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 publishes the following announcement:

KD Group, finančna družba d.d., Celovška 206, Ljubljana, in accordance with the provisions of Article 66 of the Securities Market Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 56/99), paragraph 2 of Article 64 of the Takeovers Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 47/97, 56/99), the provisions of the Decision on the detailed content and manner of publication of announcements by public companies, and the Stock Exchange Rules, we hereby announce that on 30 December 2004,
Bank Austria Creditanstalt d.d. Ljubljana, acting on behalf of Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, informed us that on 27 December 2004, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, Vienna, Republic of Austria, became the holder of a qualifying holding in KD Group d.d.
On 27 December 2004, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG held 41,672 shares in KD Group d.d. with the ticker symbol SKDR, representing a 22.35 per cent stake in all issued shares of KD Group d.d.


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