Erste Bank JPMorgan Merrill Lynch International

esolution on the formal approval of the actions of the supervisory board members for fiscal year
2009.
In the constitutive meeting of the supervisory board on May 29, 2006, Dr. Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer
and Baurat hc. DI Dr. Heinz Kaupa were elected deputy chairmen of the supervisory board.
In the meeting of the members’ assembly on May 24, 2007, Dr. Edeltraud Fichtenbauer (Lawyer)
was elected as a member of the supervisory board until the termination of the meeting of the
members’ assembly adopting the resolution on the formal approval of the actions of the supervisory
board members for fiscal year 2009.
The employee representatives are members of the Issuer’s supervisory board. The remaining
members of the society’s supervisory board do not hold a position in any executive body of the Issuer
or of any other company in the Vienna Insurance Group.
Management Board of the Society
The society’s management board conducts business of the mutual society. The society’s management
board and the chairman of the society’s management board are appointed to and removed from
office by the supervisory board. The terms of office are up to 5 years. The society’s management
board consists of 3, 4 or 5 members. At least two members of the society’s management board are to
be appointed from the members of the management board of the Issuer (including the chairman of
the management board). Any deviating resolution of the society’s supervisory board shall be adopted
by unanimous vote. Currently, the following persons are members of the society’s management board:
Dr. Günter GEYER, chairman of the management board
Dkfm. Karl FINK
Dkfm. Hans RAUMAUF
Dr. Martin SIMHANDL
The terms of office of Dr. Geyer and the other remaining members of the society’s management
board end on June 30, 2011.
Dkfm. Hans RAUMAUF is chairman of the management board of DONAU. The remaining
members of the society’s management board are members of the management board of the Issuer.
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