Bank Austria Director General Karl Samstag is seen during a news conference
in Vienna July 9, 2003. Shares in Bank Austria started trading below their
issue price of 29 euros, as Germany's HVB Group sells off 25 percent of its
lucrative Austrian unit. With 2.5 millions shares changing hands by 0908
GMT, the shares had slipped to 28.50 euros, having started trade at 28.80
euros. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer

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