Zentiva N.V. - Notification of Shareholding by Česká pojišťovna a.s.
and related parties
Prague, London, October 4, 2005 – Zentiva N.V. announces today that it has been notified by Česká pojišťovna, a.s. that it and related parties acting together (namely, Penzijní fond České pojišťovny, a.s., CP REINSURANCE COMPANY LTD, Česká pojišťovna ZDRAVÍ a.s., and ČP INVEST investiční společnost, a.s.), are increasing their share in the registered capital of Zentiva N.V. to 12.295%. The increase is brought about by a purchase of stock from the Warburg Pincus funds (Warburg Pincus Equity Partners L.P., Warburg Pincus Ventures International L.P., and Warburg Pincus Ventures L.P.) in two parcels. The first transaction settled on September 29, 2005 (360,000 shares) and the second transaction is expected to settle on October 4, 2005 (3,840,000 shares). After these purchases, Česká pojišťovna a.s. itself will hold 10.114% of Zentiva’s share capital, and the stake of the remaining above mentioned companies acting together with Česká pojišťovna a.s. will in aggregate, amount to 2.181% of Zentiva’s share capital.
(source: Press release of Zentiva)