The Maas Japan patent is for Cyclosporin Neuroprotection
treating the gamut of neurological diseases.

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Maas BiolAB has been granted patents in 36 countries including
North America (USA, Canada, Mexico), Europe (Austria, Belgium, Czech
Republic, Denmark, France, Germany , Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom), Africa (Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho,
Malawi, Sudan, Swaziland , Uganda, Zimbabwe), Antipodes (Australia, New
Zealand), Russia, China, and now Japan.
The FDA has granted Orphan Drug designation to Maas BiolAB for
cyclosporin as a treatment for ALS.

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Ahold does not undertake any obligation to publicly release any
revisions to this forward-looking statement to reflect events or
circumstances after the date of this press release, except as may be
required by applicable securities laws.

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Maas BiolAB, LLC has licensed the world rights for cyclosporin
neuroprotection in the CHRONIC neurodegeneration indications of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease , Parkinson's
disease and Alzheimer's disease to its subsidiary Maas Biolab Inc,
also of Albuquerque (www.

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Cyclosporin is a unique drug that protects the mitochondria within
neurons from the streams of attack found in degenerative brain
diseases and injury.

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PRESS RELEASE Ahold completes sale of three shopping centers in Poland and the Czech Republic

This forward-looking statement is subject to risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from the future results expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statement. Many of these risks and uncertainties
relate to factors that are beyond Ahold's ability to control or
estimate precisely , such as the effect of general economic or
political conditions, actions of third parties, and other factors
discussed in Ahold's public filings.

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Many of these and other risk
factors are detailed in Ahold's publicly filed reports.M.

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Ahold Central Europe will continue to operate its Hypernova
hypermarket in the center of Karvin.

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Japan Patent for Cyclosporin Brain-Protection Granted to Maas BiolAB

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The value of the transaction, consisting of a cash consideration and
debt repaid to Ahold, amounts to approximately EUR 108 million. federal securities laws.----Maas BiolAB, LLC
announced that the Japan Patent Office has granted patent number
3643380. Maas BiolAB, LLC has
licensed the world rights for cyclosporin neuroprotection in the ACUTE
indications of traumatic brain injury , spinal cord injury and stroke
to its subsidiary NeuroPharma AB of Lund, Sweden (www.

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Ahold Press Office: +31 20 509 5343

Disclaimer:

One statement in this press release is a forward -looking statement
within the meaning of the U. Japan, with a population of 127
million people , is the second largest pharmaceutical market in the
world. The mitochondria are energy generators within
human cells.

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The closing was subject to fulfillment of certain conditions,
including antitrust approval.V.

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Ahold and ING Real Estate announced the transaction on December 7,
2005.se).

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S., being its registered name, presents itself
under the name of "Royal Ahold" or simply "Ahold. Cyclosporin has been
shown to be a powerful and effective neuroprotectant in preclinical
models of neurological diseases from traumatic brain injury to
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

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Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March 16, 2006 - Ahold announced today it
has successfully completed the sale of the three shopping centers in
Bielsko Biala and Elblag, Poland and in Karvin, the Czech Republic
to ING Property Fund Central Europe, a fund managed by ING Real
Estate. Outside The Netherlands,
Koninklijke Ahold N.

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Maas BiolAB, LLC is a privately held neuropharmaceutical
corporation based in Albuquerque, NM, USA.maasbiolab .

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Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on this forward-looking
statement, which speaks only as of the date of this press release.

Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers
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Ahold's hypermarket operations
in the Polish Centers were already divested in February 2005.

Cyclosporin protects these mitochondria, blocking neuron
death and preserving normal brain function.