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M&A Activity • May 18, 2016

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Takeover Bids | 18 May 2016 06:30

Takeover Offer;

Target company: KUKA AG; Bidder: MECCA International (BVI) Limited

Dissemination of an announcement according to the German Securities

Acquisition and Takeover Act (WpÜG), transmitted by DGAP – a service of

EQS Group AG.

The bidder is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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Publication of the decision to launch a public takeover offer in accordance

with § 10 para. 1 sentence 1 in conjunction with § 29 para. 1 and § 34 of

the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act

Bidder:

MECCA International (BVI) Limited

c/o Tricor Service (BVI) Limited

P.O. Box 3340

Road Town, Tortola

British Virgin Islands

Target Company:

KUKA Aktiengesellschaft

Zugspitzstraße 140

86165 Augsburg

Germany

registered with the commercial register of the local court of Augsburg

under HRB 22709.

ISIN: DE0006204407

The publication of the offer document will be made on the internet under

http://www.partnershipinrobotics.com upon approval by the German Federal

Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für

Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht).

Information of the Bidder:

MECCA International (BVI) Limited, an entity indirectly owned by Midea

Group Co., Ltd., decided to offer to the shareholders of KUKA

Aktiengesellschaft by way of a voluntary public takeover offer to acquire

their no-par value bearer shares in KUKA Aktiengesellschaft, each

representing a notional amount of EUR 2.60 in the registered share capital

(ISIN: DE0006204407), against payment of a cash consideration of EUR 115.00

per share.

The completion of the takeover offer will be subject to certain conditions.

These will include, in particular, a minimum acceptance condition of 30% of

the issued shares of KUKA Aktiengesellschaft, receipt of necessary

antitrust and other regulatory clearances and the approval of the

shareholders’ general meeting of Midea Group Co., Ltd.. Apart from this,

the offer will be made on and subject to the terms and conditions yet to be

communicated in the offer document.

Important information:

This announcement neither represents an offer to purchase or sell nor a

solicitation of an offer to purchase or sell shares in KUKA

Aktiengesellschaft. The final terms and conditions of the offer will be

published in the offer document after the approval by the German Federal

Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für

Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht). MECCA International (BVI) Limited reserves

the right to deviate from the basic terms presented herein in the final

terms and conditions. Investors and holders of shares in KUKA

Aktiengesellschaft are strongly advised to read any relevant documents in

connection with the voluntary public takeover offer as soon as such

documents will be published as they will contain important information.

Tortola, 18 May 2016

MECCA International (BVI) Limited

Board of Directors

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