Tefron Announces Appointment of Director

MISGAV, Israel, May 20  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tefron Ltd. (NYSE:TFR) ( TASE:TFRN) , a leading producer of seamless intimate apparel and engineered-for-performance (EFPTM) active wear, announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Zvi Limon as a director, effective immediately, due to his broad business experience.

Mr. Limon is a General Partner of Rimon Funds, a public equities investment fund focusing on Israeli companies, and a General Partner and Venture Partner of Magma VC (previously Magnum Communication) Fund, an Israeli venture capital fund focusing on communication technology companies. He also serves on the board of directors of a number of public traded and private companies. From 1990 to 2000, Mr. Limon was the Chairman of Limon Holdings Ltd., the advisor to an international technology fund focusing on private and public equity investments.

About Tefron

Tefron manufactures boutique-quality everyday seamless intimate apparel, active wear and swim wear sold throughout the world by such name-brand marketers as Victoria's Secret, Nike, Target, The Gap, J. C. Penney, lululemon athletica Warnaco/Calvin Klein, Patagonia, Reebok, Swimwear Anywhere, Abercombie&Fitch and El Corte Englese, as well as other well known retailers and designer labels. The company's product line includes knitted briefs, bras, tank tops, boxers, leggings, crop, T-shirts, nightwear, bodysuits, swim wear, beach wear and active-wear.

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the safe harbor provisions of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, with respect to the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events.

Words such as "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "intend," "will," "plan," "could," "may," "project," "goal," "target," and similar expressions often identify forward-looking statements but are not the only way we identify these statements. Except for statements of historical fact contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release regarding our future performance, plans to increase revenues or margins and any statements regarding other future events or future prospects are forward-looking statements.

These forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to:

  - our customers' continued purchase of our products in the same
  volumes or on the same terms;
  - the cyclical nature of the clothing retail industry and the
  ongoing changes in fashion preferences;
  - the competitive nature of the markets in which we operate,
  including the ability of our competitors to enter into and compete in the
  seamless market in which we operate;
  - the potential adverse effect on our business resulting from our
  international operations, including increased custom duties and import
  quotas (e.g., in China, where we manufacture for our swimwear division).
  - the potential adverse effect on our future operating efficiency
  resulting from our expansion into new product lines with more complicated
  products and different raw materials;
  - the purchase of new equipment that may be necessary as a result
  of our expansion into new product lines;
  - our dependence on our suppliers for our machinery and the
  maintenance of our machinery;
  - the fluctuations costs of raw materials; our dependence on
  subcontractors in connection with our manufacturing process;
  - our failure to generate sufficient cash from our operations to
  pay our debt;
  - fluctuations in inflation and currency; and
  - political, economic, social, climatic risks, associated with
  international business and relating to operations in Israel;




as well as certain other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

  Contacts

  Company Contact:                  IR Contact:

  Asaf Alperovitz                   Ehud Helft / Kenny Green
  Chief Financial Officer           G.K. Investor Relations
  [phone]                    [phone]
                    

DATASOURCE: Tefron Ltd



CONTACT:  Contacts: Company Contact: Asaf Alperovitz, Chief Financial

Officer, [phone], ; IR Contact: Ehud Helft / Kenny

Green, G.K. Investor Relations, [phone], 

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