This is a joint public announcement of SHV Alkmaar B.V. and ERIKS N.V. pursuant to the provisions of Euronext Notice 2004-41. This announcement may not be released, published, distributed or otherwise sent, in whole or in part, in or into the United States of America, Canada, Japan or Australia.

Utrecht and Alkmaar, 31 August 2009

Reference is made to the press releases of 7 May 2009, 20 May 2009, 16 June 2009, 24 June 2009, 3 August 2009, 6 August 2009 and 21 August 2009 issued by SHV Alkmaar B.V. (the "Offeror"), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of SHV Holdings N.V. ("SHV"), and ERIKS N.V. ("ERIKS") in respect of the recommended public offer in cash for all issued and outstanding ordinary shares with a nominal value of EUR 0.50 each in the capital of ERIKS (the "Shares") by the Offeror at an offer price of EUR 48.00 per Share (excluding dividend over the financial year 2008) (the "Offer"). On 6 August 2009 the Offeror declared the Offer unconditional (gestanddoening). As of 5 August 2009 17:30 hours CET the Offeror holds in excess of 95% of the Shares.

Termination of listing
The listing of the Shares on Euronext Amsterdam by NYSE Euronext will be terminated in consultation with Euronext Amsterdam N.V. on 28 September 2009. The last trading day of the Shares will be Friday 25 September 2009.

As from 28 September 2009 the following code shall no longer be applicable:
ERIKS N.V., with symbol "ERIKS", Euronext code NL0000350387, ISIN: NL0000350387.

For further information:

SHV	ERIKS
SHV Alkmaar B.V.	ERIKS N.V.
Rijnkade 1	Arcadialaan 14, Victory Building 32-C
3511 LC Utrecht	1813 KN Alkmaar
The Netherlands	The Netherlands

The Exchange Agent

ING Bank N.V.

ING Wholesale Banking Securities Services

Section Paying Agency Services

Van Heenvlietlaan 220

1083 CN Amsterdam

The Netherlands

iss.pas@ing.nl

+31 (0) 20 797 9398

Forward looking statements
This press release includes "forward looking statements" and language indicating trends, such as "anticipated" and "expected". Although SHV believes that the assumptions upon which its financial information and forward looking statements are based are reasonable, it can give no assurance that these assumptions will prove to be correct. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from SHV's projections and expectations are disclosed in SHV's annual report for the year ended 31 December 2008 and in other documents which are available on SHV's website (www.shv.nl). These factors include, among others, changes in consumer preferences and product trends, price discounting by major competitors, failure to realise anticipated results from synergy initiatives, failure to obtain regulatory consents or other third party approvals, and increases in costs generally. All forward looking statements in this press release are expressly qualified by such cautionary statements and by reference to the underlying assumptions. SHV does not undertake to update forward looking statements relating to its businesses, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. SHV does not accept any responsibility for any financial information contained in this press release relating to the business or operations or results or financial condition of ERIKS.

This public announcement is also published in Dutch.