Van der Moolen Nominates a New Supervisory Board Member

Van der Moolen Holding N.V. (Pink Sheets:VDMHY) (Amsterdam:VDMN) is pleased to announce the nomination to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on May 22, 2008 of Mr. J.M. McNally as member of its Supervisory Board. The appointment of Mr. McNally is subject to the usual regulatory approvals. Mr. McNally is a UK Chartered Accountant and partner of the Wilton Group, an international tax and accountancy practice headquartered in London. For more information about Van der Moolen, please visit www.vandermoolen.com Disclaimer: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of, and which have been made pursuant to, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements regarding our future financial condition, results of operations and business strategy, plans and objectives are forward-looking. Statements containing the words "anticipate,” "believe,” "intend,” "estimate,” "expect,” "hope,” and words of similar meaning are forward-looking. In particular, the following are forward-looking in nature: statements with regard to strategy and management objectives; pending or potential acquisitions; pending or potential litigation and government investigations, including litigation and investigations concerning specialist trading in the U.S.; future revenue sources; the effects of changes or prospective changes in the regulation or structure of the securities exchanges on which our subsidiaries operate; and trends in results, performance, achievements or conditions in the markets in which we operate. These forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond our control, which may cause our results, performance, achievements or conditions in the markets in which we operate to differ, possibly materially, from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements. We describe certain important factors to consider in connection with these forward-looking statements under "Key Information – Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our annual filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 20-F. We caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect our management’s view only as of the date of this Report. We have no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.