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 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 the company Epakta, naložbe in razvoj d.o.o., Škofja Loka, has informed us that on 23 December 2004 it acquired a further 2,850 (or 1.53%) shares in KD Group d.d., Ljubljana (share code SKDR), thereby becoming the holder of 6.29 per cent of all shares in KD Group d.d., Ljubljana.


KD Group d.d.
Management Board