Perutnina Ptuj takeover bid has been successful

Based on the provisions of the Ljubljanska borza, d.d., Rules and the applicable law, SIJ – Slovenian Steel Group, d. d., Gerbičeva 98, 1000 Ljubljana, hereby announces that in the takeover procedure for the purchase of shares of PERUTNINA PTUJ reja perutnine, proizvodnja krmil, perutninskega mesa in izdelkov, trgovina in storitve d.d., Potrčeva cesta 10, 2250 Ptuj (hereinafter: the Target Company), on 29  February 2016 the Securities Market Agency issued a decision under Ref. No. 40201-19/2015-15 in which it was established that the SIJ – Slovenian Steel Group, d.d., takeover bid has been successful.

Based on the provisions laid down in paragraph 4, Article 54, of the Takeovers Act (ZPre-1), the above decision will be published by the Target Company, while the Acquiring Company announces that on 2 March 2016, KDD – the Central Securities Clearing Corporation d.d. transferred the compensation to the acceptors, who had accepted the takeover bid. KDD also transferred the Target Company shares, with the ticker symbol PPTG, to the Acquiring Company in the Central Dematerialized Securities Depository, thus concluding the takeover procedure on 2 March 2016.

The information in this announcement will be available on the official SIJ d.d. website at http://www.sij.si/ for at least five years from the announcement date.