English version (convenience translation) 25 July 2011

In accordance with article 8 of the Royal Decree of 27 April 2007 on public takeover bids, notice is hereby given that ZF International B.V., a company existing under the laws of the Netherlands, with its registered office at Distributieweg 7, 2645 EG Delfgauw, P.O. Box 557, 2600AN Delft, the Netherlands, and registered with the Chamber of Commerce of Den Haag under number 160 897 97 (the "Bidder") intends to make a voluntary and conditional public takeover bid in relation to the entire issued and to be issued share capital, including outstanding rights under the company?s warrants plans of Hansen Transmissions International NV, a company existing under the laws of Belgium, with its registered office at De Villermontstraat 9, 2550 Kontich (Belgium), and registered with the Crossroad Database of Enterprises under number 0403.646.296 (the "Company") that are not yet held by the Bidder and persons affiliated to such Bidder (the "Offer"). The bidder is a subsidiary of ZF Friedrichshafen AG, a company existing under the laws of Germany, with its registered office at Graf-von-Soden-Platz 1, 88046

Friedrichshafen, Germany, and registered with the Commercial Register of the Municipal

Court of Ulm under number HRB206.

The Offer will be 66 pence in cash for each share of the Company and values the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the Company, including outstanding rights under the Company?s warrant plans, at approximately £ 444.8 million. The prices offered for the various rights under the Company?s warrant plans are detailed in Section 11 of the 2.5

Announcement (defined below).

The Bidder hereby further announces its intention to make a public squeeze-out offer in accordance with article 42 et. seq. of the aforementioned Royal Decree and article 513 of the Belgian Companies Code, provided that the conditions for launching such a public squeeze-out offer and such other conditions as set out in the 2.5 Announcement (defined below) have been satisfied.

For the sake of completeness, the Bidder hereby gives notice that on 25 July 2011 it made an announcement in relation to the Offer in accordance with Rule 2.5 of the UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers ("the 2.5 Announcement"). The 2.5 Announcement, which contains the conditions and principal terms of the Offer, including the price offered for the shares issued by the Company and the outstanding rights under the Company?s warrant plans (please refer in this regard to Sections 2 and 11 of the 2.5 Announcement), is available on the Regulatory News Service on the website of the London Stock Exchange (http://www.londonstockexchange.com), on which the shares of the Company are listed, and will be available on the websites of the Company (http://www.hansentransmissions.com) and the Bidder (http://www.zf.com).