2007-02-19 13:30:09 CET

2007-02-19 13:30:09 CET


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Componenta - Tender offer

Componenta's tender offer for the remaining Döktas shares


Componenta's tender offer for the remaining Döktas shares

Componenta has today made a mandatory tender offer for the remaining
26.8% of Döktas Dökümcülük Ticaret ve Sanayi A.S. shares and votes quoted
on the Istanbul Stock Exchange. On the public trading there are
1,698,219,972 Döktas shares, each with a nominal value of YTL 0.01. The
tender price is specified as YTL 4.55 per 100 shares. The tender price
has been published in the Turkish daily newspapers, Sabah and Hürriyet,
on 18 February 2007. The tender offer period starts on19 February 2007 at
9.00 am and it will end on 5 March 2007 at 5.00 pm.

On 18 October 2006 Componenta signed an agreement with Koc Holding A.S.
and related parties (Koc Group) under which it purchased 55% of the
shares and voting rights in Döktas. In this transaction, which was
completed on 12 December 2006, Koc Group sold all the Döktas shares that
it held. Pursuant to applicable Turkish laws, Componenta has to make a
mandatory tender offer for the remaining Döktas shares, although its
intension is to keep Döktas as a listed company.

After this transaction Componenta has increased its holding in Döktas by
the stock trading on the Istanbul Stock Exchange. On 14 February 2006
Componenta had about 73.2% holding in the company.

Componenta and Döktas together form the second largest independent
European supplier of cast   components and advanced solutions. The pro
forma net sales of the Group in 2006 were EUR 616.9 million and the
amount of personnel is approximately 5,250 (incl. leased employees).

Helsinki, 19 February 2007
COMPONENTA CORPORATION


Heikki Lehtonen
President and CEO





Further information:

Heikki Lehtonen
President and CEO
tel. +358 10 403 00

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