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5. Maximum volume: in total up to 10,000,000 shares Share capital percentage of shares to be sold: 2.33%

6. Highest and lowest price to be achieved per share: EUR 2 per share shall constitute the lowest consideration and EUR 120 shall be the maximum consideration

7. Mode and purpose of sale of own shares: on the stock exchange and also by means other than the stock exchange in the form of (1) a sale (securities lending) or a contribution to Sparkassen Beteiligungs GmbH & Co KG, or (2) a sale to the foundations of the savings banks and the "Anteilsverwaltungssparkassen" or to the other syndicate partners of Erste Foundation (Caixabank S.A. and Wiener Städtischer Wechselseitiger Versicherungsverein), with the aim to strengthen the group structure and the co-operation with the savings banks

8. Effects of the disposal programme on the listing of Erste Group Bank AG-shares: none

9. Number and distribution of share options to be granted or already granted to employees, senior staff and the individual board members in the company or in an associated company, stating the number of purchasable shares, if the issuer is planning to grant share options within the deadline defined under sec 65 (1 no. 8) or has already done so: 0 (nil)

Details on the purchase programme

1. Day on which the authorisation was granted by the General Meeting: 12 May 2015

2. Day and mode of publication of this resolution by the General Meeting: publication on 13 May 2015 via electronic information dissemination systems in accordance with section 82 (8) Austrian Stock Exchange Act (BörseG)

3. Start and expected duration of the programme for the purchase of own shares: 15 June 2015 to 11 November 2017

4. Class of shares: voting no-par value bearer shares (ordinary shares) in Erste Group Bank AG

5. Maximum volume: in total up to 10,000,000 shares Share capital percentage of shares to be bought: 2.33%

6. Highest and lowest price to be achieved per share: EUR 2 per share shall constitute the lowest consideration and EUR 120 shall be the maximum consideration

7. Mode and purpose of purchase of own shares: on the stock exchange and also by means other than the stock exchange in the form of a purchase from the foundations of the savings banks and the "Anteilsverwaltungssparkassen", the other syndicate partners of Erste Foundation (Caixabank S.A. and Wiener Städtischer Wechselseitiger Versicherungsverein) or from Sparkassen Beteiligungs GmbH & Co KG, with the aim to strengthen the group structure and the co-operation with the savings banks

8. Effects of the purchase programme on the listing of Erste Group Bank AG-shares: none

9. Number and distribution of share options to be granted or already granted to employees, senior staff and the individual board members in the company or in an associated company, stating the number of purchasable shares, if the issuer is planning to grant share options within the deadline defined under section 65 (1 no. 8) or has already done so: 0 (nil)

Any changes to the disposal or purchase programme and the transactions implemented shall be published on the Erste Group Bank AG website at http://www.erstegroup.com/en/Investors in compliance with section 5 (4) Publication Ordinance (VeröffentlichungsVO).

The resolution has no effect on any trading of shares in Erste Group Bank AG in securities trading (authorisation pursuant to section 65 (1 no. 7) AktG).



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emitter: Erste Group Bank AG address: Milchgasse 1, 1010 Wien country: Austria contact person: Thomas Sommerauer / Gerald Krames phone: + 43 (0)5 0100 - 17741 e-mail: [e-mail] website: www.erstegroup.com

ISIN(s): AT0000652011 (share) stock exchanges: official trade in Vienna

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