Univar named ‘Supplier of the Year’ by Alberto Culver

Rotterdam, The Netherlands – July 30, 2007 - Univar has been named Raw Material Supplier of the Year by Alberto Culver, a major player in the UK hair care industry and the market leader in hairstyling products. The award, presented in Swansea on 31st May 2007, recognised Univar’s high level of customer service and its important contribution to Alberto Culver’s R&D.

The award is the result of a Supplier Certification Scheme that Alberto Culver has been running with all its UK suppliers for the last five years. The scheme assesses the most important criteria for Alberto Culver: Quality, Cost & Service, Warehousing and Technical Support. Scores for each criterion are totalled to give an overall measure. After four years of high scores, Univar came out on top in 2007.

On winning the award, Martin Pugh, Univar’s Marketing Director for Ireland and the UK said: “Univar has always performed at a high level, scoring between 90 to 92 percent over the last four years. This year we scored a remarkable 98 percent. The key to our success was convincing Alberto Culver that we have the technical capability to assist them in product development and innovation. Over the last 18 months we have worked jointly with our suppliers and raised our profile by discussing new products and ideas, and generally proving that we can compete with the best in terms of R&D and technical support, in addition to supplying high quality ingredients for Alberto Culver’s personal care products.”

Commenting on the award, Craig Peters, Alberto Culver’s Purchasing & Packaging Development Manager said: “Univar has had a very strong relationship with Alberto Culver for many years and has been a Gold Level supplier for the last four. Their customer service team is a credit to Univar. This year, in addition to its excellent delivery service, Univar contributed innovation and support to our R&D department. As a result it gave me great pleasure to announce that Univar had been named 'The Supplier of the Year in the Chemical Category'.”

About Alberto Culver

The Alberto-Culver Company is a $1.4 billion manufacturer and marketer of beauty, personal care and household products in more than 120 countries around the globe. The company, headquartered in Melrose Park, Illinois, is the fourth largest manufacturer of hair care products in the United States and the second largest in the UK. Its leading hair care brands include Alberto VO5, TRESemme,

and Nexxus. Its Pro-Line International brands make the company the second-largest producer in the world of hair care products for women of colour, while the company is also active in the skin care and household categories. Its Cederroth International, based in Stockholm, is one of the largest cross-category marketers in the Nordic countries with personal care, wound care, laundry, food supplements and many other products. For more information: www.alberto.com .

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About Univar

Univar N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: UNIVR) is one of the world’s leading independent distributors of industrial chemicals and providers of related specialty services, operating throughout North America and Europe. Univar endeavours to service its customer base, made up of some 250,000 industrial customers, with a full portfolio of products. The majority are commodities that the company buys in bulk, then processes, blends and repacks to meet the diverse requirements of the industries we serve. Others are specialties purchased pre-packaged and sold on a technical basis, usually under a manufacturer s own brand.

As well as differentiating ourselves through our vast product offering, Univar also provides a number of related services, both to its customers and suppliers, such as blending, managing customer inventories, packaging, labelling, warehouse management, waste management, technical support and managing vendor reduction programs. Univar operates a network of 160 distribution centres, located throughout the United States, Canada and 18 European countries.

In 2006, Univar generated net sales of USD 6.6 billion and operating income (EBIT) of USD 238.6 million. Univar has approximately 6,900 employees based primarily throughout North America and Europe. The company s registered office is in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with administrative support offices in Bellevue, Washington, USA, and Bradford, England, UK.

For more information, visit: www.univarcorp.com and www.univareurope.com .