An extraordinary General meeting of shareholders of RBI adopted the merger with RZB, RBI

Vienna. 24 Jan. – the Extraordinary General meeting of shareholders of Raiffeisen Bank international AG (RBI) by a clear majority decided on a merger with Raiffeisen Zentralbank österreich AG (RZB). “the merger of RZB and RBI excludes deductions from capital payments to minority shareholders and leads to instant improvement factor the basic tier 1 capital about the’entity», – said the Chairman of the Board RBI Carl Sevelda.  

the Shareholders also approved the increase of capital, floor’connected with the merger. The share capital of the BANK will increase from 893 586 065,90 Euro 109 679 778,15 Euro – to 1 003 265 844,05 euros through the issue of 35 960 583 ordinary shares on pred’Annika no-par-value.

About’United company (RBI) will operate under the name “Raiffeisen Bank international AG”, and RBI's shares will continue to be listed on the Vienna stock exchange. The number of shares issued will increase to 328 939 621.

the webcast of the Extraordinary General meeting of shareholders of RBI English and German can be viewed online at the link: http://webcast.a1.net/aohv_rbi_2017/en/

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Raiffeisen Bank international AG (RBI) regards both Austria, where it is a leading corporate and investment Bank, and Central and Eastern Europe as its home market. In 14 markets in this region are covered by subsidiary banks. In addition, the Group includes a number of companies that offer other financial services, for example, in the fields of leasing, asset management, purchasing and acquisitions.

in total, around 51 000 employees service about 14.2 million customers in about 2,600 branches.

RBI — a fully-consolidated subsidiary of Raiffeisen Zentralbank österreich AG (RZB). RZB indirectly owns around 60.7 per cent of the ordinary shares, the remainder of the shares are in free float. RBI's shares are listed on the Vienna stock exchange. RZB is the Central Bank of the largest Austrian Raiffeisen banking Group and serves as the head office of the entire RZB Group, including RBI.

For further information, please contact Ingrid Ingrid krenn-Diez (Ingrid Krenn-Ditz, +43-1-71 707-6055, [email protected]) or Christoph Danza (Christof Danz, +43-1-71 707-1930, [email protected])

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