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RNS Number : 7023L 
Amiad Filtration Systems Ltd 
15 January 2009 
 

Amiad Filtration Systems Ltd 
15 January 2009 
 
 
Amiad Filtration Systems Ltd. 
("Amiad" or the "Company") 
 
 
Notification of Interest 
 
 
 
Pursuant to Rule 17 of the AIM Rules for Companies, the Company announces that 
it was  notified yesterday of the following by Viola Private Equity I L.P. 
("Viola"): 
1. On 14 January 2009, Atorka Group hf. ("Atorka") sold to Viola P.E. Ventures 
Management (2008) Ltd., a private company whose interests are wholly-owned by 
Viola, 4,429,442 ordinary shares of NIS0.5 each in the Company ("Ordinary 
Shares"), representing 23.13% of the issued share capital of the Company, at a 
price per share of 140.238p. As a result of this sale, the total number of 
shares in the Company beneficially held by Atorka has been reduced to  308,000 
Ordinary Shares, representing 1.61% of the issued share capital of the Company. 
 
 
2. Viola has also been granted an irrevocable option to acquire the remaining 
308,000 Ordinary Shares held by Atorka with the understanding that such shares 
will be made available for sale and transfer by Atorka as soon as possible. 
 
 
Viola is an affiliate of the Viola Group, a private equity investment group with 
over $1.8 billion under management, focused on technology-based investment 
opportunities in technology. 
 
 
In addition, Kibbutz Amiad Agricultural Cooperative Association, which holds 
Ordinary Shares representing approximately 53% of the issued shares capital of 
the Company, notified the Company yesterday that it intends to recommend to the 
board of directors of Amiad that Mr. Harel Beit-On and Ms. Osnat Ronen, each of 
whom is a partner of Viola, be nominated as directors of the Company at its next 
general meeting. 
 
 
Rami Treger, the CEO of Amiad, and Tal Yeshua, the Chairman of Amiad's board of 
directors, commented: 
 
 
"We are delighted to welcome Viola as a major new shareholder in Amiad." 
 
 
Enquiries: 
 
Amiad Filtration Systems Ltd. 
Rami Treger, Chief Executive Officer       +972 4 690 9500 
 
Panmure Gordon                             +44 20 7459 3600 
Katherine Roe 
 
 
Corfin Communications                                       +44 207 977 0020 
Harry Chathli, Victoria Ward 
 
 
 
 
 
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