Press Releases 2005

20.12.2005 - Banca Comerciala Romana S.A. (BCR)

10.11.2005 - Erste Bank s tender offer for Novosadska banka’s minority shares successfully concluded

31.10.2005 - Erste Bank posts strong rise in 9-month earnings: net income up 40%

27.10.2005 - Erste Bank short-listed for second stage of negotiations for the Romanian BCR

17.10.2005 - Erste Bank submits tender offer for Novosadska banka minority shares

28.09.2005 - Erste Bank announces new management board at Novosadska Banka

27.09.2005 - Erste Bank launches CEE Index

16.09.2005 - Erste Bank sets new growth targets for 2006-2008

16.08.2005 - Prague: Erste Bank arranges debt financing for acquisition of Marriott Hotel by US investor [

11.08.2005 -Erste Bank finalises acquisition of Novosadska banka

01.08.2005 - Erste Bank: First half results confirm successful strategy

28.07.2005 - Erste Bank: Personelle Verstärkung für Strategie und Gruppenarchitektur [

22.07.2005 - Erste Bank grants a EUR 40 m credit to the Serbian economy

15.07.2005 - Erste Bank acquires 83.3% stake in Serbian Novosadska banka for EUR 73m

04.07.2005 - Strong interest in employee share ownership plan

01.07.2005 - FIT-Payment beschleunigt und vergünstigt Zahlungsverkehr innerhalb der Erste Bank-Gruppe

18.05.2005 - Erste Bank receives green light to buy Serbia’s Novosadska banka

06.05.2005 - Erste Bank off to a strong start with its first quarter 2005 results

03.05.2005 - Erste Bank: Introduction of revised IFRS standards 32 and 39

29.04.2005 - DIE ERSTE österreichische Spar-Casse Privatstiftung begins distributing donations

21.04.2005 - Elisabeth Gürtler and Wilhelm Rasinger voted as supervisory board representatives by Erste Bank’s private shareholders

06.04.2005 - Erste Bank is the largest bank in central Europe based on total assets and number of clients

14.03.2005 - Erste Bank adopts new, forward-looking salary system

14.03.2005 - Erste Bank: Preliminary 2004 Results are a success on all fronts

01.02.2005 - Erste Bank sells stake in Investkredit

10.01.2005 - Erste Bank becomes 100% owner of Slovenska sporitelna