Proposal for the appropriation of profit

The amount of the profit available for distribution is determined on the basis of the separate financial statements of Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, the parent company. The profit shown in Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG’s separate financial statements for the financial year beginning on 1 January 2006 and ending on 31 December 2006 amounted to € 855.6 m. The amount of € 266.0 m was allocated to reserves and the profit brought forward from the previous year was € 0.8 m. Thus the profit available for distribution was € 590.4 m. The Management Board proposes at the Annual General Meeting that a dividend of € 4.00 per share entitled to a dividend be paid on the share capital of € 1,068,920,749.80. As the number of shares is 147,031,740, the total amount of the proposed dividend is € 588.1 m. Furthermore, the Management Board proposes that the remaining amount of € 2.3 m be carried forward to new account.