Update on share buyback program

Monday, November 05, 2007

Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Ahold today announced that it has repurchased 8,522,426 of its own common shares in the period from October 29, 2007 up to and including November 2, 2007. Shares were repurchased at an average price of €10.2487 per share for a total amount of €87.34 million. These repurchases were made as part of the €1 billion share buyback program announced on August 30, 2007.

The total number of shares repurchased under this program to date is 80,358,055 common shares for a total consideration of €841.4 million.

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