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December 24, 2007 Completion of EUR 500 mn share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 3 September 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 17 December to 21 December 2007, it has repurchased 2,619,700 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

December 20, 2007 KPN to sell first part of real estate portfolio

KPN envisages to sell part of its real estate portfolio during the first half of 2008. The real estate portfolio consists of local exchanges and other technical assets which become redundant after migration to the new All IP infrastructure.

December 20, 2007 KPN sells Getronics Spain and Portugal to Tecnocom

KPN announces that Getronics has today executed the final documentation in relation to the sale of the Getronics activities in Spain and Portugal to Tecnocom, a listed Spanish ICT services company.

December 20, 2007 KPN and unions negotiate agreement

KPN and the unions have reached an understanding about the new collective bargaining agreement to cover the next two years.

December 17, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 3 September 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 10 December to 14 December 2007, it has repurchased 3,625,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

December 17, 2007 KPN announces its intention to delist from New York Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange and Frankfurt Stock Exchange and deregister from U.S. Securities Exchange Act

KPN announces its intention to delist its American Depositary Receipts (“ADR’s“) from the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE“) and to delist its ordinary shares from the London Stock Exchange and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in the first quarter of 2008.

December 10, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 3 September 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 3 December to 7 December 2007, it has repurchased 2,845,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

December 4, 2007 Tele2 Belgium starts mobile telephony

Following the acquisition by KPN Mobile International last October, Tele2 Belgium has launched its first mobile services this week. Tele2 was already successful with fixed telephony and broadband.

December 3, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN and cancellation of shares

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 3 September 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 26 November to 30 November 2007, it has repurchased 1,160,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

November 26, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 3 September 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 19 November to 23 November 2007, it has repurchased 2,825,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

November 19, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 3 September 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 12 November to 16 November 2007, it has repurchased 2,425,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

November 14, 2007 Delisting of Getronics N.V.

This is a joint press release of KPN ICT Services B.V. and Getronics N.V. This press release is not for release, distribution or publication, in whole or in part, in or into the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Japan and Italy.

November 12, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 3 September 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 5 November to 9 November 2007, it has repurchased 3,020,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

November 6, 2007 Ad Scheepbouwer extends contract and invests in KPN

The Supervisory Board of Royal KPN NV is pleased to announce that in line with his previous intention, Ad Scheepbouwer will stay on as Chairman of the Board of Management and CEO of KPN for the next four years until 1 July 2011.

November 6, 2007 KPN issues EUR 1.25 billion Eurobond

KPN has successfully launched a EUR 1.25 billion Eurobond with a 5 year maturity and a coupon of 5.00%. The bond was placed with a broad range of institutional investors in Europe.

November 6, 2007 KPN announces Eurobond

KPN announces its intention to issue a benchmark Eurobond under its Global Medium Term Note programme. The proceeds of this bond will be used to redeem the drawdowns on the credit facilities and for general corporate purposes. KPN intends to issue this bond in EUROs.

November 6, 2007 KPN controls 97.6% of the ordinary shares in Getronics

This is a joint press release of KPN ICT Services B.V. and Getronics N.V. which is required pursuant to the provisions of article 9b paragraph 1 of the Dutch Securities Markets Supervision Decree 1995 (Besluit toezicht effectenverkeer 1995).

November 5, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 3 September 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 29 October to 2 November 2007, it has repurchased 3,455,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

October 30, 2007 Solid Q3 performance driven by both Mobile International and the Netherlands

Ad Scheepbouwer, CEO of KPN, said: “This has been an eventful quarter for KPN. Whilst our financial results are again in line with management guidance, we made an important strategic move up the value chain into ICT services through the Getronics acquisition

October 29, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 3 September 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 22 to 26 October 2007, it has repurchased 1,450,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

October 23, 2007 KPN completes Getronics acquisition

This is a joint press release of KPN ICT Services B.V. and Getronics N.V. which is required pursuant to the provisions of article 9b paragraph 1 of the Dutch Securities Markets Supervision Decree 1995 (Besluit toezicht effectenverkeer 1995).

October 22, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 3 September 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 15 to 19 October 2007, it has repurchased 2,375,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

October 15, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 3 September 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 8 to 12 October 2007, it has repurchased 1,675,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

October 9, 2007 KPN’s offer for Getronics receives clearance from the European Commission

This is a joint press release of KPN ICT Services B.V. and Getronics N.V. which is required pursuant to the provisions of article 9b paragraph 1 of the Dutch Securities Markets Supervision Decree 1995 (Besluit toezicht effectenverkeer 1995).

October 8, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN and cancellation of shares

Further to the EUR 500 million share repurchase program announced on 3 September 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 1 to 5 October 2007, it has repurchased 2,965,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

October 2, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 3 September 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 24 to 28 September 2007, it has repurchased 2,510,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

September 27, 2007 Ad Scheepbouwer (CEO) to extend contract until 2011 and invest in KPN

The Supervisory Board of KPN is pleased to announce that Ad Scheepbouwer (63) has decided to stay on as CEO of KPN for the next four years. The Supervisory Board proposes that the current employment contract which will end 1 July 2009 will be extended until 1 July 2011.

September 27, 2007 iBasis joins largest international carriers as shareholders approve transaction with KPN combining company with KPN Global Carrier Services

First VoIP Carrier to Break into International Telecom’s Top Three Seen as Milestone in Industry-wide Migration to Voice over Internet Protocol.

September 11, 2007 KPN offer memorandum Getronics

This is a joint press release of KPN ICT Services B.V. and Getronics N.V. which is required pursuant to the provisions of article 9b paragraph 1 of the Dutch Securities Markets Supervision Decree 1995 (Besluit toezicht effectenverkeer 1995).

September 10, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 3 September 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 3 to 7 September 2007, it has repurchased 3,015,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

September 3, 2007 KPN commences additional share repurchase program of EUR 500 million

KPN today commences an additional EUR 500 million share repurchase program, following the completion of its accelerated EUR 1.0 billion share repurchase program originally announced on 6 February 2007, bringing the total share repurchases for 2007 to EUR 1.5 billion.

August 29, 2007 KPN and Getronics are making good progress with preparations for the recommended public offer for Getronics

Following the joint public announcement dated 30 July 2007 by Royal KPN N.V. (“KPN”) and Getronics N.V. (“Getronics”) regarding the intended public offer for all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares in the capital of Getronics (“Shares”) at an offer price of EUR 6.25 in cash per Share, inclusive of any dividend payable for the financial year 2007, KPN and Getronics confirm that they are making good progress with preparations for the recommended public offer for Getronics.

August 27, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

On 14 August 2007, KPN announced an acceleration of its current € 1 bn share repurchase program, in order to benefit from lower share price levels.

August 21, 2007 KPN 's fast internet goes nationwide

Tests performed by KPN with new wireless technologies show that broadband access will soon be possible even for users in the remotest corners of the Netherlands.

August 20, 2007 KPN to acquire Tele2 / Versatel Belgium

KPN announces today that it’s wholly owned subsidiary KPN Mobile International B.V. has entered into an agreement with Versatel Telecom International N.V. and Versatel Nederland B.V., for the acquisition of Tele2 Belgium N.V. and Versatel Belgium N.V. (together “Tele2 Belgium”) for a consideration of Euro 95 million on a debt and cash-free basis.

August 20, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

On 14 August 2007, KPN announced an acceleration of its current € 1 bn share repurchase program, in order to benefit from lower share price levels.

August 14, 2007 KPN to accelerate share repurchase program

KPN announces that it will accelerate its current € 1 bn share repurchase program, in order to benefit from lower share price levels. This allows KPN to buy back more shares within the current repurchase program, which is in the interest of our shareholders and underpins our attractive shareholder remuneration policy.

August 13, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 6 to 10 August 2007, it has repurchased 2,530,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

August 6, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 30 July 2007 to 3 August 2007, it has repurchased 1,200,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

August 6, 2007 BASE Acquires Allo Telecom Store Chain

Belgian mobile operator BASE, a 100% subsidiary of KPN, has acquired the store chain Allo Telecom.

July 30, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 23 July 2007 to 27 July 2007, it has repurchased 1,775,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

July 30, 2007 Solid Q2 performance driven by Mobile

Ad Scheepbouwer, CEO of KPN, said: “I am pleased to be able to report that we have closed a solid second quarter, delivering results that are in line with the expectations we have previously announced.

July 30, 2007 KPN intends to make a recommended cash offer of EUR 6.25 per ordinary share for Getronics

This is a joint press release of Royal KPN N.V. and Getronics N.V. pursuant to the provisions of Section 9b paragraph 2 sub a of the Dutch Securities Markets Supervision Decree (Besluit toezicht effectenverkeer 1995).

July 23, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 16 July 2007 to 20 July 2007, it has repurchased 1.905.000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

July 16, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 9 July 2007 to 13 July 2007, it has repurchased 1.559.654 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

July 13, 2007 KPN signs MoU’s for alternatives to MDF Access with Tele2-Versatel, Orange and BBNed

Following constructive negotiations, KPN and the alternative DSL operators Tele2-Versatel, Orange and BBNed are pleased to announce that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) for the future use of MDF locations.

July 9, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 2 July 2007 to 6 July 2007, it has repurchased 2.000.000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

July 2, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 25 June 2007 to 29 June 2007, it has repurchased 1,510,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

June 25, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 18 June 2007 to 22 June 2007, it has repurchased 2,917,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

June 21, 2007 KPN tackles VoIP issues

Following the operational problems surrounding VoIP, KPN has taken extensive measures in the first quarter of 2007 to restore quality of service and customer satisfaction. The issues around VoIP are now under control and customer satisfaction is increasing.

June 19, 2007 KPN completes Tiscali Netherlands acquisition

KPN has completed the acquisition of Tiscali SpA’s Dutch operations for a consideration of EUR 236 million following the unconditional approval from Dutch competition authority NMa on 23 May.

June 18, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 11 June 2007 to 15 June 2007, it has repurchased 1,550,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

June 14, 2007 KPN reduces 2010 debt maturity

KPN has reduced the 2010 debt maturity by EUR 0.7 billion, following the dual-tranche issue of EUR 1 billion of bonds in May this year. This concludes KPN’s liability management transaction to smoothen its redemption profile as announced on 21 May.

June 11, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 4 June 2007 to 8 June 2007, it has repurchased 3,355,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

June 4, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 28 May 2007 to 1 June 2007, it has repurchased 1,240,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

May 29, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 21 May 2007 to 25 May 2007, it has repurchased 1,035,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

May 23, 2007 NMa approves Tiscali Netherlands acquisition

Today, the Dutch competition Authority NMa has approved KPN’s acquisition of Tiscali Netherlands with no remedies. The takeover will further strengthen KPN’s broadband share in addition to continued organic growth. As a result KPN’s retail broadband share will increase with approximately 4% to 45%.

May 22, 2007 KPN issues EUR 1 billion of bonds

KPN has successfully launched a dual-tranche Euro and Sterling bond with an aggregate amount of EUR 1 billion, consisting of a 650 million Euro tranche with a maturity of 7 years and a coupon of 4.75%, and a 250 million Sterling tranche (approximately EUR 367 million) with a maturity of 12 years and a Pound Sterling coupon of 6% which swapped to Euro amounts to an interest rate of 5.12%. The bonds were placed with a broad range of institutional investors in Europe.

May 21, 2007 KPN announces Eurobond

KPN announces its intention to issue a benchmark Eurobond under its Global Medium Term Note programme. The proceeds of the bond will be used to smoothen the 2010 debt maturities, to redeem temporary drawdowns on the EUR 1.5 billion credit facility and for general corporate purposes. KPN intends to issue this new bond in EURO and Sterling denomination.

May 21, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 14 May 2007 to 18 May 2007, it has repurchased 2,020,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of EUR 12.18. To date, approximately 30.6% of the repurchase program has been completed.

May 16, 2007 KPN launches KPN ICT Services

The third quarter of 2007 will mark the start of a new business unit in KPN’s Business Market division, KPN ICT Services.

May 15, 2007 OPTA to reduce mobile termination tariffs in the Netherlands

The Dutch regulator OPTA has published a draft decision for consultation on mobile terminating tariffs for Dutch mobile operators as of July 2007 to 1 July 2010.

May 14, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 7 May 2007 to 11 May 2007, it has repurchased 3,440,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

May 8, 2007 Strong performance Mobile International driven by E-Plus The Netherlands on track

Ad Scheepbouwer, CEO of KPN, said: “We are pleased to report that the first quarter was characterized by continued profitable growth in Mobile International with a strong margin increase in Germany and market share growth in Belgium, despite an adverse regulatory climate.

May 7, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 30 April 2007 to 4 May 2007, it has repurchased 2,400,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

May 1, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 23 April 2007 to 27 April 2007, it has repurchased 2,945,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

April 23, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 16 April 2007 to 20 April 2007, it has repurchased 815,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

April 18, 2007 Appointments at KPN’s Supervisory Board

KPN’s Annual General Meeting of shareholders has appointed Mrs Dr. C.M. Colijn-Hooymans as a member of the Supervisory Board of KPN. She succeeds Prof.drs. V.J. Halberstadt, who stepped down after his third four-year term of office.

April 16, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 9 April 2007 to 13 April 2007, it has repurchased 1,605,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

April 13, 2007 KPN aligns financial reporting with new organizational structure

KPN confirmed earlier this year that it was putting the customer at the center of its business, by announcing on 2 January 2007 a new organizational structure in the Netherlands.

April 10, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 2 April 2007 to 6 April 2007, it has repurchased 535,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

April 2, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 26 March 2007 to 30 March 2007, it has repurchased 1,421,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

March 26, 2007 Progress on share repurchase Program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 19 March 2007 to 23 March 2007, it has repurchased 700,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

March 19, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 12 March 2007 to 16 March 2007, it has repurchased 1,865,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

March 19, 2007 New member KPN Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board of Royal KPN NV proposes the appointment of Mrs Dr. C.M. (Tiny) Colijn-Hooymans (55) as a member of the Supervisory Board and will put this to the Annual General Meeting of shareholders on April 17th.

March 12, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 5 March 2007 to 9 March 2007, it has repurchased 1,790,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

March 5, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 26 February 2007 to 2 March 2007, it has repurchased 2,765,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

March 2, 2007 KPN filing Annual Report 2006

Royal KPN NV announces that it has filed its Annual Report and Form 20-F over 2006 with the SEC on March 1, 2007.

February 27, 2007 E-Plus and Alcatel-Lucent sign network outsourcing agreement

KPN’s German mobile unit E-Plus has signed an agreement with Alcatel-Lucent to take over a number of E-Plus’ network divisions. On 1 March 2007, E-Plus will transfer operational divisions that deal with the construction, operation and maintenance of its mobile network to Alcatel-Lucent.

February 26, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 19 February 2007 to 23 February 2007, it has repurchased 980,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

February 19, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 12 February 2007 to 16 February 2007, it has repurchased 1,495,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

February 12, 2007 Progress on share repurchase program KPN

Further to the share repurchase program announced on 6 February 2007, KPN announces that, during the week of 7 February 2007 to 9 February 2007, it has repurchased 930,000 KPN ordinary shares at an average price of...

February 6, 2007 Strong financial performance in 2006; Free cash flow in excess of EUR 2bn in each of ’07, ’08 and ’09, EUR 2bn shareholder returns for 2007

Ad Scheepbouwer, CEO of KPN, said: “We’re pleased to be reporting strong financial performance for 2006 and great progress on our strategic priorities. Key milestones delivered in 2006 were a turnaround of E-Plus and more than 500,000 VoIP customers in the Netherlands.

February 6, 2007 KPN commences EUR 1 billion share repurchase program

KPN commences the EUR 1 billion share repurchase program announced today in the release of the annual results 2006.

February 5, 2007 KPN introduces MobielThuis Mobile calls at home for landline rates

KPN announces the introduction this week of its first mobile ‘home zone’ tariff, MobielThuis. With MobielThuis, phone calls made at home using the mobile are just as cheap as making a call on a landline.

January 29, 2007 Thorsten Dirks appointed E-Plus CEO

The Supervisory Board of KPN’s German mobile unit E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH & Co. KG has today appointed Thorsten Dirks (43) as its new Chief Executive Officer. Dirks, a long-standing member of the E-Plus management and previously Deputy CEO, succeeds Michael Krammer, who left the company in January for personal reasons.

January 23, 2007 KPN sells telecom towers

KPN is selling its 23 large telecommunications towers and transferring the use of an additional one to the French transmission network services specialist TDF S.A. In doing so, KPN is meeting the condition set by the Dutch Competition Authority NMa when KPN acquired Nozema.

January 19, 2007 Agreement with Works councils on E-Plus restructuring

KPN’s German mobile unit E-Plus has reached agreement with employee representatives on the restructuring of the company. As announced in September 2006, E-Plus will create 350 new customer-facing jobs in the areas of sales and retail, whilst reducing managerial and administrative staff by 300 by the end of the year.

January 12, 2007 Michael Krammer to leave E-Plus

Michael Krammer, CEO of KPN’s German mobile unit E-Plus GmbH & Co KG, has today informed the Supervisory Board of E-Plus of his decision to resign from his post at the end of January 2007, citing personal reasons. Krammer joined E-Plus from Tele.ring Austria in May 2006.

January 9, 2007 KPN reduces number of retail formulas

KPN will reduce the number of retail formulas it deploys in the Netherlands in order to better align its high street presence with its existing brands. This is intended to increase KPN’s distribution power and reduce costs.

January 2, 2007 Customer at the center of KPN's new organisations

KPN has kicked off 2007 with a new organizational structure built around the customer rather than around technology and products. Its former fixed and mobile divisions have now made way for the new business and consumer customer segments.