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quaterly report

24.06.2008

• Consolidated sales increased by 9.6 % to EUR 59.7 million
• EBIT rose by 35.2 % to EUR 3.3 million
• Clearly improved profitability compared to the previous year
• Ongoing brisk project activity

Vienna / Waidhofen/Ybbs, June 24, 2008. With a significant rise in
sales and a disproportionate improvement in earnings, in the first
quarter of 2008/09, the Vienna listed Bene AG (ISIN AT00000BENE6)
increased its profitability and further strengthened its position.

With a sales increase of 9.6 % to EUR 59.7 million (Q1 2007/08: EUR
54.5 million) in the first quarter of 2008/09, the internationally
operating specialist for office and working environments sustainably
continued its growth policy. In the first three months, the Bene
Group´s sales in Austria rose again by 18.8 % to EUR 19.7 million (Q1
2007/08: EUR 16.5 million). Likewise in Germany, sales grew by 16.0 %
from EUR 13.7 million in the reference period to EUR 15.9 million.
After an extraordinary good first quarter in the last year, UK sales
decreased by 22.5 % to EUR 6.8 million (Q1 2007/08: EUR 8.8 million)
due to the subdued investment climate and to the shifting of various
projects. The decline in sales of the Russia segment to EUR 3.4
million (Q1 2007/08: EUR 6.8 million) is as well resulting from the
delay of project realisations. With a sales growth of 60.8 % to EUR
14.0 million (Q1 2007/08: EUR 8.7 million) the Bene Group´s "Other
markets" segment achieved an impressive improvement.

The earnings key figures and thus the profitability of the Bene Group
improved even better than sales. In the first quarter of the present
year, earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) increased by 35.2 % to
EUR 3.3 million (Q1 2007/08: EUR 2.5 million). Thus, compared to the
previous year´s reference period, the Bene Group significantly
improved its EBIT-margin from 4.5 % to 5.6 %.

Compared to the last year´s quarter, as a result of the higher
investment-related payments, the financial result of the Bene Group
slightly decreased by EUR 0.25 million to EUR - 0.15 million.
Overall, the EBT of EUR 2.6 million rose by 24.2 % to EUR 3.2 million
and the EBT-margin increased from 4.7 % to 5.3 %.

The positive business performance in the first quarter lead to a
temporary expansion of the working capital to EUR 39.4 million on the
reporting date April 30, 2008 (January 31, 2008: EUR 34.2 million).
As of the same date, the equity ratio was 46.8 % (January 31, 2008:
48.7 %).

A large part of the Bene Group´s investments in the total amount of
EUR 4.0 million in the first quarter of 2008/09 (Q1 2007/08: EUR 2.2
million) was arising from the expansion and the modernisation of the
production site as well as from the adaptation and modernisation of
the distribution sites.

On the reporting date April 30, 2008, the Bene Group occupied
1.457employees, which corresponds to an increase of 4.7 %.

After the solid first quarter of 2008/09, the Management of the Bene
Group likewise positively looks forward to the business performance
of the remaining year and is optimistic to increase sales and at the
same time further improve earnings of the entire business year.

Note. Among others, this report contains statements on potential
future developments, which were made on the basis of currently
available information. Such statements, which reflect the current
assessment of future developments by our Management, cannot be
construed as guarantees for future performance and bear unforeseeable
risk and uncertainty. There may be a variety of reasons for actual
results and conditions to diverge from the assumption, on which the
statements were based.

The comprehensive quarterly report is available under www.bene.com.

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Further inquiry note:

Investor Relations

Mag. Gerald Strohmaier, MBA

Head of Finance & Investor Relations

BENE AG

A-3340 Waidhofen/Ybbs

Schwarzwiesenstraße 3

Phone +43-7442-500-3372

Fax +43-7442-500-993372

www.bene.com

Branche: Furnishings & Furniture
ISIN: AT00000BENE6
WKN:
Index: ATX Prime
Börsen: Wiener Börse AG / official market