Heineken N.V. Announcement of final dividend for 2004

Date: 21 April 2005
Publisher: Heineken N.V.

The Executive Board of Heineken N.V. hereby gives notice that a dividend of € 0.40 per share of € 1.60 par value has been declared for the 2004 financial year. The interim dividend of € 0.16 already made payable on 21 September 2004 will be deducted from this. The final dividend per share is therefore € 0,24.

The final dividend, less 25% dividend withholding tax, will be made payable with effect from 9 May 2005 at ABN AMRO Bank N.V. in Amsterdam. The shares will be quoted ex-dividend on the stock exchange of Euronext Amsterdam N.V. as from 22 April 2005.