Throughout the years, Gorenje, d.d., has been encouraging all shareholders to actively exercise their rights by organised collection of proxies and in accordance with the Slovenian Corporate Governance Code recommendation is announcing that as of today, the company officers authorised to collect proxies i.e.

Pursuant to relevant legislation, the Management Board and the Supervisory Board of Gorenje, d.d., hereby convene the 17th Shareholder's Assembly Meeting of Gorenje, d.d., to be held on Friday, February 3rd 2012 at 11 AM in the Hotel Paka Conference Hall in Velenje, Rudarska ul. 1, Slovenia.

Responding to the new business circumstances and the changes in the Group's composition after recent M&A activity, Gorenje Group devised a new strategic plan for the period from 2012 to 2015. The plan includes a stronger focus on the core activity of products and services for the home which is planned to represent approximately 90 percent of total operations in 2015. Key performance goals include improved operating profitability in terms of EBIT margin for which a target of over 5 percent was set for the year 2015, and an increase in sales revenue to about EUR 1.5 billion by maintaining a compound annual growth rate of 3.8 percent.