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10.12.2009

The Managing Board of Österreichische Volksbanken-Aktiengesellschaft discloses:
In the course of today´s Managing Board meeting and Supervisory Board meeting
respectively, the boards passed the resolution to sell 3 subsidiaries of
Österreichische Volksbanken-AG (Volksbank Wien-AG, Bank für Ärzte und freie
Berufe-AG, Immobank-AG) unless otherwise provided in the pending agreement to be
given by the Austrian Financial Market Authority by the end of 2009.
Unless otherwise provided in the pending agreement to be given by the Austrian
Financial Market Authority (FMA) a majority stake in Volksbank Linz Mühlviertel
reg. Gen. mbH, will be sold as well.
This sale is expected to generate sales proceeds in total of some EUR 210

million. 


The five biggest listed issues of Österreichische Volksbanken-Aktiengesellschaft
in terms of issue volume: 
ISIN:                   
XS0451759012    
XS0417722393    
XS0412533399    
XS0271095357    
AT000B053442

The issues of Österreichische Volksbanken-Aktiengesellschaft are listed on the
following stock exchanges:

-       Regulated unofficial market of Wiener Börse AG
-       Official trading of Wiener Börse AG
-       EUWAX segment of Baden-Württembergische Wertpapierbörse
-       Regulated market of Baden-Württembergische Wertpapierbörse
-       Regulated market of the Prague Stock Exchange
-       EURONEXT of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange
-       Regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange

Further inquiry note:
Walter Gröblinger
Tel.: +43/ (0) 50 4004-0
E-Mail: walter.groeblinger@volksbank.com
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issuer:   Österreichische Volksbanken-Aktiengesellschaft
          Kolingasse  19
          A-1090 Wien
phone:    +43 0 50 4004-0
WWW:      www.volksbank.com
sector:   Banking
ISIN:     AT0000755665
indexes:  Standard Market Auction

stockmarkets: stock market: Prague Stock Exchange, official market: Wien
language: English

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