Philips Releases New Tools:
Website for Truckers to Increase Awareness of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Murrysville, Pa., November 12, 2008

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) today announced the release of a new program targeted at the trucking industry to increase awareness of a potentially serious disorder called Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) that can negatively affect drivers and impact trucking companies. Introduced by Philips Respironics, the Sleep Well, Drive Safe program is designed to educate trucking company owners and create greater awareness of possible ways to reduce drowsy driving.

OSA is a condition in which the upper airway repeatedly collapses during sleep, causing a decrease in, or absence of, airflow and disruptions in a person's sleep cycle. This can lead to daytime fatigue, increased drowsiness and lack of energy. A research study on sleep apnea sponsored by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the American Transportation Research Institute of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) found that 28.1 percent of those studied, holding a commercial driver's license, had some form of sleep apnea.

The Sleep Well, Drive Safe program is designed to help trucking companies achieve a reduction in driver turnover, liability premiums and costs related to motor vehicle accidents due to fatigue attributable to OSA. The program incorporates five elements: Education, Screening, Testing, Therapy and Compliance. Philips Respironics, a global leader in the sleep therapy and diagnostics market, is working with sleep labs and home care providers to successfully execute this program for trucking companies.

The program is supported with a website, www.philips.com/trucking, which provides additional information for trucking company owners, safety directors and drivers. "We hope that this program will increase awareness of OSA and get a majority of drivers tested and treated within the trucking industry," said Chick Maffei, manager of National Key Accounts (Special Initiatives) at Philips Respironics. "There are a large number of OSA sufferers who go undiagnosed and untreated and they present a potential risk for being drowsy drivers. Our goal is to help provide a safer working environment for truckers and, ultimately, safer highways for everyone."

To increase awareness of the Sleep Well, Drive Safe program, Philips Respironics is participating in trucking industry conferences and tradeshows. According to Maffei, "At these shows many attendees are coming and talking to us about their OSA and how they have seen quality of life improvements since using a therapy device. Our objective for this program is to broaden the awareness and communicate the positive impact that reducing drowsy driving can have for drivers and the trucking company they represent."

About Royal Philips Electronics

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is a diversified Health and Well-being company, focused on improving people's lives through timely innovations. As a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, Philips integrates technologies and design into people-centric solutions, based on fundamental customer insights and the brand promise of "sense and simplicity". Headquartered in the Netherlands , Philips employs approximately 128,000 employees in more than 60 countries worldwide. With sales of USD 42 billion (E27 billion) in 2007, the company is a market leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as well as lifestyle products for personal well-being and pleasure with strong leadership positions in flat TV, male shaving and grooming, portable entertainment and oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter .