Pursuant to the offer memorandum, completion of the Offer was conditional on, amongst other things, receipt of acceptance declarations that accounted for at at least 75% of Addiko’s issued shares. NLB therefore had to receive declarations of acceptance for at least 14,625,000 shares by the end of the Acceptance Period. Following completion of procedures by custodians, based on the results provided by the Payment and Settlement Agent, NLB announces that this condition was not satisfied and that the Offer was not successful. By the end of the Acceptance Period, a total of 7,096,224 Addiko shares had been tendered for sale to the Payment and Settlement Agent; this corresponds to 36.39 % of all issued Addiko shares.  Settlement of the Offer will therefore not take place and the Offer will not be extended pursuant to Section 19 para 3 Austrian Takeover Act.