With its banking and leasing business segments, today Hypo Group Alpe Adria is successfully active on a cross-border basis with over 6,100 employees and more than 350 locations in eleven countries. The company is at the service of one million customers in Austria, Northern Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Liechtenstein, Southern Germany, Hungary and since 2006, Bulgaria. It thus reflects the reality of the lives of companies and consumers in the south-eastern European economic region. In addition, since the beginning of 2006, Hypo Group Alpe Adria has had an office in London, in order to provide the Group with still better access to the international capital market. The wellestablished co-operation across linguistic and national frontiers is one major factor in Hypo Group Alpe Adria’s success, along with know-how concerning the cultural and economic diversity of the differing regions. This creates a stable basis for further dynamism and international growth within the financial group. In line with its motto, »Banking Business is People’s Business«, Hypo Group Alpe Adria is a name for absolute customer proximity and tailormade solutions and benefits from a tightly knit network, characterized by constant expansion and growing density. The Hypo Group Alpe Adria regards itself as a strong and reliable partner to business and industry. Therefore, involvement in the individual countries within its radius for action is always on a long-term basis. This provides both corporate and retail customers with the security that they require for the development of their business activities. Powerful Hypo Group Alpe Adria’s growth is mirrored in impressive fashion by the total assets trend. In the past
      At year-end 2006, Hypo Group Alpe Adria possessed a strong and balanced ownership structure with two major shareholder groups of virtually equal size. The Kärntner Landes- und Hypothekenbank- Holding possesses 47.05 % of stock and Hypo-Bank Burgenland AG, a company of Grazer Wechselseitige Versicherung AG, 43.43 %. Further 4.76 % stakes are held by the Hypo Alpe Adria Private Employee Trust and Berlin & Co. Capital S.à.r.l.