| Pursuant to Art. 20 of the Swiss Stock Exchange Act, sia Abrasives Holding AG, Mühlewiesenstrasse 20, 8501 Frauenfeld, has received the following notification:
Shareholder:
Shareholder group, now composed as follows:
- Scintilla AG, Weissensteinstrasse 71, 4500 Solothurn (a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch Internationale Beteiligungen AG)
- Robert Bosch Internationale Beteiligungen AG, Luterbachstrasse 10, 4528 Zuchwil (a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch Investment Nederland B.V.)
- Robert Bosch Investment Nederland B.V. Kruisbroekstraat 1, 5281 Boxtel, Netherlands (a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH)
- Robert Bosch GmbH, Robert-Bosch-Platz 1, 70839 Gerlingen-Schillerhöhe, Germany
- sia Abrasives Holding AG, Mühlewiesenstrasse 21, 8501 Frauenfeld
Group representative: Homburger AG, Dr. Heinz Schärer, 8042 Zurich
Contact: Homburger AG, Dr. Heinz Schärer, 8042 Zurich
Disclosure of purchase positions:
Threshold exceeded through the purchase of shares:
- Nature of agreement: transaction agreement
- Threshold exceeded: 50%
- Contractual obligation: 8 October 2008
- Equities held by all members: 390,511 registered shares, representing 52.07 %
- Total shareholding: 390,511 registered shares, representing 52.07 %
About the sia Group
The sia Group based in Frauenfeld ranks among the world’s top three suppliers of flexible abrasives. It develops, manufactures and markets complete abrasive systems tailored to specific requirements and applications for surface preparation and finishing of all kinds. This commitment has made abrasive processes into true surface technologies. Employing some 1,150 people worldwide, sia Abrasives posted net sales of CHF 298 million and operating profit (EBIT) of CHF 30.3 million for 2007. sia Abrasives Holding AG is listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange and generates more than 90% of its sales outside Switzerland. |
