Notice of receipt of an expression of interest in a bid to acquire shares in the company

In accordance with the provisions of the Rules of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange d.d. and the ZTVP-1 (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 56/99), KD Group, d.d., Ljubljana, hereby issues the following announcement:

KD Holding, financial company, d.d., Celovška 206, Ljubljana, pursuant to Article 66 of the Securities Market Act and the Decision on the detailed content and manner of publication of announcements by public companies, hereby informs the public that we have received a notice from KD Group, a financial company, d.d., a notice of its intention to make a tender offer for the shares of the issuer KD Holding d.d., with the following content:
‘Pursuant to Article 15 of the Takeovers Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia No. 47/97), we hereby inform the addressee that on 3 July 2002, the Supervisory Board of KD Group d.d., Ljubljana, adopted a resolution instructing the company’s management to immediately commence all necessary actions and procedures required to carry out the takeover of KD Holding d.d., Ljubljana, Celovška 206, Ljubljana.
KD Group, finančna družba, d.d. intends to publish the takeover bid as soon as possible.’
The Management Board of KD Holding d.d. does not object to the proposed takeover.



KD Holding d.d.
Management Board