Notice of receipt of the ATVP’s decision on the outcome of the takeover bid and the decision of the Slovenian Competition Protection Agency

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. 51/06, UPB 2), KD Group, d.d., Ljubljana hereby issues the following announcement:

KD Holding, a financial company, d.d., Celovška 206, Ljubljana (hereinafter: KD Holding d.d.), hereby informs the public that on 21 November 2006 it received a decision from the Securities Market Agency (hereinafter the ‘Agency’), in which the Agency concludes that the takeover bid by the offeror, KD Holding d.d., for the purchase of shares in the target company, Deželna banka Slovenije d.d., Kolodvorska 9, Ljubljana, which ran from 16 October to 14 November 2006, had been successful.

KD Holding d.d. also informs the public that on 21 November 2006 it received a decision from the Slovenian Competition Protection Office (hereinafter: the Office), in which the Office decided that the merger of KD Holding d.d. and Deželna banka Slovenije d.d., Ljubljana, is in accordance with competition rules and that it will not object to it.

This notice will also be published from 21 November 2006 until further notice on the website www.kd-group.si under ‘notices’ in the ‘public announcements’ section.



KD Holding d.d.
Management Board