Corporate Governance statement

In December 2008 the Code Tabaksblat was revised by the Corporate Governance Code Monitoring Committee ('Frijns Committee'). On 10 December 2009 the legislator designated the revised Code ('Code Frijns' or 'Code') by decree as the new corporate governance code as defined by article 2:391 Netherlands Civil Code. For Fugro the Code Frijns became effective retrospectively as per 1 January 2009. The full text of the Code Frijns is available at www.commissiecorparategovernance.nl.

Corporate Governance statement
This is a statement concerning corporate governance as referred to in article 2a of the decree on additional requirements for annual reports (Vaststellingsbesluit nadere voorschriften inhoud jaarverslag) effective as of 1 January 2010 (the 'Decree'). This statement forms part of Fugro's Annual Report 2009 (included in the chapter on Corporate governance), which is available on Fugro's website: www.fugro.com.
The information required to be included in this corporate governance statement as described in articles 3, 3a and 3b of the Decree can be found in the following chapters, sections and pages of Fugro's Annual Report 2009 and are deemed to be included and repeated in this statement:

• the information concerning compliance with the Dutch Corporate Governance Code, as required by article 3 of the Decree, can be found in the chapter on 'Corporate governance';
• the information concerning Fugro's main features of the internal risk management and control systems relating to the financial reporting process, as required by article 3a sub a of the Decree, can be found in the chapter on 'Risk management';
• the information regarding the functioning of Fugro's general meeting, and the authority and rights of Fugro's shareholders and holders of certificates of shares, as required by article 3a sub b of the Decree, can be found in the chapter on 'Corporate governance';
• the information regarding the composition and functioning of Fugro's Board of Management, the Supervisory Board and its Committees, as required by article 3a sub c of the Decree, can be found in the relevant sections of the chapter on 'Corporate Governance', the Report of the Supervisory Board and on pages 14 and 20; and
• the information concerning the inclusion of the information required by the decree Article 10 EU Takeover Directive, as required by article 3b of the Decree, can be found in the chapter on 'Corporate Governance'.