Erste Group Bank AG
Erste Group Bank AG: Release pursuant to sec. 93, para 1 BörseG

Erste Group Bank AG  / Total Voting Rights Announcement

29.02.2012 17:45

Total Voting Rights Announcement according to Article 93, Section 1 of the BörseG, transmitted by
DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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ANNOUNCEMENT Vienna, 29 February 2012

Total voting rights announcement pursuant to sec. 93, para 1 BörseG
(Austrian Stock Exchange Act)

Upon the completion of the fourth tranche of the transaction with the
Romanian investment fonds SIF (Societatea de Investitii Financiare)
Muntenia and SIF Banat-Crisana a total of 3,801,385 shares of Erste Group
were issued on 28 February 2012. As a result, the total number of Erste
Group shares rose from 390,767,262 to 394,568,647. The subscribed share
capital of Erste Group of EUR 781,534,524 increased by EUR 7,602,770 to EUR
789,137,294 and was registered in the companies register at the Vienna
Commercial Court on 28 February 2012.

The newly issued shares have a different ISIN (ISIN AT0000A0UFK6) due to
the different dividend rights starting with 1 January 2012. The first
trading date of these newly issued shares will be announced later. After
the ex-dividend day of Erste Group shares, the ISIN of the new shares will
be changed to AT0000652011.

For more information, please contact:
Erste Group, Investor Relations, Graben 21, 1010 Vienna, Austria, Fax: +43
(0) 5 0100 9 13112

Thomas Sommerauer  
Tel. +43 (0)5 0100 Ext. 17326,  
E-Mail: thomas.sommerauer@erstegroup.com
Peter Makray   
Tel. +43 (0)5 0100 Ext. 16878,  
E-Mail:peter.makray@erstegroup.com
Michael Oplustil   
Tel. +43 (0)5 0100 Ext. 17764,  
E-Mail: michael.oplustil@erstegroup.com
Simone Pilz  
Tel. +43 (0)5 0100 Ext. 13036,  
E-Mail: simone.pilz@erstegroup.com

This release is also available on our website at
http://www.erstegroup.com/en/Investors/News



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Language:     English
Company:      Erste Group Bank AG
              Graben 21
              1010 Wien
              Austria
Internet:     www.erstegroup.com
 
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