Erste Group Bank AG

Convocation for the Annual General Meeting - Seite 2

* Annual financial statements and management report; * Corporate governance report; * Group financial statements and group management report; * Report of the Supervisory Board, each with regard to the financial year 2014; * Draft resolutions concerning agenda items 2 to 8; * Management Board report to item 8; * Job profile for Supervisory Board members as well as the declarations pursuant to § 87 para. 2 Stock Corporation Act (AktG) and § 41 para. 4 (3) Banking Act (BWG) of the proposed candidates concerning agenda item 5; * Transparency statements pursuant to § 270 para. 1a of the Commercial Code (UGB) regarding agenda item 6; * Wording of this convocation notice; * Forms for the granting and revoking of proxies pursuant to § 114 Stock Corporation Act (AktG).

RECORD DATE AND RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GENERAL MEETING

All bearer shares of Erste Group Bank AG are kept on deposit.

The right to participate in the general meeting, the voting rights and all other shareholder rights, which may be exercised in the general meeting, are subject to the shareholdings on 02 May 2015, 24.00 hours Vienna Time (Record Date, § 111 para 1 Stock Corporation Act).

Only such shareholders have the right to participate in the general meeting, who give proof of qualification as a shareholder to the Company at that date.

The shareholding on the Record Date must be verified by submitting a deposit certificate pursuant to § 10a Stock Corporation Act (AktG) which must be received by the Company no later than on 07 May 2015, solely at one of the following addresses:

Via Telefax: [phone]

Via SWIFT: GIBAATWGGMS Message Type MT598; please indicate in the wording ISIN AT0000652011

Via e-mail: [e-mail] (as scanned attachment; TIF, PDF, etc.)

Via mail: Erste Group Bank AG c/o HV-Veranstaltungsservice GmbH Köppel 60 8242 St. Lorenzen/Wechsel Austria

Deposit certificate pursuant to § 10a Stock Corporation Act (AktG)

The deposit certificate must be issued by the custodian bank with its seat in a member state of the European Economic Area or in a full member state of the OECD and shall include the following data:

* Information regarding the issuer: name/company and address or a code common between banks (SWIFT-CODE), * Information regarding the shareholder: name/company, address, date of birth in case of natural persons, or registry and registration number in case of legal persons, * Information regarding the shares: amount of shares (ISIN AT0000652011) of the shareholder * Deposit account number or other identification, * The deposit certificate must refer to the Record Date, 02 May 2015, 24.00 hours Vienna Time.