euro adhoc: Österreichische Post AG / Buybacks / Share Repurchase (Buy-Back) Programme of Austrian Post (Österreichische Post AG) Announcement pursuant to §§ 4 (2) and 5 of the Austrian Disclosure Re

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12.08.2008

The Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of Austrian Post, held
on April 22, 2008, approved a resolution authorising the Management
Board to pursue the acquisition and, if applicable, to withdraw
treasury shares totalling up to a maximum percentage of 10% of the
company´s share capital in accordance with the regulations stipulated
in the Stock Companies Act. This authorisation is valid for a period
of 18 months starting on the day in which the resolution was adopted.
The minimum price to be paid per repurchased share is EUR 15,-. The
highest price per share must not exceed by more than 30% the average
un-weighted closing price over the preceding ten trading days before
the decision was made to exercise this authorisation. The Management
Board is also authorised to determine the buyback conditions. This
resolution of the Annual General Meeting was published on April 24,
2008 in the Official Journal of the Republic of Austria in the Wiener
Zeitung.

The Management Board of Austrian Post decided on August 12, 2008 to
adopt the resolution to exercise its authorisation to buy back its
own shares.

Details of the share buyback programme: Duration: August 19, 2008, to
December 31, 2008 at the latest Type of shares: no-par value shares
Intended volume: Up to 3,500,000 no-par value shares (up to 5% of the
share capital) Purchase price: Between EUR 15,- and EUR 30.52
Purchase method: Via the Vienna Stock Exchange Volume limitation per
day: Up to 25% of the average daily volume of shares traded in the
month preceding the month of public disclosure of this programme on
the registered market on which the purchase is carried out. Intended
purpose of the acquisition: For the purpose of improving the capital
structure by withdrawing the repurchased shares

Austrian Post intends to fulfil its disclosure requirements pursuant
to the Austrian Stock Exchange Act and the Austrian Disclosure
Regulation 2002 by publishing the relevant information on its Website
at www.post.at/ir.

Austrian Post

The Management Board

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Further inquiry note:

Austrian Post

Head of Investor Relations

Harald Hagenauer

Tel.: +43(0)57767-30401

mailto:harald.hagenauer@post.at

Head of Coporate Communications

Marc Zimmermann

Tel.: +43(0)577 67-22626

mailto:marc.zimmermann@post.at

Press Spokesman

Michael Homola

Tel.: +43(0)57767-32010

mailto:michael.homola@post.at

Branche: Transport
ISIN: AT0000APOST4
WKN: A0JML5
Index: ATX Prime, ATX
Börsen: Wiener Börse AG / stock market