Notice regarding the acquisition of a qualifying holding in Deželna banka Slovenije, 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 publishes the following notice:

Pursuant to Article 66 of the Securities Market Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 56/99, as amended) and Article 38 of the Stock Exchange Rules (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 113/02, 80/05), KD Group, finančna družba, d.d., Ljubljana, Celovška cesta 206 (hereinafter: KD Group), hereby announces that, pursuant to the authorisation issued by the Bank of Slovenia on 242 September 2005 to acquire a qualifying holding which, directly or indirectly, amounts to or exceeds 20 per cent of the share capital or voting rights in Deželna banka Slovenije, d.d., Kolodvorska 9, Ljubljana (hereinafter: DBS), on 9 September 2005 it acquired 192,830 additional DBS shares with the code SZBR, representing a further 8.40 per cent.
Together with the DBS shares with the code SZBR previously acquired indirectly, KD Group now holds 469,670 shares, representing a 20.46 per cent stake in the bank.

In accordance with the authorisation issued by the Bank of Slovenia, KD Group has, through the acquisition of the aforementioned shares, reached a qualifying holding in DBS within six months of the authorisation being issued.

The company will also publish this notice on its website at www.kd-group.si from 9 September 2005 until further notice.

Ljubljana, 9 September 2005


KD Group d.d.
Management Board