Erste Bank : 25.05.2021 - Announcement pursuant to sec. 135 para. 2 Austrian Stock Exchange Act in connection with sec. 134 para. 1 Austrian Stock Exchange Act – Changes of significant shareholdings

Major holdings notification pursuant to Sec. 130 to 134 BörseG 2018

LONDON, 24.5.2021

Overview

Notification made after deadline

Caution: In case of violations of major holdings notification rules, please pay attention to Section 137 BörseG 2018 (Suspension of voting rights)

1. Issuer: Erste Group Bank AG
2. Reason for the notification: Acquisition or disposal of voting rights
3. Person subject to notification obligation

Name: BlackRock, Inc.

City: Wilmington

Country: U.S.A.

1. Name of shareholder(s):
2. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 21.5.2021
3. Total positions

		% of voting rights
	% of voting rights	through		Total numberof
	attached to	financial/other	Total of both in %	voting rights of
	shares (7.A)	instruments (7.B.1 +	(7.A + 7.B)	issuer
		7.B.2)
Resulting situation on the
date on which threshold	3,84 %	0,33 %	4,17 %	429 800 000
was crossed / reached
Position of previous
notification (if applicable)	4,04 %	0,03 %	4,07 %

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Details

7. Notified details of the resulting situation:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
ISIN Code
Direct		Indirect	Direct	Indirect
	(Sec 130 BörseG	(Sec 133 BörseG	(Sec 130 BörseG	(Sec 133 BörseG
	2018)		2018)	2018)	2018)
AT0000652011			16 508 829		3,84 %
SUBTOTAL A		16 508 829	3,84 %

B 1: Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 1 BörseG 2018

			Number of voting
Type of instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise Period	rights that may be	% of voting rights
			acquired if the
			instrument is exercised
Securities Lent	N/A	N/A	1 402 671	0,33 %
		SUBTOTAL B.1	1 402 671	0,33 %

B 2: Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 2 BörseG 2018

Type of instrument	Expiration	Exercise	Physical /	Number of	% of voting
Date	Period	Cash Settlement	voting rights	rights
CFD	N/A	N/A	Cash	207	0,00 %
			SUBTOTAL B.2	207	0,00 %

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8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation:

Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer.

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:

		Directly	Shares held	Financial/other	Total of both
No.	Name	instruments
controlled by No.	directly(%)	(%)
		held	directly(%)
1	BlackRock, Inc.
2	BlackRock	1
Holdco 2, Inc.
	BlackRock
3	Financial	2
Management,
	Inc.
	BlackRock
4	International	3
	Holdings, Inc.
	BR Jersey
5	International	4
	Holdings L.P.
	BlackRock
6	Australia Holdco	5
	Pty. Ltd.
	BlackRock
	Investment
7	Management	6
	(Australia)
	Limited
8	Trident Merger,	1
LLC
	BlackRock
9	Investment	8
Management,
	LLC
	BlackRock
10	(Singapore)	5
	Holdco Pte. Ltd.
11	BlackRock HK	10
Holdco Limited
	BlackRock Asset
12	Management	11
North Asia
	Limited
13	BlackRock Lux	11
Finco S.à r.l.
	BlackRock
14	Japan Holdings	13
	GK
15	BlackRock	14
Japan Co., Ltd.
	BlackRock
16	(Singapore)	10
	Limited
17	BlackRock	5
Holdco 3, LLC
18	BlackRock	17
Cayman 1 LP
	BlackRock
19	Cayman West	18
	Bay Finco
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	Limited
	BlackRock
20	Cayman West	19
	Bay IV Limited
21	BlackRock	20
Group Limited
	BlackRock
22	Finance Europe	21
	Limited
	BlackRock
23	Investment	22
Management
	(UK) Limited
	BlackRock
24	International	21
	Limited
	BlackRock
25	(Netherlands)	22
	B.V.
	BlackRock Asset
26	Management	25
	Deutschland AG
	BlackRock
27	Advisors (UK)	22
	Limited
	BlackRock
28	Capital	3
	Holdings, Inc.
29	BlackRock	28
Advisors, LLC
	BlackRock
30	Canada	17
	Holdings LP
	BlackRock
31	Canada	30
	Holdings ULC
	BlackRock Asset
32	Management	31
	Canada Limited
33	BlackRock	3
Holdco 4, LLC
34	BlackRock	33
Holdco 6, LLC
	BlackRock
35	Delaware	34
	Holdings Inc.
36	BlackRock Fund	35
Advisors
	BlackRock
	Institutional
37	Trust Company,	35
	National
	Association
	Amethyst
38	Intermediate	9
	LLC
39	Aperio Holdings	38
LLC
40	Aperio Group,	39
LLC

9. In case of proxy voting Date of general meeting: -

Voting rights after general meeting: - is equivalent to - voting rights.

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10. Sonstige Kommentare:

"The disclosure obligation arose due to voting rights attached to shares for BlackRock,

Inc. going below 4%.

"

LONDON am 24.5.2021

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