-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | The present announcement appears in both | | | a Danish and an English | Annual General Meeting | | version. In case of any discrepancies | | | between the two versions, the | | | Danish text shall prevail. | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | The OMX Copenhagen Stock | | | Exchange | | | Release no. 7/2007 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Kgs. Lyngby, 23 April 2007 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ordinary Annual General Meeting Monday 23 April 2007 The Directors' report given by the Chairman at the Annual General Meeting was noted. The report contained the information which was already sent to the OMX Copenhagen Stock Exchange with our electronic Annual Report 2006 on 22 March 2007 and the printed Annual Report 2006 which was available on 3 April 2007. The Annual Report 2006 was approved. The Board of Directors' recommendation to the Annual General Meeting that no dividend be declared for 2006 was approved. Bjarne Eriksen, Walther V. Paulsen, Peter-Ulrik Plesner and Niels Hermansen were up for election and were re-elected. Stephen Horner and Lars Rasmussen withdrew from the Board of Directors. Erik Højsholt was elected as new member of the Board of Directors. As previously announced, Thor Stadil is among the potential buyers of Hartmann's activities in South America and he has consequently decided to withdraw his candidature as a Board member. Instead of previously six board members, the Board of Directors has accordingly decided to continue with five board members elected by the AGM. Statsautoriseret revisionsinteressentskab KPMG C.Jespersen was re-elected. The Board of Directors was authorised, in the period up to 23 October 2008, within the scope of totally 10% of the Group's share capital to let the Group acquire own shares at the market price valid at the acquisition time with a deviation of up to 10%. During a subsequent board meeting the Board of Directors elected its officers with Director Bjarne Eriksen as Chairman and Director Walther Vishof Paulsen as Vice-Chairman. Yours faithfully, Brødrene Hartmann A/S Bjarne Eriksen Peter Arndrup Poulsen Chairman CEO