EANS-Adhoc: RZB Finance Jersey IV Limited / TERMINATION OF EXCHANGE OFFER FOR ITS EUR 500,000,000 NON-CUMULATIVE SUBORDINATED PERPETUAL CALLABLE STEP-UP FIXED TO FLOATING RATE CAPITAL NOTES

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29.06.2009

RZB FINANCE (JERSEY) IV LIMITED ANNOUNCES TERMINATION OF EXCHANGE OFFER FOR ITS
EUR 500,000,000 NON-CUMULATIVE SUBORDINATED PERPETUAL CALLABLE STEP-UP FIXED TO
FLOATING RATE CAPITAL NOTES (ISIN/ Common Code XS0253262025/025326202)

On 18 June 2009, RZB Finance (Jersey) IV Ltd., announced its invitation to
holders of its outstanding EUR500,000,000 Non-cumulative Subordinated Perpetual
Callable Step-up Fixed to Floating Rate Capital Notes to offer to exchange their
Existing Notes for Non-cumulative Subordinated Perpetual Callable Fixed to
Floating Rate Capital Notes to be issued by RZB Finance (Jersey) IV Ltd., with
both the Existing Notes and the New Notes having the benefit of a support
agreement with Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG (RZB). The Exchange Offer
was made on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in the Exchange
Offer Memorandum dated 18 June 2009.
Following its decision pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Offer not to accept
any offers of Existing Notes for exchange, RZB Finance (Jersey) IV Ltd. has
today announced the termination of the Exchange Offer.
This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Exchange Offer
Memorandum. Noteholders are advised to read carefully the Exchange Offer
Memorandum for full details of and information on the Exchange Offer.
BNP Paribas and UBS Investment Bank acted as Dealer Managers, RZB acted as
Co-Dealer Manager and Lucid Issuer Services Limited acted as Exchange Agent.
Questions in connection with the Exchange Offer may be directed to either Dealer
Manager.

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION TO ANY U.S. PERSON OR IN OR INTO
THE UNITED STATES OR IN OR INTO OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN THE
REPUBLIC OF ITALY.

Jersey, 29 June 2009

RZB Finance Jersey IV Limited
Grenville Street 22
JE- St. Helier Jersey / Channel Islands

Dealer Managers:
BNP Paribas,
Attention: Debt Restructuring Group, 10 Harewood Avenue, London NW1 6AA, United
Kingdom, Telephone: +44 207 595 8668, Email: debt.restructuring@bnpparibas.com

UBS Limited
Attention: Liability Management Group - Mark T Watkins, 1 Finsbury Avenue,
London EC2M 2PP, United Kingdom, Telephone: +44 20 7567 0525, , Email:
mark-t.watkins@ubs.com

Further enquiries: Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG Andreas Ecker Phone: +43
1 71707-2222 andreas.ecker@rzb.at or Kathrin Polster +43 1 71707 - 1753,
kathrin.polster@rzb.at.

Disclaimer: This ad-hoc announcement constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a
solicitation to buy any New Notes. This ad-hoc announcement is not being issued
in the United States of America and must not be distributed to U.S. persons (as
defined in Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended
("Securities Act") or with a general circulation in the United States. This
ad-hoc announcement does not constitute an offer or invitation to purchase any
New Notes in the United States. The New Notes have not been registered under the
Securities Act and may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United
States or to U.S. persons absent from registration under or a applicable
exemption from the registration requirements of the United States Securities
Laws.

Further inquiry note:

Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG 
Andreas Ecker-Nakamura 
Phone: +43 1 71707-2222
mailto:andreas.ecker@rzb.at

end of announcement                               euro adhoc 
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emitter:      RZB Finance Jersey IV Limited
              Grenville Street 22
              JE- St. Helier Jersey / Channel Islands
sector:       Banking
ISIN:         XS0253262025
indexes:      
stockmarkets: stock market: Wien 
language:     English

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