Our Goal Investor Relations In our communications we are committed to the interests of both private and institutional investors, and of both equity and fixed income investors. We work to ensure that material information is available to all investors at the same time. In doing so, we follow, to the extent reasonably practicable, the guidelines and principles laid out in the Regulation Fair Disclosure, issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In our efforts to broaden the investment community's understanding of Ahold we encourage analysts to provide research coverage. In addition to our quarterly results announcements, we host conference calls and analyst meetings to further enhance the understanding of the Company by analysts and investors. These are available through our website at www.ahold.com. Contact information can be found in the back of this annual report. For more background and financial information, please also visit our website at www.ahold.com. 206 Ahold Annual Report 2003 Investor Relations

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