Presentation Of Austrian Blue-Chip Companies And Wiener Börse In London

This year’s roadshow program of Wiener Börse and its cooperation partners starts on 2 February, 2006 with the Investors Conference in London which is being organized jointly with Erste Bank.

A total of 13 Austrian blue-chip companies have accepted the invitation to present themselves to U.K. investors and analysts in both group presentations and intensive one-on-one talks, in an effort to convince these of the benefits of the Austrian stock market. The following companies will take part: Agrana, Andritz, Betandwin, Erste Bank, EVN, Intercell, Mayr-Melnhof, OMV, Palfinger, Schoeller-Bleckman Oilfield, Telekom Austria, Uniqa und voestalpine. The interest of institutional investors in Austrian blue chips is enormous: A total of 90 one-on-one meetings and eight group presentations with more than 50 attending clients have been arranged.

In the first half-year 2006, further roadshows will be organized in the following financial centers: Zurich (30 May), Geneva (31 May) and Stockholm (19 June).