2011-01-04 12:45 CET Raiffeisen Zentralbank changes names to Raiffeisen Bank International

Customer accounts that previously existed at RZB have been transferred to RBI, with their account numbers and IBANs remaining unchanged. The same is true for the sort code 31,000 and the SWIFT Code (BIC) RZBAATWW.

Customers and business partners will be able to reach their contact persons at RBI under the same telephone and fax numbers as before the merger's completion. Like RZB, RBI has its headquarters at "Am Stadtpark 9, 1030 ".

What is new is RBI's homepage (http://www.rbinternational.com), which provides detailed information about the company's business segments and the Group's worldwide network, as well as investor information.

To facilitate the merger, a capital increase was agreed to at Raiffeisen International; that capital increase has now also become effective with the merger's entry in the commercial register. Consequently, RBI's free float amounts to around 21.5 per cent, while it had previously amounted to about 27.2 per cent for Raiffeisen International. RZB's indirect shareholding in RBI amounts to around 78.5 percent.

RBI remains listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange. Those shares that have been newly issued for the implementation of the merger are expected to be listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange for the first time on 13 October 2010. On the same day, the name change from Raiffeisen International to RBI will also be undertaken by the Vienna Stock Exchange.

RZB retains its name and continues to be the central institution of the Austrian Raiffeisen Banking Group and the group head office for the entire RZB Group. While RZB's internet domain remains unchanged, its sort code will from now on be 30,000 and its SWIFT Code (BIC) RZBHATWW. Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) regards both , where it is a leading corporate and investment bank, and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) as its home market.

In CEE, RBI operates an extensive network of subsidiary banks, leasing companies and a range of other specialised financial service providers in 17 markets. 56,000 employees service about 15 million customers through around 3,000 business outlets in the region.

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For more information please contact:

Lars Bergström, Chief Representative RBI Nordic Countries, Sweden, +46(0)8- 440 50 86, e-mail: [email protected]

Anders Samuelsson, Representative RBI Nordic Countries, Sweden, +46(0)8- 440 50 88, e-mail: [email protected] www.rbinternational.com