Corporate Express Press Releases - 2007

News Release - May 24, 2007 Corporate Express US Announces Winner of its Catalog Cover Art Contest Winning School Receives $30,000 in School Supplies and Furniture

Broomfield, Colorado – May 24, 2007 – Corporate Express US Inc., part of the Dutch-based Corporate Express NV, announced today the winner of its national cover art contest for its 2008 School Supplies Catalog. Emily Wrigley, an 11th grade student at Southern Baptist Educational Center in Southaven MS, submitted the winning artwork, which was chosen from hundreds of submissions from schools all over the country Corporate Express US Inc. is a leading business-to-business supplier in the U.S. of office products, furniture, facility supplies and computer products and services, printing and forms management, and promotional merchandise, with 2006 sales of approximately $3.6 billion in the U.S. Corporate Express launched the School Solutions Cover Art Contest four months ago to engage students in a creative classroom exercise, support local communities and raise awareness of the Corporate Express Schools Solutions program. In addition to featuring her art on Corporate Express's nationally distributed School Supply catalog, Wrigley and her classmates received $30,000 in school supplies and furniture for their school, and the entire school attended a pizza party and school supply trade fair. "We are very pleased to have chosen Emily's art for the cover of our School Supplies catalog," said Kerr Holbrook, Chief Marketing Officer, Corporate Express US. "We chose Emily's art because it clearly conveys the breadth of our educational product selection, it's a wonderful example of original student art and elements of its design can be incorporated throughout the catalog.” Wrigley's art will appear on the cover of our 2008 School Solutions Catalog, which will be distributed in January 2008. Wrigley's framed award-winning artwork, along with $20,000 in school furniture and $10,000 in school supplies, were presented by Randall Conrad, Corporate Express Sales Vice President, to Wrigley, and David H. Manley, President of Southern Baptist Educational Center, to the cheers of the entire student body and music from the marching band. Following the presentation, the entire school enjoyed a pizza party and product giveaways from Crayola, HON, Dixon, Sanford and Pentel. Also on hand to celebrate with students were Grizz, the Memphis Grizzlies Basketball team mascot, Rockey the Rockin' Redbird, the team mascot of the Memphis Redbirds, Crayola's "Mr. Tip" character and the Sharpie Hummer The Corporate Express School Supply contest was sponsored by Crayola, Dixon, HON, Sanford, Elmers, Acme, Fiskars, Avery, Velco, Houghton Mifflin, 3M, Riverside, Wausau Paper, Pentel, Learning Resources, Triplite, Pacon Paper and Dominoes Pizza. About Corporate Express Corporate Express provides customers with a single source of business products and services, so that they can focus their resources, energy and time on their core business. Corporate Express helps organizations to save time and maximize their productivity. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Corporate Express NV generated 2006 annual sales of EUR 6.3 billion. The Company has a widespread global distribution network spanning North America, Europe and Australia, has close to 19,000 employees, and operations in 20 countries. Corporate Express NV is listed on Euronext Amsterdam (Euronext: CXP) and in New York (NYSE: CXP). For more information, please visit www.CorporateExpress.com. About Southern Baptist Educational Center Southern Baptist Educational Center is a K-12 grade Christian school, located in Southaven, Desoto County, Mississippi, providing a quality academic and Christian education for more than 1,100 students throughout the metropolitan Memphis, Tennessee area and northern Mississippi counties. Safe Harbour Statement Statements included in this press release, which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbour provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements are made based upon management’s expectations and beliefs concerning future events impacting Corporate Express and therefore involve a number of uncertainties and risks, including, but not limited to industry conditions, changes in product supply, pricing and customer demand, competition, risks in integrating new businesses, currency fluctuations, and the other risks described from time to time in the Company’s filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2007. As a result, the actual results of operations or financial conditions of the Company could differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Shareholders and other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements.