Asked if the company has had contact with other potential buyers of the group, D.E Master Blenders CEO Jan Bennink said "No, there has not".

The maker of Douwe Egberts coffee and Pickwick tea has received a 7.5 billion euro takeover bid (6.3 billion pounds) from a group led by German investor Joh A Benckiser (JAB), it said earlier on Friday.

(Reporting by Gilbert Kreijger; Editing by Sara Webb)