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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 End of WpÜG announcement The 18.05.2016DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listed: Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Frankfurt (Prime Standard), München; Freiverkehr in Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, Stuttgart