Heineken Holding N.V. to recommend appointment of Deloitte as its auditor as of 2015

Heineken Holding N.V. (Heineken Holding) today announced that its Board of Directors will recommend to the 2014 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders the appointment of Deloitte as the company’s auditor with effect from the 2015 financial year.

This recommendation follows the new Dutch law that an audit firm may not conduct a statutory audit of a listed company for more than eight consecutive years. Heineken Holding’s auditor, KPMG, will remain in place until the conclusion of the audit process for the 2014 financial year.