Profit for the Year and Proposed Profit Appropriation

With the statutory allocations of the OeNB’s profit including the central government’s share of EUR 196.462 million having been made in conformity with Article 69 paragraph 3 Nationalbank Act (item 14 of the profit and loss account), the balance sheet and the profit and loss account show a

profit for the year 2010 of EUR 21,829,130.53.

On March 30, 2011, the Governing Board endorsed the following profit appropriation proposal to the General Council:

	EUR
to pay a 10% dividend on the OeNB’s capital stock of EUR 12 million	1,200,000.00
to allocate to the OeNB Anniversary Fund for the Promotion of Scientific Research and Teaching for promotion by the OeNB	9,000,000.00
to transfer to the profit-smooting reserve	11,629,130.53
	21,829,130.53
	Source: OeNB.