Notice regarding the acquisition of a qualifying holding

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, in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 66 of the Securities Market Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 56/1999), paragraph 2 of Article 64 of the Takeovers Act, Articles 6 and 10 of the Decision on the detailed content and method of publication of announcements by public companies (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 6/2000, 76/2001, 117/2002) and Article 43 of the Stock Exchange Rules, we hereby announce that on 24 July 2003 we received a notification from Slovenska zadružna kmetijska banka, d.d., Ljubljana, notifying us that on 17 July 2003 it had acquired a 2.41 per cent stake in KD Group d.d. Consequently, Slovenska zadružna kmetijska banka, d.d., Ljubljana holds 12,242 shares in KD Group d.d. (share code SKDR), representing 6.57 per cent of all shares in KD Group d.d. carrying voting rights.


KD Group d.d.
Director
Matjaž Gantar