Notice regarding the outcome of the takeover bid for the shares of Deželna banka Slovenije d.d.

Pursuant to 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:

Pursuant to Article 54 of the Takeovers Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 79/06, hereinafter: ZPre-1), KD Holding, finančna družba, d.d., Celovška 206, Ljubljana (hereinafter: the offeror) hereby announces the outcome of the takeover bid for the purchase of shares in Deželna banka Slovenije d.d., Kolodvorska 9, 1000 Ljubljana (hereinafter: the target company) on the basis of the authorisation issued by the Securities Market Agency No. 171/134/AG-06-(353) dated 12 October 2006.

During the period of the takeover bid, from 16 October 2006 inclusive to 14 November 2006 inclusive at 12 noon, the offer was accepted by 24 acceptors, who together held 3,760 shares in the target company (ticker symbol SZBR) that were the subject of the takeover bid, representing 0.16 per cent of all shares in the target company.

The offeror thus holds, together with the 730,314 shares in the target company that it owned on the date of publication of the takeover bid, a total of 734,074 shares in the target company, representing 31.98% of all the shares in the target company.

In accordance with the provisions of the takeover bid prospectus, the takeover bid for the purchase of shares in the target company has been successful.

This notice will also be published on the website www.kd-group.si from 16 November 2006 until further notice, in the ‘Notices’ section under the heading ‘Public Announcements’.

Ljubljana, 15 November 2006



KD Holding d. d.
Matjaž Gantar, Director