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HARMAN PRO FORMS GROUP-LEVEL CINEMA INITIATIVE, NAMES STEPHEN MORRIS VICE PRESIDENT CINEMA SALES & MARKETING

Single multi-brand sales and marketing initiative will better meet the needs of Harman’s growing worldwide cinema market customer base.

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, June 25, 2007 — The Harman Pro Group today announced the formation of the HPro Cinema Group. This new initiative unifies the cinema sales and marketing responsibilities of both JBL Professional and . The group will be lead by Stephen Morris, who has been appointed to the newly created position of Vice President, Cinema Sales and Marketing reporting to JBL Professional President, John Carpanini.

According to Blake Augsburger, President Harman Pro Group, the formation of a Group-level cinema initiative comes at time when Harman Pro Group’s market and technology leadership continues to be on the rise. “In addition to our category-leading cinema from JBL Professional and cinema from Crown International, Harman Pro Group offers Digital B-Chain™ technology that integrates components and provides system-level performance and diagnostic advantages no other manufacturer can match. Stephen Morris’ demonstrated expertise in market intelligence and sales makes him the ideal leader for this new group.”

Stephen Morris comes to his new position from Crown International, where he successfully led the company’s cinema market program for 9 years. Morris helped Crown achieve consistent growth in the global cinema market and was heavily involved in pioneering the development of the Group’s Digital B- Chain technology.

Commenting on his appointment, Morris said today, “I am very excited to lead this forward-looking initiative that is deeply committed to providing our cinema customers across the globe with integrated solutions that go beyond technology for technology’s sake but instead are engineered to suit the unique requirements of the cinema market. I look forward to working with our dealers and customers at a detailed level, and learning from them how the Harman Pro Group can best serve their needs

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About JBL Professional: Headquartered in Northridge, California, JBL Professional is the world’s leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of professional loudspeakers for recording and broadcast, musician, cinema, touring sound, commercial sound and contracting applications. JBL Professional is the proud recipient of the 2005 Technical GRAMMY® award. JBL Professional is part of the network of professional and consumer audio companies. For complete product and company information, go to the JBL Professional website at www.jblpro.com.

About Crown International: Crown International, a Harman International company, manufactures amplifiers, , and systems control products for professional audio markets worldwide, with corporate headquarters located in Elkhart, Indiana. For more information, visit Crown online at www.crownaudio.com.

About the Harman Pro Group: The Harman Pro Group (www.harmanpro.com) is the world’s largest provider of professional audio products and system solutions for commercial sound, contracting, tour sound, recording and broadcast, musician, portable PA and cinema applications. The Group is headquartered in Northridge, California and includes industry leaders AKG, BSS Audio, Crown International, , DigiTech, JBL Professional, , , and . The Group is part of Harman International Industries, Incorporated (NYSE: HAR), a leading supplier of high-quality, high fidelity audio products and infotainment systems for the automotive, home and professional markets.

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