BESSENBACH, Germany, June 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- World-leading Supplier of Key Components and Systems to the
Truck and Trailer Industry Seeks Prime Standard Listing

- Company Benefits From Worldwide Growth in Transportation Volumes

- Morgan Stanley to Lead IPO as Sole Global Coordinator and Sole
Bookrunner

- Rudi Ludwig, CEO SAF-HOLLAND: "We will use the IPO proceeds to
continue pursuing our successful growth strategy."

SAF-HOLLAND S.A., Luxembourg, the supplier of key components
and systems to the truck and trailer industry, plans to go public on the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange this summer with a listing in the Prime Standard
segment. Morgan Stanley will lead manage the IPO as sole bookrunner. Sal.
Oppenheim has been named as joint lead manager, and HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt
and Société Générale are co-lead managers.

Otto Sauer Achsenfabrik GmbH (SAF), with its headquarters in
Bessenbach, near Frankfurt, merged in December 2006 with the U.S. based
Holland Group, Inc. (HOLLAND), a company of roughly the same size and a
leading manufacturer of fifth wheel couplings and other truck and trailer
components. The IPO of the merged entity is intended to accelerate the growth
of the combined company, especially in fast-growing markets such as China,
Brazil and Eastern Europe. "We have established outstanding market positions
in the North American and European markets in recent years," said Rudi
Ludwig, CEO of SAF-HOLLAND. "The IPO will create the conditions for further
growth, above all in the highly promising Brazilian, Russian, Indian and
Chinese markets."

The company benefits from the transport and logistics
industry's attractive and sustainable growth prospects due to worldwide
growth in transportation volumes, particularly the increase in East-West road
transport in Europe. "Due to a worldwide increase in freight transportation
requirements we anticipate significant further growth in revenues and profits
in the years ahead," Ludwig said.

In 2006, SAF-HOLLAND's pro-forma revenue totalled around EUR
770m. The company employs more than 3,100 people and has 20 locations on five
continents. Pro-forma Adjusted EBIT amounted to around EUR 65m. The company's
products range from premium trailer axle systems, fifth wheels and king pins
to trailer couplings and landing legs for articulated trucks employing
leading-edge technology for highest performance. "Our products are
characterised above all by high reliability, low life cycle costs, and low
weight, all of which are key purchasing criteria in the logistics industry,"
Ludwig said.

SAF-HOLLAND has a broad and well diversified customer base.
Its customers include most leading truck and trailer manufacturers. The
company's worldwide service and distribution network is seen as a key
competitive advantage. Its products are sold on six continents to original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs), original equipment suppliers (OESs) and,
directly or via the spare parts market, to end users and service workshops.

The company is currently majority owned by the private equity
fund Pamplona Capital Partners I, LP. The founding families and the
management hold the remaining shares.

"This publication is neither an offer to sell nor an invitation to buy
securities of any kind. The offering in Germany is solely via and on the
basis of a prospectus that will be published subject to approval on the
company's website and will be available free of charge from the company and
the syndicate banks."

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