Intent to make a takeover bid for the shares of KD Holding d.d.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange d.d. and the Securities Market Act (ZTVP-1) (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 56/99), KD d.d., Ljubljana, hereby issues the following announcement:

KD Group, financial company, d.d., Celovška 206, Ljubljana, pursuant to Article 66 of the Securities Market Act and the Decision on the detailed content and method of publication of announcements by public companies, hereby informs the public that KD Holding, a financial company, d.d., has sent a notice of its intention to make a tender offer for the shares of the issuer KD Holding d.d., with the following content:
“Pursuant to Article 15 of the Takeovers Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia No. 47/97), we hereby inform the addressee that on 3 July 2002, the Supervisory Board of KD Group d.d., Ljubljana, adopted a resolution instructing the company’s management to immediately commence all necessary actions and procedures required to carry out the takeover of KD Holding d.d., Ljubljana, Celovška 206, Ljubljana.
KD Group, finančna družba, d.d. intends to publish the takeover bid as soon as possible.”


KD Group d.d.
Management Board