EANS-Adhoc: ALNO AG / Elmar Duffner joins ALNO AG´s management board as COO

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31.07.2011

• Long-standing managing director of Poggenpohl Möbelwerke GmbH to
take over

as CEO of ALNO AG in 2013
• Key tasks as COO: operational management, expansion of international
business and continued strengthening of premium brand ALNO

Pfullendorf, July 31, 2011 - Elmar Duffner, managing director of
Poggenpohl Möbelwerke GmbH since 2002, will take over the position of
COO of ALNO AG, one of Germany´s leading kitchen manufacturers, by
February 1, 2012 at the latest. In the role of COO, he will be
responsible for international sales and distribution, production,
purchasing, logistics, product development, marketing and
communications. His other main priorities will be the
international expansion of ALNO AG and the further enhancement of the
company´s premium brand ALNO. Duffner will take over as CEO from Max
Müller at the company´s AGM in 2013. Max Müller intends to join
the supervisory board after this transition period, which is to
ensure strategic continuity of leadership.

ALNO AG, which is Germany´s second biggest and Europe´s fourth
biggest kitchen manufacturer, serves a wide range of customer target
groups and price segments through its ALNO, WELLMANN, IMPULS and
PINO brands. The company has three subsidiaries abroad and
around 7,000 sales and distribution partners in 64 countries.
Foreign sales accounted for 28.4% of revenues in the 2010 business
year. The company´s strategic goal under the leadership of Elmar
Duffner is to significantly increase revenues from foreign sales.

Elmar Duffner was managing director of Poggenpohl Möbelwerke GmbH
from 2002, where he successfully drove forward the international
expansion of the premium kitchen manufacturer. Under his leadership
the company grew at above-average levels and consistently posted
a positive earnings performance. Elmar Duffner has been President
of the Association of the German Furniture Industry since 2008
and sits on the board of several other industry associations.

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====================================== About ALNO AG: ALNO AG is one
of Germany’s leading kitchen manufacturers. It has four national
production facilities and also a production facility in Dubai, and
serves the German and international markets with a full range of
kitchens. The ALNO Group has four brands: the core brand ALNO and
also WELLMANN (classic/modern), IMPULS (minimalist) and PINO
(entry-level prices). ALNO AG has around 7,000 distribution partners
and is active in more than 64 countries. In fiscal year 2010 around
1,787 employees recorded revenues of approx. EUR 467.3 million.
Foreign sales accounted for 28.4% of revenues.

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statements, which are based on the current expectations and forecasts
of ALNO AG’s management or its associated companies. Various known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors may lead to the
actual results, financial position, or performance of ALNO AG and its
affiliated companies deviating substantially from the estimates
included herein. Neither ALNO AG nor its affiliated companies
undertake to update any such forward-looking statement and to adjust
these to future events or developments.

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Patricia Eschenlohr
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issuer: ALNO AG
Heiligenbergerstraße 47
D-88629 Pfullendorf
phone: +49 7552 21-311
FAX: +49 7552 21-3838
mail: max.mueller@alno.de
WWW: http://www.alno.de
sector: Furnishings & Furniture
ISIN: DE0007788408
indexes:
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, regulated dealing:
Stuttgart, regulated dealing/general standard: Frankfurt
language: English