EANS-Voting Rights: Lenzing AG / Publication of a participation notification according to art. 93 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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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:

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|          |              |           |            | 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 %|
|__________|Holding_GmbH__|___________|____________|_____________|_____________|





Further inquiry note:
Lenzing AG
Mag. Waltraud Kaserer
Vice President Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Tel.: +43 (0) 7672 701-2713
mailto:[email protected]

end of announcement euro adhoc
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issuer: Lenzing AG

A-A-4860 Lenzing
phone:        +43 7672-701-0
FAX:          +43 7672-96301
mail:         [email protected]
WWW:          http://www.lenzing.com
ISIN:         AT0000644505
indexes:      WBI, ATX
stockmarkets: Wien
language:     English

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