EANS-Voting Rights: Andritz AG / Publication of a participation notification according to art. 135 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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On January 23, 2018 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 January 22, 2018
these subsidiaries held a total of 4.01% of ANDRITZ AG's share capital
(104,000,000 shares).

Person subject to notification obligation:

* Name: BlackRock, Inc.
* City: Wilmington
* Country: USA

Details to the stake-holdings as of January 22, 2018:

______________________________________________________________________________
|               |  % of voting  |  % of voting  |              |Total number of|
|               |rights attached|rights through |Total of both | voting rights |
|               |   to shares   |financial/other|     in %     |   of issuer   |
|_______________|_______________|__instruments__|______________|_______________|
|   Resulting   |               |               |              |               |
| situation on  |               |               |              |               |
|  the date on  |     3.59%     |     0.41%     |    4.01%     |  104,000,000  |
|which threshold|               |               |              |               |
| was crossed / |               |               |              |               |
|____reached____|_______________|_______________|______________|_______________|
|  Position of  |               |               |              |               |
|   previous    |     3.82%     |     0.18%     |    3.99%     |               |
|_notification__|_______________|_______________|______________|_______________|

Notified details of the resulting situation:

______________________________________________________________________________
|Voting rights|               |               |               |                |
|attached to  |               |               |               |                |
|shares_______|_______________|_______________|_______________|________________|
|             |   Number of   |               |  % of voting  |                |
|__ISIN_Code__|_voting_rights_|_______________|____rights_____|________________|
|AT0000730007 |    Direct     |   Indirect    |    Direct     |    Indirect    |
|_____________|(Sec_91_BörseG)|(Sec_92_BörseG)|(Sec_91_BörseG)|(Sec_92_BörseG)_|
|_____________|_______________|______3,736,535|_______________|___________3.59%|
|SUBTOTAL_____|_______________|______3,736,535|_______________|___________3.59%|

_____________________________________________________________________________
|Financial /    |
|Other          |
|Instruments    |
|pursuant to    |
|sec. 91a, para.|
|1,_no._1_BörseG|
|               |              |            |Number of voting|                |
|               |              |            |                |                |
|               |              |            |rights that may |                |
|    Type of    | Expiration   | Exercise   |      be        |  % of voting   |
|  instrument   |     Date     |   Period   |acquired if the |     rights     |
|               |              |            | instrument is  |                |
|_______________|______________|____________|___exercised____|________________|
|Securities_Lent|______________|____________|_________368,355|___________0.35%|
|SUBTOTAL_______|______________|____________|_________368,355|___________0.35%|

______________________________________________________________________________
|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____|_______62,778|________0.06%|
|SUBTOTAL____|____________|___________|____________|_______62,778|________0.06%|

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     |BlackRock,   |           |             |             |             |
|__________|Inc._________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|    2     |Trident      |     1     |             |             |             |
|__________|Merger,_LLC__|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|    3     |Investment   |     2     |             |             |             |
|          |Management,  |           |             |             |             |
|__________|LLC__________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|    4     |Holdco 2,    |     1     |             |             |             |
|__________|Inc._________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|    5     |Financial    |     4     |             |             |             |
|          |Management,  |           |             |             |             |
|__________|Inc._________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|    6     |BlackRock    |     5     |             |             |             |
|__________|Holdco_4,_LLC|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|    7     |BlackRock    |     6     |             |             |             |
|__________|Holdco_6,_LLC|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|    8     |Delaware     |     7     |             |             |             |
|__________|Holdings_Inc.|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|          |Institutional|           |             |             |             |
|    9     |Trust        |     8     |             |             |             |
|          |Company,     |           |             |             |             |
|          |National     |           |             |             |             |
|__________|Association__|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|    10    |BlackRock    |     8     |             |             |             |
|__________|Fund_Advisors|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|    11    |Capital      |     5     |             |             |             |
|          |Holdings,    |           |             |             |             |
|__________|Inc._________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|    12    |BlackRock    |    11     |             |             |             |
|__________|Advisors,_LLC|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|    13    |International|     5     |             |             |             |
|          |Holdings,    |           |             |             |             |
|__________|Inc._________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BR Jersey    |           |             |             |             |
|    14    |International|    13     |             |             |             |
|__________|Holdings_L.P.|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|    15    |(Singapore)  |    14     |             |             |             |
|          |Holdco Pte.  |           |             |             |             |
|__________|Ltd._________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|    16    |(Singapore)  |    15     |             |             |             |
|__________|Limited______|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock HK |           |             |             |             |
|    17    |Holdco       |    15     |             |             |             |
|__________|Limited______|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|          |Asset        |           |             |             |             |
|    18    |Management   |    17     |             |             |             |
|          |North Asia   |           |             |             |             |
|__________|Limited______|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|    19    |BlackRock    |    17     |             |             |             |
|__________|Cayco_Limited|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|          |Trident      |           |             |             |             |
|    20    |Holding      |    19     |             |             |             |
|          |Company      |           |             |             |             |
|__________|Limited______|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|    21    |Japan        |    20     |             |             |             |
|__________|Holdings_GK__|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|    22    |Japan Co.,   |    21     |             |             |             |
|__________|Ltd._________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|    23    |Australia    |    14     |             |             |             |
|          |Holdco Pty.  |           |             |             |             |
|__________|Ltd._________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|          |Investment   |           |             |             |             |
|    24    |Management   |    23     |             |             |             |
|          |(Australia)  |           |             |             |             |
|__________|Limited______|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|    25    |BlackRock    |    14     |             |             |             |
|__________|Holdco_3,_LLC|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|    26    |Canada       |    25     |             |             |             |
|__________|Holdings_LP__|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|    27    |Canada       |    26     |             |             |             |
|__________|Holdings_ULC_|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|          |Asset        |           |             |             |             |
|    28    |Management   |    27     |             |             |             |
|          |Canada       |           |             |             |             |
|__________|Limited______|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|    29    |BlackRock    |    14     |             |             |             |
|__________|Group_Limited|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|    30    |Advisors (UK)|    29     |             |             |             |
|__________|Limited______|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|    31    |International|    29     |             |             |             |
|__________|Limited______|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|    32    |(Netherlands)|    29     |             |             |             |
|__________|B.V._________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|    33    |Investment   |    29     |             |             |             |
|          |Management   |           |             |             |             |
|__________|(UK)_Limited_|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |BlackRock    |           |             |             |             |
|          |Asset        |           |             |             |             |
|    34    |Management   |    33     |             |             |             |
|          |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:[email protected]

end of announcement euro adhoc
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issuer: Andritz AG
Stattegger Straße 18
A-8045 Graz
phone: +43 (0)316 6902-0
FAX: +43 (0)316 6902-415
mail: [email protected]
WWW: www.andritz.com
ISIN: AT0000730007
indexes: WBI, ATX
stockmarkets: Wien
language: English

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