Investor information Vienna, 27 May 2016
Announcement pursuant to sec. 93 Austrian Stock Exchange Act in connection with sec. 91 art. 2 Austrian Stock Exchange Act - Changes of significant shareholdingsErste Group Bank AG informs the public pursuant to sec. 93 Austrian Stock Exchange Act in connection with sec. 91 art. 1 Austrian Stock Exchange Act that BlackRock, Inc., Wilmington, DE, United States of America, as of 24 May 2016 held 16,129,557 or 3.75% of voting rights attached to shares (previously 3.83%) and 867,226 or 0.20% of voting rights through financial instruments (previously 0.23%) in Erste Group Bank AG (rounded stake in share capital of 3.95% compared to previously 4.06%), thus combined less than 4% of Erste Group Bank AG´s share capital (EUR 859,600,000 divided into 429,800,000 voting no-par value bearer shares - ordinary shares).
Additional details as per esma notification:
Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 91a para. 1 No. 1 BörseG | |||||
Type of instrument | Expiration Date | Exercise Period | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised | % of voting rights | |
Depositary Receipt | N/A | N/A | 27.515 | 0,01% | |
SUBTOTAL | 27.515 | 0,01% | |||
Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 91a para. 1 No. 3 BörseG | |||||
Type of instrument | Expiration Date | Exercise Period | Physical / Cash Settlement | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
CFD | N/A | N/A | Cash | 839,711 | 0,20% |
SUBTOTAL | 839,711 | 0,20% |
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial/other instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity:
No. | Name | Directlycontrolled by No. | Shares held directly (%) | Financial/other instruments held directly (%) | Total of both (%) |
1 | BlackRock, Inc. | ||||
2 | Trident Merger, LLC | 1 | |||
3 | BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. | 1 | |||
4 | BlackRock Investment Management, LLC | 2 | |||
5 | BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | 4 | |||
6 | BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC | 5 | |||
7 | BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc. | 5 | |||
8 | BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. | 5 | |||
9 | BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC | 6 | |||
10 | BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. | 7 | |||
11 | BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association | 8 | |||
12 | BlackRock Fund Advisors | 8 | |||
13 | BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 11 | |||
14 | BlackRock Capital Management, Inc. | 12 | |||
15 | BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. | 14 | |||
16 | BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. | 15 | |||
17 | BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd. | 15 | |||
18 | BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC | 15 | |||
19 | BlackRock Group Limited | 15 | |||
20 | BlackRock (Singapore) Limited | 16 | |||
21 | BlackRock Asia-Pac Holdco, LLC | 16 | |||
22 | BlackRock HK Holdco Limited | 18 | |||
23 | BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited | 19 | |||
24 | BlackRock Cayco Limited | 19 |
25 | BlackRock Trident Holding Company Limited | 21 |
26 | BlackRock Japan Holdings GK | 22 |
27 | BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | 23 |
28 | BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited | 25 |
29 | BlackRock Canada Holdings LP | 27 |
30 | BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC | 28 |
31 | BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited | 29 |
32 | BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | 31 |
33 | BlackRock International Limited | 31 |
34 | BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. | 31 |
35 | BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited | 31 |
36 | BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG | 35 |
37 | BlackRock Fund Managers Limited | 35 |
38 | BlackRock Investment Management (Korea) Limited | 37 |
For more information, please contact:
Erste Group, Investor Relations, Am Belvedere 1, 1100 Vienna, Austria Email: investor.relations@erstegroup.comInternet: http://www.erstegroup.com/investorrelations http://twitter.com/ErsteGroupIR http://slideshare.net/Erste_Group
Thomas Sommerauer Peter Makray | Tel +43 5 0100 17326, Tel +43 5 0100 16878, | Email: thomas.sommerauer@erstegroup.comEmail: peter.makray@erstegroup.com |
Simone Pilz Gerald Krames | Tel +43 5 0100 13036, Tel +43 5 0100 12751, | Email: simone.pilz@erstegroup.comEmail: gerald.krames@erstegroup.com |
This information is also available https://www.erstegroup.com/en/investors/news and on the Erste Group Investor Relations App for iPad, iPhone and Android https://www.erstegroup.com/en/investors/ir-service.
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