Lenzing AG — Major Shareholding Notification 2017

May 22, 2017

Publication Date: 22.05.2017 11:14 EANS-Voting Rights: Lenzing AG / Publication of a participation notification according to art. 93 para. 2 Stock Exchange Act

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.

Person subject to notification obligation Name: B & C Privatstiftung City: Wien Country: Österreich

Name of shareholder(s): B & C LAG Holding GmbH Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 19.05.2017

Effective with 19 May 2017, B & C Rho GmbH & Co KG has sold 2,654,999 voting rights (equivalent to approx. 9.99% of the share capital and voting rights) in Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft and B & C Iota GmbH & Co KG has sold 680,959 voting rights (equivalent to approx. 2.56% of the share capital and voting rights) in Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft to institutional investors. B & C Rho GmbH & Co KG and B & C Iota GmbH & Co KG no longer hold any voting rights in Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft.

13,275,002 voting rights (equivalent to a little more than 50.00% of the share capital and voting rights) in Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft are still attributable to B & C Privatstiftung via its 100% subsidiary B & C Holding Österreich GmbH and its 100% subsidiary B & C LAG Holding GmbH pursuant to sec 92 (4) Stock Exchange Act.

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 directly (%) instruments	(%)
		by No.		held directly
	_ __ __ __ (%)__ _______
1	B&C
	_ Privatstiftung __ __ __ ____
	B&C Holding
2	Österreich	1
	_ GmbH_ __ ___ ___ _____
3	B&C LAG	2	50,00 %		50,00 %
	_ HoldingGmbH __ ___ ___ _____

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