Shareholder structure

Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank holds a majority interest of 77.5% in Bank Austria Creditanstalt’s share capital. No other shareholder owns more than 5% of the share capital. Thus the remaining 33,031,740 shares, which represent 22.5% of the share capital, are free float.

At the end of 2004 we commissioned a survey of Bank Austria Creditanstalt’s shareholder structure. Compared with the subscription results in July 2003, the results of the survey show that the proportion of free float held by US investors rose strongly, from 12% to 43%. US and British investors together hold almost 70% of the free float. The remaining 30% is spread over West European countries, with Austrian investors still accounting for only 4%. This shows that BA-CA shares meet with broadly-based international acceptance. Of the more than 33 million shares in free float, over 98% are held by institutional investors, and the remaining shares are held by private customers and employees of the bank.