Andritz AG — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

Jun 21, 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: BlackRock, Inc. Place: Wilmington State: USA

On June 20, 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 16, 2016, these subsidiaries held a total of 4.01% of ANDRITZ AG's share capital (104,000,000 shares).

Details to the stake-holdings as of June 16, 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	3.31%	0.69%	4.01%	104,000,000
the date on
which threshold
was crossed /
_reached __ __ __ __
Position of
previous	2.93%	0.99%	3.93%
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 ___ __3,444,959 __ _____3.31%
			SUBTOTAL __3,444,959__ __3.31%__

			________________
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 ___ _ __203,434 ___0.20%
			___ ___ SUBTOTAL__ ___203,434 _____0.20%

				___________
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 __516,905 ______0.50%
					__ _ ___________ __SUBTOTAL __516,905 ______0.50%

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:

					____________
				Financial/

		Directly	Shares held	other	Total of both
No.	Name	controlled by no.	directly (%)	instruments held directly	$($ $\frac{6}{6}$ $)$
$\mathbf 1$	BlackRock, Inc.			(3)
$\overline{a}$	Trident	$\mathbf{1}$
	Merger, LLC
	BlackRock
3	Holdco 2,	1
	Inc. BlackRock
4	Investment	2
	Management,
	LLC_
5	BlackRock Financial	4
	Management,
	$Inc._$
6	BlackRock	5
	Holdco_4,_LLC
7	BlackRock Capital	5
	Holdings,
	Inc.
	BlackRock
8	International	5
	Holdings, Inc.
9	BlackRock	6
	Holdco_6,_LLC
	BlackRock
10	Delaware	7
	Holdings_Inc. BlackRock
	Institutional
11	Trust	8
	Company,
	National Association_
12	BlackRock	8
	Fund Advisors
13	BlackRock	11
	Advisors, LLC BR Jersey
14	International	13
	Holdings_L.P.
	BlackRock
15	(Singapore)	14
	Holdco Pte. Ltd.
	BlackRock
16	Australia	14
	Holdco Pty.
17	$_{\rm Ltd.}$ BlackRock	14
	Holdco_3,_LLC
18	BlackRock	14
	Group_Limited
19	BlackRock (Singapore)	15
	Limited_
	BlackRock
20	Asia-Pac	15
	Holdco, LLC
21	BlackRock HK Holdco	17
	Limited
	BlackRock
	Asset
22	Management North Asia	18
	Limited
23	BlackRock	18
	Cayco_Limited

	BlackRock
	Trident
24	Holding	20
	Company
	_ Limited __ ___ __ ____
	BlackRock
25	Japan	21
	_ HoldingsGK __ _ _ ____
	BlackRock
26	Japan Co.,	22
	_ Ltd.__ ___ ___ __ ____
	BlackRock
	Investment
27	Management	24
	(Australia)
	_ Limited __ ___ __ ____
	BlackRock
28	Canada	26
	_ HoldingsLP __ _ _ ____
	BlackRock
29	Canada	27
	_ HoldingsULC_ ___ ___ __ ____
	BlackRock
	Asset
30	Management	28
	Canada
	_ Limited __ ___ __ ____
	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 Group Finance, Corporate Communications & 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

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