction materials testing, reservoir engineering and data management. Fugro's operations have been organized into three divisions: Geotechnical, Survey and Geoscience.

Fugro is listed on Euronext N.V. in Amsterdam and is included in the Amsterdam Midkap Index. Fugro has over 275 offices, approximately 8,500 staff and a permanent presence in over 50 countries.