Erste Bank : 26.05.2021 - 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

Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 25.5.2021

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: T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

City: Baltimore, Maryland

Country: United States of America

1. Name of shareholder(s): T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. T. Rowe Price International Ltd
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	3,92 %	0,00 %	3,92 %	429 800 000
was crossed / reached
Position of previous
notification (if applicable)	4,12 %	0,00 %	4,12 %

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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			16 865 072		3,92 %
SUBTOTAL A		16 865 072	3,92 %

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
		SUBTOTAL B.1

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
			SUBTOTAL B.2

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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(%)

• T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

2	T. Rowe Price	1
Associates, Inc.
3	T. Rowe Price	2
International Ltd

1. In case of proxy voting Date of general meeting: -
   Voting rights after general meeting: - is equivalent to - voting rights.
2. Sonstige Kommentare:

-

Baltimore, Maryland, USA am 25.5.2021

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