1. Austria * *) Where your profits climb to the top

2. Folie 2 Peter Ch. Löschl ABA – Invest in Austria September 2012 Austria – Opportunities for International Companies

3. Folie 3 ABA-Invest in Austria Opportunities are our business  Advisory services for international investors  Owned by the Republic of Austria  29 expert staff  International network  Offices in New York, Tokyo, Shanghai

4. Folie 4 St. Petersburg Turntable Austria: Success in new geographies … Southeast-Europe Austria Neutral Location Multilingual population Know-How of countries Financing Enormous Taxadvantages … nach West-Europe South-Europe East-Europe

5. Folie 5 East-West Platform in the Heart of Europe Austrian service companies provide special (South) Eastern European know how  Carriers  Banks  Tax advisors  Lawyers

6. Folie 6 Top Investor: Austrian FDI in CEE and SEE Source: Austrian Ministry of Economy, respective national banks Percentage of total investment in resprective country and Austria‘s rank as an investor, 2011

7. Folie 7 You know Austria like this …

8. Folie 8 You are investing in an industrial country Source: OECD, Eurostat Production sectors as percentage of GDP, 2009

9. Folie 9 11% of Austrians Have a Migration Background Source: Statistics Austria 2011 Foreign citizens Already naturalized 220.330 208.809 184.815 131.128 69.654 68.142 59.753 45.213 41.348 27.149 26.079 29.447

10. Folie 10 Motivated Workforce Source: World Competitiveness Yearbook 2011 10=Employees identify with company goals

11. Folie 11 Highly productive employees Quelle: IW Köln 2012 Lohnstückkosten 2010, Deutschland = 100

12. Folie 12 Moderate Tax Load for Companies Source: KPMG Maximum taxation on profits 2011 in %

13. Folie 13 Austria‘s R&D Expenditures Grow above Average Germany Austria EU-27 Source: Eurostat Percentage of GDP 2,79

14. Folie 14 COMET – all Centres Industrial Clusters in Austria

15. Folie 15 Unmatched Quality of Life Maximum = 10 Source: World Competitiveness Yearbook 2011

16. Folie 16 Attractive for More than 300 Regional Headquarters Global HQ

17. Folie 17 HQ Locations in Comparison Source: Wolf Theiss, Headquarters Austria, September 2011 Number of regional headquarters

18. Folie 18 ABA-Invest in Austria Your contact in Austria: KommR Peter Ch. Löschl Tel.: +43 1 588 58 52 E-Mail: p.loeschl@aba.gv.at www.investinaustria.at