Beter Bed Holding NV (AMS:BBED) Beter Bed: € 15.2 Million Profit And 3% Revenue Increase Through Third Quarter Of 2008

Beter Bed Holding NV (AMS:BBED) Highlights: * Third-quarter net profit of € 4.3 million (Q3 2007: € 5.4 million) with 1.8% higher revenue * Interim dividend of € 0.29 per share (last year: € 0.35 per share) * Outlook: lower net profit in fourth quarter 2008 compared to same period of 2007 * Number of stores exceeds 1,000 in the third quarter

Beter Bed Holding N.V. realised net profit totalling € 15.2 million in the first nine months of 2008 (first nine months 2007: € 18.5 million). Revenue in the first nine months of 2008 amounted to € 265.2 million, compared to € 257.5 million in the first nine months of 2007. This represents an increase of 3.0%.

Revenue totalled € 89.9 million in the third quarter of 2008. This represents a 1.8% increase in comparison to the same period of last year (€ 88.3 million). Net profit of € 4.3 million was achieved in the third quarter of 2008 compared to € 5.4 million in the same period of 2007.

Profile Beter Bed operates in the European bedroom furnishings market. Its activities include retail trade through more than 1,000 stores that operate via the chains Beter Bed (active in the Netherlands), Matratzen Concord (active in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Belgium), El Gigante del Colchón (active in Spain), BeddenReus, Dormaël and Slaapgenoten (all three active in the Netherlands) and MAV (active in Germany). Beter Bed Holding is also active in the field of developing and wholesaling branded products in the bedroom furnishings sector in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and in Spain via its subsidiary DBC International. Beter Bed Holding achieved net revenue of € 351.2 million in 2007. The company has been listed on Euronext Amsterdam since December 1996. The Beter Bed Holding share is included in the Amsterdam Small cap Index.

For more information, please contact: Frans Geelen, Chief Executive Officer Tel. +31 (0)413 338819 / Fax +31 (0)413 338829 / Mob. +31 (0)6 29565517 E-mail: frans.geelen@beterbed.nl / Website: www.beterbedholding.com

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Beter Bed Holding NV

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