Ahlers AG

Notice of Dividend Amount • Mar 4, 2008

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Ad-hoc | 4 March 2008 18:27

Ahlers AG records substantial sales rise of 5.7 % and proposes a dividend of 0.65 EUR per common share and 0.70 EUR per preferred share

Ahlers AG / Dividend/Final Results

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Ad hoc Communication pursuant to Art. 15 WpHG

Ahlers AG, Herford

ISIN DE0005009708 and ISIN DE0005009732

Ahlers AG records substantial sales rise of 5.7 % and proposes a dividend
of 0.65 EUR per common share and 0.70 EUR per preferred share

The men’s fashion company Ahlers AG reports a sales increase of 5.7 % to €
260 million for the business year 2006/07. EBIT went up from € 4.4 million
to € 12.0 million (+173 %). Ahlers earned € 9.7 million (prior year: € -0.1
million, incl. discontinued operation € 92.9 million) after taxes.

In view of the positive result, the Management Board and the Supervisory
Board will propose a dividend of € 0.65 per each common share and € 0.70
for each preferred share at the shareholders’ meeting on May 15, 2008. The
year before, Ahlers AG had paid € 2.95 per common share and € 3.00 per
preferred share after selling a division of its business.

Our annual report for 2006/07 is available in the internet at
www.ahlers-ag.com from March 11, 2008, 3 p.m. A free copy will be mailed to
every interested party on request.

Herford, March 4, 2008

The Management Board

Ahlers AG

Elverdisser Str. 313

D-32052 Herford
04.03.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

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Language: English
Issuer: Ahlers AG
Elverdisser Straße 313
32052 Herford
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)5221 979-0
Fax: +49 (0)5221 725 38
E-mail: ahlers-ag@ahlers-ag.com
Internet: www.ahlers-ag.com
ISIN: DE0005009708, DE0005009732
WKN: 500970, 500973
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Düsseldorf;
Freiverkehr in Berlin, München, Stuttgart

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