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 manner 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 give notice that on 3 March 2003 we received a notification from Nova Ljubljanska banka d.d., Ljubljana, notifying us that on 28 February 2003 it had become the holder of a total of more than 5 per cent of the shares in KD Group d.d. Consequently, Nova Ljubljanska banka d.d., Ljubljana holds 12,199 shares in KD Group d.d. (share code SKDR), representing 6.543 per cent of all shares in KD Group d.d. carrying voting rights.


KD Group d.d.
Director
Matjaž Gantar