Board member selected by the employees, electrician Michael Schrøder Nielsen has terminated his job at Brødrene Hartmann A/S and consequently withdraws from the Board of Directors of Hartmann as of 1 October 2008. Michael Schrøder Nielsen was elected as alternate at the election in April 2006 and joined the Board as a board member in September the same year. A by-election is now organized that applies to the rules concerning the election of a new board member and a new alternate to the Board of Directors after Michael Schrøder Nielsen. Further information will follow when the by-election has been accomplished. Further information is available from: Erik Højsholt Chairman of the Board of Directors Brødrene Hartmann A/S Mobile: +45 20 10 65 80