Hunter Douglas and Bergson are aware of appeal brought by minority shareholdersHunter Douglas and Bergson have learned about the appeal brought by Franklin Templeton Investment Funds and three other minority shareholders of Hunter Douglas aimed, amongst other things, at the alleged decision by the Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM) not to interfere with the contemplated tender bid by Bergson for 10,500,000 common shares of Hunter Douglas. The same minority shareholders have requested the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven to issue preliminary measures to prevent the bid during the appeal.
Although the appeal is aimed at the decision of the AFM, Hunter Douglas and Bergson shall bring their views to the attention of the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven as interested parties. They hold that the appeal is unfounded and that preliminary measures are unjustified.

This press release is an announcement as mentioned in Section 9b paragraph 1 of the Securities Market Supervision Decree (Besluit toezicht effectenverkeer 1995).

For further information from Hunter Douglas N.V.:
W. Oppliger
Chief Financial Officer
Phone: +41 41 419 2772
woppliger@hdml.ch

For further information from Bergson Holdings N.V.:
Christopher C. King
Vice President
Phone: +41 79 219 6911
christopherking@bluewin.ch