Royal Dutch Petroleum Company: Second Interim Dividend Announcement THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Supervisory Board and the Board of Management of N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Petroleum Company) have decided to pay a second interim dividend in respect of the financial year 2003 of EUR 1.02 per ordinary share. The dividend of EUR 1.02 will be payable as from May 6, 2004. The shares will be traded ex-dividend in Amsterdam asof April 26, 2004. The Supervisory Board and the Board of Management have further decided to withdraw the recommendation on the final dividend announcement of February 5, 2004 and to recommend to the General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 28, 2004, that it be resolved that the first interim dividend of EUR 0.74 already be made payable and the present interim dividend of EUR 1.02 per ordinary share will together constitute the total dividend for 2003. The applicable rate of Netherlands withholding tax is 25% unless reduced under applicable tax conventions. DATASOURCE: Royal Dutch Petroleum Company CONTACT: Johanna Magnelin, Tel. +44-207-934-5705

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