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Release according to article 40 para. 1 WpHG

S&T AG: Release according to Article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG

Linz (pta034/08.11.2019/18:00) - Release of Voting Rights Announcement

Voting Rights Announcement

1. Issuer:

Name:	S&T AG
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI):	5299002PSXXMVHB26433
Street:	Industriezeile 35
Postal code:	4021
City:	Linz, Austria

2. Reason for notification:

Acquisition / disposal of shares with voting rights see 10.)

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Legal entity: Morgan Stanley

City of registered office, country: Wilmington, Delaware, USA - United States

4. Names of shareholder(s) holding directly 3% or more voting rights, if different from 3

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.

5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached

05.11.2019

6. Total positions

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 7.a.)	% of voting rights through instruments (total of 7.b.1 + 7.b.2)	Total of both in % (7.a. + 7.b.)	Total number of voting rights of issuer
New	0.00	4.36	4.36	66,096,103
Previous notification (if applicable)	0	9.68	9.69

Details on total positions

7.a. Voting rights attached to shares

ISIN code	Absolute direct (Sec 130 BörseG 2018)	Absolute indirect (Sec 133 BörseG 2018)	In % direct (Sec 130 BörseG 2018)	In % indirect (Sec 133 BörseG 2018)
AT0000A0E9W5	0	337	0.00	0.00
Total:		337		0

7.b.1. Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 1 BörseG 2018

Type of instrument	Maturity / Expiration Exercise or	conversion period	Voting Rights Absolute	Voting Rights in %
Right of recall over securities lending agreements	at any time at	at any time at	2,255,092	3.41
		Total:	2,255,092	3.41

7.b.2 Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 2 BörseG 2018

Type of instrument	Maturity / Expiration	Exercise or conversion period	Cash or physical transaction	Voting Rights Absolute	Voting Rights in %
Equity Swap	From 06.09.2021 to	at any time	Cash	623,820	0.94
	21.10.2021
			Total:	623,820	0.94

8. 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.

No.	Name	Directly	Shares held	Financial/other	Total of both
		controlled by	directly (%)	instruments	(%)
		No.		held directly (%)
1	Morgan Stanley
2	Morgan Stanley	1
	Capital
	Management,
	LLC
3	Morgan Stanley	2
	Domestic
	Holdings, Inc.
4	Morgan Stanley	3		3.41	3.41
	& Co. LLC
5	Morgan Stanley	2
	Investment
	Management
	Inc.

6	Morgan Stanley	3	0.94	0.94
	Capital Services
	LLC

9. In case of proxy voting

(only possible with an attribution according to § 34 Abs. 1 Satz 1 Nr. 6 WpHG)

Date of general meeting: N/A

10. Other useful information

The notification was triggered as a result of a combination of an exercise of instruments (right to recall over securities lending transactions), a return of borrows and a disposal of voting rights attached to shares which resulted in the combined holding of Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and Morgan Stanley Europe SE falling below 5%. As a result, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and Morgan Stanley Europe SE have applied the trading book exemption to their remaining combined holding of total 4.61% as of 5th November 2019.

Date

07.11.2019

emitter:	S&T AG Industriezeile 35 4021 Linz Austria
contact person:	Alexandra Habekost, Head of Investor Relations
phone:	+49 (0) 821 4086 114
e-mail:	[email protected]
website:	www.snt.at
ISIN(s):	AT0000A0E9W5 (share)
stock exchanges:	regulated market in Frankfurt

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