Erste Group Bank AG: 24th Annual General Meeting - Voting Results

Vienna (pta034/18.05.2017/15:00 UTC+2) 24th Annual General Meeting - Voting Results

Address: Am Belvedere 1, 1100 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43 (0)5 0100 10100
Fax: +43 (0)5 0100 910100
Homepage: www.erstegroup.com
E-mail: service@s-servicecenter.at

Securities:
AT0000652011: Ordinary shares, non-par value (Stammaktien o.N.)

On 17 May 2017 at 10 a.m.
Wiener Stadthalle, Halle F, Roland Rainer Platz 1, A-1150 Vienna

Published in the Official Journal of Wiener Zeitung on 13 April 2017, No 72.
Record date and right to attend the AGM: 7 May 2017 (24:00 Vienna Time).

Items 2-9 and 11 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/agm

Agenda:

1. Presentation of the approved annual financial statements, the management report and the (consolidated) corporate governance report of the management board, the draft resolution on the appropriation of profit as well as the report of the supervisory board for the financial year 2016, and presentation of the consolidated financial statements and the group management report for the financial year 2016.

2. Resolution on the appropriation of profit.

Votes for 296,580,571
Votes against 15,520
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 296,596,091
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 69.01

3. Resolution on granting discharge to the members of the management board with regard to the financial year 2016.

Granting discharge to Andreas Treichl:

Votes for 296,524,616
Votes against 54,055
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 296,578,671
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 69.00

Granting discharge to Peter Bosek:

Votes for 296,523,672
Votes against 54,212
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 296,577,884
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 69.00

Granting discharge to Petr Brávek:

Votes for 296,524,421
Votes against 54,065
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 296,578,486
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 69.00

Granting discharge to Andreas Gottschling:

Votes for 296,524,442
Votes against 54,085
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 296,578,527
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 69.00

Granting discharge to Gernot Mittendorfer:

Votes for 296,524,462
Votes against 53,735
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 296,578,197
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 69.00

Granting discharge to Jozef Síkela:

Votes for 296,524,428
Votes against 54,065
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 296,578,493
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 69.00

4. Resolution on granting discharge to the members of the supervisory board with regard to the financial year 2016.

Votes for 296,520,422
Votes against 53,742
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 296,574,164
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 69.00

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

Votes for 295,617,413
Votes against 2,214
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 295,619,627
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 68.78

6. Appointment of an additional auditor for the audit of the annual financial statements and the management report as well as the financial statements and the group management report for the financial year 2018.

Votes for 227,133,069
Votes against 65,013,166
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 292,146,235
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 67.97

7. Elections to the supervisory board.

7a. Election of Brian Deveraux O'Neill to the supervisory board:

Votes for 293,173,910
Votes against 3,156,416
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 296,330,326
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 68.95

7b. Election of Jordi Gual Sole to the supervisory board:

Votes for 294,285,098
Votes against 818,635
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast /
Total number of valid votes cast 295,103,733
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 68.66

7c. Election of John James Stack to the supervisory board:

Votes for 292,422,039
Votes against 3,199,309
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 295,621,348
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 68.78

7d. Election of Marion Khüny to the supervisory board:

Votes for 296,550,332
Votes against 40,583
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 296,590,915
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 69.01

7e. Election of Friedrich Rödler to the supervisory board:

Votes for 270,138,869
Votes against 21,581,506
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 291,720,375
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 67.87

7f. Election of Jan Homan to the supervisory board:

Votes for 251,359,486
Votes against 42,023,539
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 293,383,025
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 68.26

8. Approval of the acquisition of own shares for the purpose of securities trading.

Votes for 290,901,642
Votes against 2,949,229
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 293,850,871
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 68.37

9. Authorisation to acquire own shares for no designated purpose and to the exclusion of trading in own shares as purpose of this acquisition, and authorisation of the management board to divest acquired shares, also by means other than the stock exchange or a public offering, combined with the authorisation of the management board to exclude the shareholders' general right to tender and general subscription right, subject to the supervisory board's consent, as well as the authorisation of the management board to redeem own shares, likewise subject to the supervisory board's consent.

Votes for 288,608,587
Votes against 6,234,965
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 294,843,552
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 68.60

10. Authorisation of the Management board to acquire own shares for the purpose of offering these to employees, managers and to members of the Management board of the Company or of an affiliated undertaking or to a private foundation whose sole purpose is to hold and manage the shares for one or several of the referenced persons, and authorisation of the Management board to exclude the shareholders' general right to tender and general subscription right, subject to the supervisory board's consent.

Votes for 215,723,090
Votes against 80,888,582
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 296,611,672
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 69.01

11. Resolution on amendments of the Articles of Association in clauses 2.2, 2.3, 13 and 17.

Votes for 295,192,867
Votes against 1,394,612
Number of shares for which valid votes were cast / Total number of valid votes cast 296,587,479
Share of registered capital represented by these votes in % 69.01

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Emitter:	Erste Group Bank AG Am Belvedere 1 1100 Wien Austria
Contact Person:	Thomas Sommerauer / Gerald Krames
Phone:	+43 (0)5 0100 - 17326
E-Mail:	thomas.sommerauer@erstegroup.com
Website:	www.erstegroup.com
ISIN(s):	AT0000652011 (Share)
Stock Exchange(s):	Vienna Stock Exchange (Official Trade)
Other Stock Exchanges:	Bucharest Stock Exchange, Prague Stock Exchange