EANS-Voting Rights: Andritz AG
Publication of a participation notification
according to art. 135 para. 2 Stock Exchange Act
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Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc with the aim of a
Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is responsible for the content of this
announcement.
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ANDRITZ AG was informed that certain subsidiaries of FMR LLC, Wilmington, USA,
as shown on the table below, have holdings in ANDRITZ AG, which is listed on the
Vienna Stock Exchange. As of November 6, 2018 these subsidiaries held a total of
5.19% of ANDRITZ AG's share capital (104,000,000 shares).
Person subject to notification obligation:
* Name: FMR LLC
* City: Wilmington
* Country: USA
Details to the stake-holdings as of November 6, 2018
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| | % of voting | % of voting | |Total number of|
| |rights attached|rights through |Total of both | voting rights |
| | to shares |financial/other| in % | of issuer |
|_______________|_______________|__instruments__|______________|_______________|
| Resulting | | | | |
| situation on | | | | |
| the date on | 5.19% | 0.00% | 5.19% | 104,000,000 |
|which threshold| | | | |
| was crossed / | | | | |
|____reached____|_______________|_______________|______________|_______________|
| Position of | | | | |
| previous | 4.89% | 0.00% | 4.89% | |
|_notification__|_______________|_______________|______________|_______________|
Notified details of the resulting situation:
______________________________________________________________________________
|Voting rights | | | | |
|attached to | | | | |
|shares________|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
| | Number of | | % of voting | |
|__ISIN_Code___|_voting_rights_|_______________|____rights_____|_______________|
| | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
| AT0000730007 |(Sec 130 BörseG|(Sec 133 BörseG|(Sec 130 BörseG|(Sec 133 BörseG|
|______________|_____2018)_____|_____2018)_____|_____2018)_____|_____2018)_____|
|______________|_______________|______5,394,234|_______________|__________5.19%|
|___SUBTOTAL___|_______________|______5,394,234|_______________|__________5.19%|
Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation:
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial/other instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate
controlling natural person or legal entity:
_____________________________________________________________________________
| | | Directly | Shares | Financial/other | |
| No. | Name |controlled| held | instruments held | Total of |
| | | by No. |directly | directly (%) | both (%) |
|__________|_____________|__________|___(%)___|___________________|___________|
|____1_____|FMR_LLC______|__________|_____________________|_______|___________|
| 2 |FIAM Holdings| 1 | | | |
|__________|LLC__________|__________|_____________________|_______|___________|
|____3_____|FIAM_LLC_____|____2_____|________________0.36%|_______|______0.36%|
| |Fidelity | | | | |
| |Institutional| | | | |
| 4 |Asset | 2 | 0.35%| | 0.35%|
| |Management | | | | |
|__________|Trust_Company|__________|_____________________|_______|___________|
| |Fidelity | | | | |
| 5 |Management & | 1 | | | |
| |Research | | | | |
|__________|Company______|__________|_____________________|_______|___________|
| |Fidelity | | | | |
| |Management & | | | | |
| 6 |Research | 5 | 0.19%| | 0.19%|
| |(Japan) | | | | |
|__________|Limited______|__________|_____________________|_______|___________|
|____7_____|FMR_Co.,_Inc.|____5_____|________________4.27%|_______|______4.27%|
| |Fidelity | | | | |
| 8 |Management & | 5 | | | |
| |Research | | | | |
|__________|(U.K.)_Inc.__|__________|_____________________|_______|___________|
| |FMR | | | | |
| 9 |Investment | 8 | 0.02%| | 0.02%|
| |Management | | | | |
|__________|(UK)_Limited_|__________|_____________________|_______|___________|
Further inquiry note:
Dr. Michael Buchbauer
Head of Investor Relations
Tel.: +43 316 6902 2979
Fax: +43 316 6902 465
mailto:michael.buchbauer@andritz.com
end of announcement euro adhoc
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issuer: Andritz AG
Stattegger Straße 18
A-8045 Graz
phone: +43 (0)316 6902-0
FAX: +43 (0)316 6902-415
mail: welcome@andritz.com
WWW: www.andritz.com
ISIN: AT0000730007
indexes: WBI, ATX
stockmarkets: Wien
language: English
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