Erste Group Bank AG: Voting results 21st Annual General Meeting

Vienna (pta021/22.05.2014/15:20 UTC+2) Erste Group Bank AG

21st Annual General Meeting - Voting Results

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Phone: +43 (0)5 0100 10100
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Homepage: www.erstegroup.com
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Securities:
AT0000652011: Ordinary shares, non-par value (Stammaktien o.N.)

On 21 May 2014 at 10 a.m.
Austria Center Vienna, Saal A, Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1, 1220 Vienna

Published in the Official Journal of Wiener Zeitung on 18 April 2014, No. 077.
Record date and right to attend the AGM: 11 May 2014 (24:00 Vienna Time).

All items on the agenda of the AGM were approved with the required majority.

The voting results are also available at our website at:
http://www.erstegroup.com/en/Investors/Events/General-Meetings

Agenda:

1. Presentation of the approved annual financial statements, the management report and the corporate governance report of the management board as well as the report of the supervisory board for the financial year 2013, and presentation of the group financial statements and the group management report for the financial year 2013.

2. Resolution on the appropriation of profit.

Votes for 291,068,607
Votes against 5,646
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 291,074,253
Share of registered capital represented by these votes 67.72%

3. Resolution on granting discharge to the members of the management board with regard to the financial year 2013.

Votes for 286,336,378
Votes against 4,578,183
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 290,914,561
Share of registered capital represented by these votes 67.69%

4. Resolution on granting discharge to the members of the supervisory board with regard to the financial year 2013.

Votes for 286,335,701
Votes against 4,578,648
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 290,914,349
Share of registered capital represented by these votes 67.69%

5. Resolution on the remuneration of the members of the supervisory board.

Votes for 289,144,621
Votes against 1,224,295
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 290,368,916
Share of registered capital represented by these votes 67.56%

6. Resolution on elections to the supervisory board.

Increase of the number of supervisory board members from nine to eleven.

Votes for 289,921,953
Votes against 298,288
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 290,220,241
Share of registered capital represented by these votes 67.52%

Re-election of Bettina Breiteneder to the supervisory board.

Votes for 284,657,378
Votes against 5,714,298
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 290,371,676
Share of registered capital represented by these votes 67.56%

Re-election of Jan Homan to the supervisory board.

Votes for 285,008,339
Votes against 5,360,668
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 290,369,007
Share of registered capital represented by these votes 67.56%

Re-election of Juan Maria Nin Genova to the supervisory board.

Votes for 255,268,396
Votes against 35,102,501
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 290,370,897
Share of registered capital represented by these votes 67.56%

Re-election of Friedrich Rödler to the supervisory board.

Votes for 267,443,450
Votes against 22,927,584
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 290,371,034
Share of registered capital represented by these votes 67.56%

Election of Elisabeth Bleyleben-Koren to the supervisory board.

Votes for 282,793,993
Votes against 7,580,510
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 290,374,503
Share of registered capital represented by these votes 67.56%

Election of Gunter Griss to the supervisory board.

Votes for 282,891,204
Votes against 7,475,967
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 290,367,171
Share of registered capital represented by these votes 67.56%

Election of Elisabeth Krainer Senger-Weiss to the supervisory board.

Votes for 285,147,119
Votes against 5,218,792
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 290,365,911
Share of registered capital represented by these votes 67.56%

7. Appointment of an additional auditor and group auditor for the audit of the annual financial statements and the management report as well as the group financial statements and the group management report for the financial year 2015.

Votes for 287,552,347
Votes against 3,253,372
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 290,805,719
Share of registered capital represented by these votes 67.66%

8. Resolution on the revocation of the existing authorized capital and the new authorization to increase the registered capital against cash contribution and/or contribution in kind, with the possibility of the exclusion of the subscription rights. The Articles of Association shall be amended accordingly.

Votes for 274,461,356
Votes against 16,608,589
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 291,069,945
Share of registered capital represented by these votes 67.72%

9. Resolution on amendments of the articles of association.

Votes for 290,337,104
Votes against 728,658
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 291,065,762
Share of registered capital represented by these votes 67.72%

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Emitter:	Erste Group Bank AG Milchgasse 1 1010 Wien Austria
Contact Person:	Thomas Sommerauer/ Simone Pilz
Phone:	+ 43 (0)5 0100 - 17741
E-Mail:	investor.relations@erstegroup.com
Website:	www.erstegroup.com
ISIN(s):	AT0000652011 (Share)
Stock Exchange(s):	Vienna Stock Exchange (Official Trade)