Erste Bank : 22.10.2020 - 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

Investor information

Vienna, 22 October 2020

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

Erste Group Bank AG informs the public pursuant to sec. 135 para. 2 Austrian Stock Exchange Act in connection with sec.134 para. 1 Austrian Stock Exchange Act that BlackRock, Inc., Wilmington, United States of America, as of 20 October 2020 held 18,209,970 or 4.24% of voting rights attached to shares (previously 3.89%) and 296,615 or 0.07% of voting rights through financial instruments (previously 0.38%) in Erste Group Bank AG (rounded stake in share capital of 4.31% compared to previously 4.27%), thus combined more 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. 131 para. 1 No. 1 BörseG 2018
Type of instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise Period	Number of voting rights that may be	% of voting rights
						acquired if the instrument is exercised
Securities Lent	N/A		N/A			82,496	0.02%
			SUBTOTAL		82,496	0.02%
Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec.	131 para. 1 No. 2 BörseG	2018
Type of instrument	Expiration	Exercise		Physical / Cash Settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
	Date	Period
CFD	N/A	N/A			Cash		214,119	0.05%
					SUBTOTAL		214,119	0.05%

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		controlled		directly(%)	instruments	(%)
		by No.			held directly(%)
1	BlackRock, Inc.
2	BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.		1
3	BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.		2
4	BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.		3
5	BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.		4
6	BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd.		5
7	BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited		6
8	Trident Merger, LLC		1
9	BlackRock Investment Management, LLC		8
10	BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd.		5
11	BlackRock HK Holdco Limited		10
12	BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited		11
13	BlackRock Lux Finco S.à r.l.		11
14	BlackRock Japan Holdings GK		13
15	BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.		14
16	BlackRock (Singapore) Limited		10
17	BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC		5
18	BlackRock Cayman 1 LP		17
19	BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited		18
20	BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited		19
21	BlackRock Group Limited		20
22	BlackRock Finance Europe Limited		21
23	BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited		22
24	BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG		23
25	BlackRock International Limited		21
26	BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.		22
27	BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited		22
28	BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc.		3
29	BlackRock Advisors, LLC		28

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30	BlackRock Canada Holdings LP	17
31	BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC	30
32	BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	31
33	BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC	3
34	BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC	33
35	BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc.	34
36	BlackRock Fund Advisors	35
37	BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	35

For more information, please contact:

Erste Group, Investor Relations, Am Belvedere 1, 1100 Vienna, Austria

Email:	[e-mail]
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Thomas Sommerauer	Tel [phone]	17326	Email: [e-mail]
Peter Makray	Tel [phone]	16878	Email: [e-mail]
Simone Pilz	Tel [phone]	13036	Email: [e-mail]
Gerald Krames	Tel [phone]	12751	Email: [e-mail]

This information is also available at http://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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