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DIE ERSTE österreichische Spar-Casse ... - ERSTE Stiftung

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The foundation’s auditor is the audit agency of the <strong>Spar</strong>kassen-Prüfungsverband. Should the<br />

audit agency cease to exist or if it loses its exclusive competence to audit private foundations<br />

that emerged from the conversion of a Anteilsverwaltungssparkasse, then according to the<br />

Foundation Statutes, the foundation’s auditor shall be appointed by the Supervisory Board.<br />

Association<br />

<strong>ERSTE</strong> Foundation is supported in the pursuit of its objectives by a <strong>Spar</strong>kassenverein<br />

pursuant to the Austrian Savings Bank Act, ie the "Verein - <strong>DIE</strong> <strong>ERSTE</strong> <strong>österreichische</strong> <strong>Spar</strong>-<br />

<strong>Casse</strong> Privatstiftung" (the "Association"). As of 30 September 2011, the Association's<br />

members were 106 independent private individuals and 29 honorary members selected by<br />

the Association.<br />

The general assembly of the Association has the right to change the Foundation Statutes.<br />

The Association’s general assembly has the following tasks with respect to <strong>ERSTE</strong><br />

Foundation:<br />

a) election of the Supervisory Board, and if applicable, the revocation of the election;<br />

b) the basic determination of beneficiaries, the determination of the fundings and their<br />

volumes in accordance with the objectives of the foundation and the legal provisions (Art. 27a<br />

par. 4 fig. 4 of the Austrian Savings Bank Act) as well as the determination of the final<br />

beneficiary;<br />

c) the exclusion of beneficiaries pursuant to Art. 27a par. 4 (3) of the Austrian Savings Bank<br />

Act;<br />

d) adding further beneficiaries pursuant to Art. 27a par.4 (3) of the Austrian Savings bank Act;<br />

e) the merger of <strong>ERSTE</strong> Foundation;<br />

f) the dissolution of <strong>ERSTE</strong> Foundation; and<br />

g) amendments to the Foundation Statutes.<br />

All further rights of the Association and its bodies shall be derived from the Foundation<br />

Statutes, the statutes and the law.<br />

There are no further direct or indirect holdings or controlling interests in the Issuer. <strong>ERSTE</strong><br />

Foundation as a private foundation is not permitted to issue shares; no other participation<br />

securities have been issued. The Issuer has no knowledge of any further agreements whose<br />

effects may result to changes in the controlling interests in the Issuer at a later time.<br />

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