EANS-Adhoc: UNIQA Insurance Group AG / Greenshoe Option for 6,650,000 new shares has been exercised

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Capital measures
16.10.2013

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED
STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN

Greenshoe Option for 6,650,000 new shares has been exercised

In connection with its Re-IPO, UNIQA Insurance Group AG (UNIQA) has
been informed today that the syndicate banks have exercised the
over-allotment-option (greenshoe option) comprising 6,650,000 shares
in full. As already mentioned on October 9, 2013, additionally to the
88,102,100 newly issued shares, 6,650,000 over-allotment shares
pursuant to a stock lending agreement with the core shareholders were
sold at the subscription price of EUR 8.00. UNIQA will accordingly
resolve tomorrow upon an increase of its share capital by a further
EUR 6,650,000 through issuance of 6,650,000 new no-par value bearer
shares with a calculated notional amount of EUR 1.00 per share at the
final subscription and offer price of EUR 8.00 per share. UNIQA's
share capital will increase from EUR 302,350,000 to EUR 309,000,000.

After the capital increase free-float will increase to 35.4%.
Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich Aktiengesellschaft will hold 31.4%
of UNIQA shares indirectly via BL Syndikat Beteiligungs Gesellschaft
m.b.H, RZB Versicherungsbeteiligung GmbH und UQ Beteiligung GmbH.
Austria Versicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit Privatstiftung will
hold directly and indirectly via Austria Versicherungsverein
Beteiligungs-Verwaltungs GmbH 30.6% of UNIQA shares, Collegialität
Versicherungsverein Privatstiftung will hold directly 2.3% of UNIQA
shares.

The stabilization manager has not engaged and will not engage in any
stabilization activities.

LEGAL NOTICE This announcement does not constitute an offer of
securities for sale or a solicitation of an offer to purchase shares
(the "Shares") of UNIQA Insurance Group AG (the "Company" or "UNIQA")
in the United States, Austria or any other jurisdiction. The Shares
have already been sold.

This announcement must not be distributed outside of Austria, in
particular not in or into the United States of America, Canada, Japan
or Australia, to "U.S. persons" as defined in Regulation S of the
U.S. Securities Act of 1933, or to any publication media with a
general circulation in or into the United States of America, Canada,
Japan or Australia. The Shares have not been and will not be
registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 or with any
securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of
the United States. No U.S. federal or state securities commission or
regulatory authority has approved or disapproved of the Shares or
passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of the information in this
announcement. Any statement to the contrary is a criminal offense in
the United States of America. There will be no public offering of the
Shares in or into the United States or outside of the United States
to "U.S. persons" as defined in Regulation S under the Securities
Act. The Shares have not been and will not be registered under the
applicable securities laws of Canada, Japan or Australia and, subject
to certain exceptions, may not be offered or sold directly, or
indirectly, in or into Canada, Japan, or Australia.

This announcement contains statements that refer to future
developments. These statements are appraisals that are made based on
all information available to UNIQA at the current point in time. If
the assumptions on which they are based do not occur, actual events
may vary from the results currently expected. For this reason, UNIQA
cannot accept liability for such statements.

Further inquiry note:
UNIQA Insurance Group AG
Norbert Heller
Tel.: +43 (01) 211 75-3414
mailto:norbert.heller@uniqa.at

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issuer: UNIQA Insurance Group AG
Untere Donaustraße 21
A-1029 Wien
phone: 01/211 75-0
mail: investor.relations@uniqa.at
WWW: http://www.uniqagroup.com
sector: Insurance
ISIN: AT0000821103
indexes: WBI, ATX Prime
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English