RAIFFEISENLANDESBANK NIEDERÖSTERREICH-WIEN AG

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RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
RAIFFEISENLANDESBANK NIEDERÖSTERREICH-WIEN AG, with its registered office in Vienna, is
solely responsible for the information given in this Prospectus. The Issuer hereby declares that, having
taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case, the information contained in this Prospectus
is, to the best of its knowledge, in accordance with the facts and contains no omission likely to affect
its import.
NOTICE
This Prospectus should be read and understood in conjunction with any supplement hereto and with
any other document incorporated herein by reference. Full information on the Issuer and any series of
Notes is only available on the basis of the combination of the Prospectus and the relevant Final Terms
(the "Final Terms").
The Issuer has confirmed to the dealers set forth on the cover page and any additional dealer
appointed from time to time under the Programme (each a "Dealer" and together the "Dealers") that
this Prospectus contains all information with regard to the Issuer and any Notes which is material in
the context of the Programme and the issue and offering of Notes thereunder, that the information
contained herein is accurate in all material respects and is not misleading, that the opinions and
intentions expressed herein are honestly held, that there are no other facts, the omission of which
would make this Prospectus as a whole or any of such information or the expression of any such
opinions or intentions misleading in any material respect, and that all reasonable enquiries have been
made to ascertain all facts and to verify the accuracy of all statements contained herein.
No person has been authorised to give any information which is not contained in or not consistent with
this Prospectus or any other document entered into or any other information supplied in connection
with the Programme and, if given or made, such information must not be relied upon as having been
authorised by or on behalf of the Issuer, the Dealers or any of them.
This Prospectus is valid for 12 months following its publication. The Base Prospectus and any
supplement hereto as well as any Final Terms reflect the status as of their respective dates of issue.
The offering, sale or delivery of any Notes may not be taken as an implication that the information
contained in such documents is accurate and complete subsequent to their respective dates of issue
or that there has been no adverse change in the financial condition of the Issuer since such date or
that any other information supplied in connection with the Programme is accurate at any time
subsequent to the date on which it is supplied or, if different, the date indicated in the document
containing the same.
The Issuer has undertaken with the Dealers to supplement this Prospectus or publish a new
Prospectus if and when the information herein should become materially inaccurate or incomplete,
and has further agreed with the Dealers to furnish a supplement to the Prospectus in the event of any
significant new factor, material mistake or inaccuracy relating to the information included in this
Prospectus which is capable of affecting the assessment of the Notes and where approval by the
CSSF of any such document is required, upon such approval having been given.
Neither the Arranger nor any Dealer nor any other person mentioned in this Prospectus, excluding the
Issuer, is responsible for the information contained in this Prospectus or any supplement thereof, or
any Final Terms or any other document incorporated herein by reference and, accordingly, none of
these persons accepts any responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the information
contained in any of these documents.
The distribution of this Prospectus, any document incorporated herein by reference and any Final
Terms and the offering, sale and delivery of Notes in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law.
Persons into whose possession this Prospectus and any supplement, if applicable or any Final Terms
come are required by the Issuer and the Dealers to inform themselves about, and to observe, any
such restrictions. For a description of certain restrictions on offers, sales and deliveries of Notes and
on the distribution of the Prospectus or any Final Terms and other offering material relating to the
Notes, in the United States of America, the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland ("United Kingdom") and Japan see "Selling Restrictions". In particular,
the Notes have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as