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KION Group seeks listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (with additional features)

DGAP-News: KION GROUP GmbH / Key word(s): IPO
KION Group seeks listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (with
additional features)

03.06.2013 / 10:30

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Wiesbaden, 3 June 2013 - KION Group, by revenue the world's leading
specialized global supplier of industrial trucks and related services, is
preparing for its initial public offering on the Prime Standard segment of
the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The current principal
shareholders, funds advised or controlled by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
L.P. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., will remain invested. Strategic
anchor investor Weichai Power Co., Ltd. will increase its stake in KION
Group to 30% immediately prior to completion of the offering.

'The IPO of KION Group will enable investors to participate in a company
with a global presence and a leading position within its sector which has
steadily improved its profitability and operates in a market which is
expected to grow faster than global GDP during the next years', emphasised
CEO Gordon Riske. 'Following a record year in 2012, KION Group also made
solid gains in the first quarter of 2013.'

The company to be listed is currently called KION Holding 1 GmbH and will
trade as KION GROUP AG.


About KION Group
The KION Group - comprising the six brands Linde, STILL, Fenwick, OM STILL,
Baoli and Voltas - is Western and Easter Europe's largest manufacturer of
industrial trucks, the global number two in the industry and the largest
non-domestic supplier in China. The Linde and STILL brands serve the
premium segment worldwide. Fenwick is the largest supplier of material
handling products in France, while OM STILL is a market leader in Italy.
The Baoli brand focuses on the economy segment, and Voltas is a market
leader in India. The KION Group employed more than 21,000 people and
generated revenue of Euro 4.73 billion in 2012. KION Group is present in
more than 100 countries and has a global market share of some 15 percent.


Disclaimer
This document and the information contained herein are for information
purposes only and do not constitute a prospectus or an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in the United States or in
any other jurisdiction.

Any securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered
under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the 'Securities Act'),
and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or
pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Securities
Act. Neither KION GROUP AG nor its current shareholders intend to register
any securities referred to herein in the United States.

Subject to certain exceptions, the securities referred to herein may not be
offered or sold in Australia, Canada or Japan or to, or for the account or
benefit of, any national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada or
Japan.

Any potential offer will be made exclusively through and on the basis of a
published prospectus that may be obtained from the issuer and that will
contain detailed information about the Kion Group and management, as well
as financial statements.

No money, securities, or other consideration is being solicited, and, if
sent in response to the information contained herein, will not be accepted.


For further information please contact:

Michael Hauger
Head of Corporate Communications, KION Group
Tel.: [phone]
[e-mail]

Frank Brandmaier
Head of Corporate Media Relations, KION Group
Tel.: [phone]
[e-mail]


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Language: English
Company: KION GROUP GmbH
Abraham-Lincoln-Str. 21
65189 Wiesbaden
Germany
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Internet: www.kiongroup.com


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