Österreichische Volksbanken-Aktiengesellschaft ... - Volksbank AG

9. GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Application has been made for the Programme to be admitted to the Markets.
2. The establishment of the Programme was authorised by a resolution of the Management
Board of VBAG passed on 22 May 2007. The Issuer will obtain all specific necessary
consents, approvals and authorisations in Austria prior to the issue of each Series
of Notes.
3. Each Note will bear the following legend:
4. "Any United States person who holds this obligation will be subject to limitations
under the United States income tax laws, including the limitations provided in Sections
165(j) and 1287(a) of the Internal Revenue Code".
5. Notes will be accepted for clearance through Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg,
Clearstream, Frankfurt and OeKB Systems and any other clearing system as may be
agreed between the Issuer, the relevant Paying Agent and the relevant Dealer. The
Common Code and the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) and
(where applicable) the identification number for any other relevant clearing system
for each Series of Notes will be set out in the relevant Final Terms.
6. The address of Euroclear is 1 Boulevard du Roi Albert II, B-1210 1210, Brussels,
Belgium, the address of Clearstream, Luxembourg is 42 Avenue JF Kennedy L-1855
Luxembourg, the address of Clearstream, Frankfurt is Neue Börsenstrasse 1, D-60487
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and the address of OeKB is Am Hof 4, A-1011 Vienna,
Austria. Addresses of alternative clearing systems will be specified in the applicable
Final Terms.
7. The issue price and the amount of the relevant Notes will be determined before filing
of the relevant Final Terms of each Tranche based on the then prevailing market conditions.
Where for a particular Tranche of Notes the issue price or aggregate principal
amount are not fixed at the time of issue, the Final Terms shall describe the procedures
for calculation and publication of such information. Save in this instance, the
Issuer does not intend to provide any post-issuance information in relation to any issues
of Notes.
8. For so long as Notes may be issued pursuant to this Prospectus and are outstanding,
the following documents will be available, during usual business hours, for inspection
at the registered office of the Issuer and the specified offices of the Paying Agents:
(i) the Agency Agreements (which include the form of the Global Notes);
(ii) the Dealer Agreements;
(iii) the articles of association of the Issuer (also available at the companies register
of the Vienna commercial court);
(iv) the audited annual report of the Issuer and the audited consolidated annual
accounts of the Group for the most recent financial years ended prior to the
date of this Prospectus and any subsequent interim financial statements of
the Issuer (also available under www.oevag.at);
(v) each Final Terms for Notes issued by the Issuer that are admitted to trading
on the Markets or any other market or stock exchange;
(vi) a copy of this Prospectus together with any Supplement to this Prospectus
or further Prospectus;
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