Andritz AG — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

Jun 30, 2016

EANS-Voting Rights: Andritz AG / Publication of an Announcement according to art. 93 BörseG with the objective of Europe-web publication

Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement.

Release according to article 93 BörseG with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution

Person/company obliged to make the notification:

----------------------------------- Name: ANDRITZ AG Place: Graz State: Österreich

On June 29, 2016, ANDRITZ AG was informed that certain subsidiaries of BlackRock, Inc, Wilmington, USA, as shown on the table below, have holdings in ANDRITZ AG, which is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange. As of June 27, 2016, these subsidiaries held a total of 3.90% of ANDRITZ AG's share capital (104,000,000 shares).

Details to the stake-holdings as of June 27, 2016

____________
		% of voting		_
		% of voting rights through		Total_numberof
		rights attached financial/other Totalof both in voting rights
__ toshares instruments _%_ __of_issuer___
Resulting
situation on	3.27%	0.63%	3.90%	104,000,000
the date on
which threshold
was crossed /
_reached __ __ __ __
Position of
previous	3.33%	0.67%	4.00%
notification__ __ __ __ __

Notified details of the resulting situation:

			____________
Voting_rights_attached_to_shares__________
			_Numberof_voting_rights _______%of_voting_rights_____
ISIN Code	Direct Indirect		Direct	Indirect
			______ (sec_91_BörseG) (sec_92_BörseG) (sec_91_BörseG) (sec_92_BörseG)
				AT0000730007 ___ __3,397,700 __ _____3.27%
			SUBTOTAL __3,397,700__ __3.27%__

			________________
			Financial_/_Other_Instruments_pursuant_to_sec._91a,_para.1,_no._1_BörseG____
		Number of voting
Type of	Expiration Exercise			% of voting
instrument	Date	Period	rights that may	rights
			be
			acquired if the
			instrument is
			___ ___ _ exercised_ _______
			Securities_Lent ___ _ __146,029 ___0.14%
			___ ___ SUBTOTAL__ ___146,029 _____0.14%

				___________
Financial_/_Other_Instruments_pursuant_to_sec._91a,_para.1,_no._3_BörseG_____
			Type of Expiration Exercise Physical / Number of		% of voting
instrument	Date	Period	Cash	voting rights	rights
					__ _ ___________ Settlement_ ____ _______
					CFD_ __ ___ _Cash __508,335 ______0.49%
					__ _ ___________ __SUBTOTAL __508,335 ______0.49%

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 _ _ __ ___ (%)__ _______	by no.	Directly Shares held	Financial/ other controlled directly (%) instruments held directly	Total of both (%)
1	BlackRock,
2	_ Inc.__ ___ ___ __ ____ Trident	1
	_ Merger,LLC __ _ _ ____ BlackRock
3	Investment Management, _ LLC_ __ _ _ ____	2
4	BlackRock Holdco 2, _ Inc.__ ___ ___ __ ____	1
5	BlackRock Financial Management, _ Inc.__ ___ ___ __ ____	4
6	BlackRock _ Holdco4,_LLC ___ ___ __ ____	5
7	BlackRock _ Holdco6,_LLC ___ ___ __ ____	6
8	BlackRock Delaware _ HoldingsInc. ___ ___ __ ____	7
9	BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National	8
10	_ Association_ ___ ___ __ _ BlackRock _ Fund_Advisors __ _ _ ____	8
11	BlackRock Capital Holdings,	5
12	_ Inc.__ _ _____________ _____________ _____________ BlackRock __________ Advisors,LLC __ ___ __ ____	11
13	BlackRock International Holdings, _ Inc.__ ___ ___ __ ____	5
14	BR Jersey International _ HoldingsL.P. ___ ___ __ ____	13
15	BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. _ Ltd.__ ___ ___ __ ____	14
16	BlackRock (Singapore) _ Limited __ ___ __ ____	15
17	BlackRock Asia-Pac _ Holdco,LLC __ _ _ ____	15
18	BlackRock HK Holdco _ Limited __ ___ __ ____ BlackRock	17
19	Asset Management North Asia _ Limited __ ___ __ ____	18
20	BlackRock	18

	_ CaycoLimited ___ ___ __ ____
	BlackRock
	Trident
21	Holding	20
	Company
	_ Limited __ ___ __ ____
	BlackRock
22	Japan	21
	_ HoldingsGK __ _ _ ____
	BlackRock
23	Japan Co.,	22
	_ Ltd.__ ___ ___ __ ____
	BlackRock
24	Australia	14
	Holdco Pty.
	_ Ltd.__ ___ ___ __ ____
	BlackRock
	Investment
25	Management	24
	(Australia)
	_ Limited __ ___ __ ____
26	BlackRock	14
	_ Holdco3,_LLC ___ ___ __ ____
	BlackRock
27	Canada	26
	_ HoldingsLP __ _ _ ____
	BlackRock
28	Canada	27
	_ HoldingsULC_ ___ ___ __ ____
	BlackRock
	Asset
29	Management	28
	Canada
	_ Limited __ ___ __ ____
30	BlackRock	14
	_ GroupLimited ___ ___ __ ____
	BlackRock
31	Advisors (UK)	30
	_ Limited __ ___ __ ____
	BlackRock
32	International	30
	_ Limited __ ___ __ ____
	BlackRock
33	(Netherlands)	30
	_ B.V.__ ___ ___ __ ____
	BlackRock
34	Investment	30
	Management
	_ (UK)Limited_ ___ ___ __ ____
	BlackRock
	Asset
35	Management	34
	Deutschland
	_ AG__ __ _ _ ____

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 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 sector: Machine Manufacturing ISIN: AT0000730007 indexes: WBI, ATX Prime, ATX, ATX five stockmarkets: official market: Wien language: English