TABLE OF CONTENTS MEANWHILE Current items within Rabobank International (4-5) HANS TEN CATE: 'A challenging year' (6-8) COORPORATION PAYS OFF: Detailed knowledge of the company made it happen (9) FOOD AND AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENTS: Soft commodity prices triple (10-11) RABOBANK IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Exotic banking (12-14) COORPORATION PAYS OFF: A question of the deepest trust (15) TEN QUESTIONS FOR TANJA CUPPEN Global Head ofCorporate Finance (16-17) AMPHORA PROJECT BECOMES DEPARTMENT International Services to enjoy new perspectives (18-19) SUCCESSFUL TAKEOVER OF HNS BANCO "Match made in heaven" (20-22) COORPORATION PAYS OFF: Typical cross-border effort (23) MARKETTURMOIL: How a systemic risk got out of hand (24-25) HR APPOINTMENTS WITHIN Rl: New appointments in the global business (26) COORPORATION PAYS OFF: One hundred percent (27) DIDYOU KNOW: Jong Rabo in Tanzania (28) MASTHEAD Fleur Breitbarth Text: Editorial Team: Sandra Bindi, Julie Boezen-Deiters, Roelina Bolding, Peter Heijne, Dagmar Jonkman Editorial Address: Rabobank Nederland Communications Department P.O. BOX 17100, 3500 HG Utrecht, the Netherlands Telephone: +31 30 216 5010 Telefax: +31 30 216 1916 Email: a.e.m.bindi@rn.rabobank.nl Design &Text: Readershouse Hearst Amsterdam Editor: Wilma van Hoeflaken, Irene Schoemakers, Guus Peters, Sharon Klein Alexander Schlangen, Gert Elzinga, Pierre Spaninks, Carolien Gruintjes Photography: Corblno, Merlijn Doomernik, Ingmar Timmer Copyright: Images are subject to copyright protection and may not be used without permission Prepress: GPB - Leiderdorp Production: Carl Coenraad Printsupport: vdBJ/Printsupport 2 ISSUE 15 JANUARY 2008 THE WORD

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