| 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:
- Prof. Dr. Giorgio Behr, Im Sandacker 4, 8454 Buchberg
- Behr Deflandre & Snozzi BDS AG, 8454 Buchberg (controlled by Prof. Dr. Giorgio Behr, Im Sandacker 4, 8454 Buchberg)
- Behr Bircher Cellpack BBC AG, Anglikerstrasse 99, 5612 Villmergen (controlled by Prof. Dr. Giorgio Behr, Im Sandacker 4, 8454 Buchberg)
Group representative: Prof. Dr. Giorgio Behr, Buchberg
Contact: Dr. Dieter Dubs, Bär & Karrer AG, Zurich
Disclosure of sale positions:
Thresholds fallen below through the signing of an agreement to sell 298,801 registered shares:
- Nature of agreement: joint reduction of shareholding
- Thresholds fallen below: 33 1/3 %, 25 %, 20 %, 15 %, 10 %, 5 % and 3 %
- Contractual obligation: 1 October 2008
- Equities held by all members: 0 registered shares, representing 0 %
- Total shareholding: 0 registered shares, representing 0 %
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. |
