EANS-Adhoc: ALNO AG / ALNO AG supervisory board appoints new CFO

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13.07.2011

• Ipek Demirtas new CFO
• Jörg Artmann leaves ALNO AG

Düsseldorf / Pfullendorf, July 13, 2011 - ALNO AG came to the
unanimous decision at today´s supervisory board meeting to appoint
Ipek Demirtas (42) as the company´s new CFO. Mrs. Demirtas will
assume the position with immediate effect and replace outgoing CFO
Jörg Artmann, who is leaving ALNO AG.

Ipek Demirtas has been head of group-wide finances at ALNO AG since
January 2010. Before that, she was CFO and managing director of
several subsidiaries of Otto Group, a market-leading provider of
refuse containers. She had a high level of success in restructuring
strategic business divisions throughout her commercial career at
Stinnes Group, over ten years at PricewaterhouseCoopers and then as
managing director of two mineral oil companies.

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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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these to future events or developments.

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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