Erste Group Bank AG: Cancellation of own shares – Announcement pursuant to section 120 para 2 no. 4 Austrian Stock Exchange Act (BörseG)

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Vienna (pta030/17.12.2024/11:36) - Erste Group Bank AG announces pursuant to section 120 para 2 no. 4 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act (BörseG) that based on the authorising resolution passed by the company's 31st Annual General Meeting on 22 May 2024, the management board of Erste Group Bank AG resolved on 12 December 2024 to cancel all own shares repurchased pursuant to the share buyback programme that started on 28 June 2024 and was according to plan completed on 28 November 2024, hence a total of 10,398,524 own shares in Erste Group Bank AG. After the consent given by the supervisory board on 12 December 2024 the repurchased own shares were cancelled with effect from 13 December 2024. The cancellation was recorded in the Companies Register and hence took effect on 17 December 2024. The reduction of the number of shares admitted to trading (and hence deliverable volume) in the Official Market of the Vienna Stock Exchange as well as to trading at the Stock Exchanges of Prague and Bucharest became effective on 17 December 2024 (start of trading).

As a result of the cancellation of 10,398,524 own shares the share capital of Erste Group Bank AG was reduced by a total of EUR 20,797,048 as of 17 December 2024 and now amounts to EUR 821,028,768 divided into 410,514,384 no-par value bearer shares.

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