GORENJE, d.d., Velenje

Organised Collection of Proxies for Shareholders to Exercise Their Voting Rights

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. Mr. Franjo Bobinac, president of the Gorenje, d.d., Management Board , Mrs. Mirjana Dimc Perko, Mr. Drago Bahun and Mr. Franc Košec; all members of the Gorenje, d.d., Management Board; Mr. Peter Kobal, Chairman of the Gorenje, d.d., Employee Council; Mr. Ivan Atelšek, Employee Representative on the Gorenje, d.d., Supervisory Board; and Mr. Emil Krušič, President of the Gorenje, d.d., SKEI Union, have started collecting proxies for the shareholders to exercise their voting rights at the 9th General Meeting of Gorenje, d.d., scheduled for 29 June 2006.

By issuing this invitation for granting proxies the authorised company officers want to encourage the shareholders to exercise their decision-making rights at the General Meeting as well as notify the shareholders of the proposed decisions of the General Meeting.

This announcement will be also available on the www.gorenje.com web-site.

Date: 7. 6. 2006