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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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