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Takeover Bids | 20 January 2015 12:15

Takeover Offer;

Target company: Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft; Bidder: KB Holding GmbH

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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– Convenience Translation –

Publication of the decision to make a voluntary public takeover offer

(freiwilliges öffentliches Übernahmeangebot) in accordance with Section 10

para. 1 and para. 3 in connection with Sections 29 and 34 of the German

Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (Wertpapiererwerbs- und

Übernahmegesetz, WpÜG)

Bidder:

KB Holding GmbH

Schlehdornstr. 3

82031 Grünwald

Germany

registered with the commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht) of

Munich under HRB 122175

Target Company:

Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft

Vosslohstraße 4

58791 Werdohl

Germany

registered with the commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht) of

Iserlohn under HRB 5292

ISIN: DE 0007667107 (WKN: 766710)

On 20 January 2015, KB Holding GmbH decided to make a voluntary public

takeover offer to the shareholders of Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft,

Vosslohstraße 4, 58791 Werdohl, Germany, for the acquisition of all

ordinary bearer shares with no par value, each share representing a

proportionate amount of EUR 2.84 in the share capital (the

‘Vossloh-Shares’).

KB Holding GmbH intends to offer the payment of a cash consideration per

Vossloh-Share in the amount of the weighted average domestic stock exchange

price during the last three months before the publication of this

announcement according to Sec. 10 para. 1 sent. 1 WpÜG pursuant to Sec. 5

para. 1 and 3 of the Regulation on the Content of the Offer Document,

Consideration for Takeover Offers and Mandatory Offers and the Release from

the Obligation to Publish and Issue an Offer (WpÜG-Angebotsverordnung), as

determined by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority

(Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, BaFin). This

consideration is expected to be in a range between EUR 48 and 49 per

Vossloh-Share and will be published immediately after being notified by

BaFin.

KB Holding GmbH currently holds 29.99 percent of the shares in Vossloh

Aktiengesellschaft.

The offer will be made subject to the terms and conditions to be stated in

the offer document and will be subject to certain offer conditions.

The offer document and other information regarding the offer will be made

available on the internet at www.velvet-angebot.de.

Further Information

KB Holding GmbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TIB Vermögens- und

Beteiligungsholding GmbH, in which Stella Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH holds

the majority of the voting rights. Mr. Heinz Hermann Thiele holds the

majority of the voting rights in Stella Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH.

Important note: This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a

solicitation of an offer to sell shares in Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft or

any other security. The offer document and the terms and conditions

contained therein will have sole relevance in respect of the takeover

offer. Investors and shareholders of Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft are advised

to read the relevant documents regarding the takeover offer to be published

by KB Holding GmbH because they will contain important information.

Investors and shareholders of Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft will be able to

receive the offer document as well as other documents in connection with

the takeover offer via the website www.velvet-angebot.de once these

documents are available.

Grünwald, 20 January 2015

KB Holding GmbH

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