RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT The Issuer with its registered office at Friedrichstraße 10, A-1010 Vienna, Austria, registered in the Commercial Register under number FN 72984 f, 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 the knowledge of the Issuer, in accordance with the facts and contains no omission likely to affect its import. NOTICE This Prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the Notes offered hereby and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any Bonds offered hereby to any person in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful to make any such offer or solicitation to such person. Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor any sale made in connection herewith shall, under any circumstances, create an implication that there has been no change in the affairs of the Issuer or its affiliated companies (together the "Group") since the date hereof or that there has been no adverse change in the financial position of the Issuer and the Group since the date hereof or that any other information supplied in connection with the Offering is correct as of any date subsequent to the date on which it is supplied or, if different, the date indicated in the document containing the same. Any material new circumstances or any material incorrectness or inaccuracy as to the statements contained in the Prospectus that could influence the assessment of the Notes issued under the Prospectus and that occur or are determined between the approval of the Prospectus by the CSSF and the final end of the public offer, or if earlier, the admission to trading on a regulated market of Notes under the Prospectus will be included and published in a supplement to the Prospectus in accordance with the Prospectus Directive and relevant implementing legislation in Luxembourg. This Prospectus has been prepared by the Issuer solely for the purpose of enabling prospective investors to consider the purchase of the Notes. The information contained in this Prospectus has been provided by the Issuer and other sources identified herein. Reproduction and distribution of this Prospectus or disclosure or use of the information contained herein for any purpose other than considering an investment in the Notes is prohibited. No person has been authorised to give any information or to make any representation not contained in this Prospectus in connection with the offer, the subscription or the sale of the Notes and, if given or made, any such information or representation should not be relied upon as having been authorised by the Issuer. Such information or representations in connection with the offer, the subscription or the sale of Notes not contained in the Prospectus are invalid. The contents of this Prospectus are not to be construed as legal, business or tax advice. Each prospective investor should consult its own lawyer, financial adviser or tax adviser for legal, financial or tax advice. Prospective investors should conduct their own thorough analysis of economical, legal and tax and other consequences of the risks connected to an investment in the Notes. This Prospectus has been drawn up in accordance with Annexes IV, V and XIII of the Prospectus Directive. This Prospectus has been approved by the CSSF. The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act nor by any authority of a State in the U.S. or according to the applicable securities regulations in Australia, Canada, Japan or United Kingdom and may not be offered, sold or delivered within the U.S. or, for the account and benefit of U.S. persons or any other persons in Australia, Canada, Japan or the United Kingdom. Page 2
In this Prospectus, unless otherwise specified or the context otherwise requires, references to €, euro or EUR are to the currency introduced at the start of the third stage of European Economic and Monetary Union pursuant to the Treaty establishing the European Community (as amended from time to time), references to CZK are to Czech Koruna, SKK are to Slovak Krona and references to "US dollars" and US$ are to the currency of the United States of America. Page 3
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