EANS-Voting Rights: Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG / Publication of a participation notification according to art. 135 para. 2 Stock Exchange Act

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announcement.
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Major holdings notification pursuant to Sec. 130 to 134 BörseG 2018
Atlanta, Georgia, 12.3.2018
Overview
1. Issuer: SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft
2. Reason for the notification: Acquisition or disposal of voting rights
3. Person subject to notification obligation
Name: EARNEST Partners, LLC
City: Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Country: United States
4. Name of shareholder(s): SBO shares were held by EARNEST Partners, LLC for
several clients in separate client accounts. EARNEST held power of attorney to
exercise, at its own discretion, the voting rights attached to the SBO shares on
behalf of its clients.
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 8.3.2018
6. Total positions

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|               |               |  % of voting  |              |               |
|               |  % of voting  |rights through |Total of both |Total number of|
|               |rights attached|financial/other| in % (7.A +  | voting rights |
|               |to shares (7.A)| instruments   |     7.B)     |   of issuer   |
|_______________|_______________|(7.B.1_+_7.B.2)|______________|_______________|
|   Resulting   |               |               |              |               |
| situation on  |               |               |              |               |
|  the date on  |    5,01 %     |    0,00 %     |    5,01 %    |  16.000.000   |
|which threshold|               |               |              |               |
| was crossed / |               |               |              |               |
|____reached____|_______________|_______________|______________|_______________|
|  Position of  |               |               |              |               |
|   previous    |    4,99 %     |               |    4,99 %    |               |
| notification  |               |               |              |               |
|(if_applicable)|_______________|_______________|______________|_______________|

Details
7. Notified details of the resulting situation:

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|A: Voting rights  |
|attached_to_shares|
|                  | Number of voting |% of voting rights |
|____ISIN_Code_____|______rights______|___________________|
|      Direct      |     Indirect     |      Direct       |     Indirect      |
| (Sec 130 BörseG  | (Sec 133 BörseG  |  (Sec 130 BörseG  | (Sec 133 BörseG   |
|______2018)_______|______2018)_______|_______2018)_______|_______2018)_______|
|AT0000946652______|___________801.219|___________________|_____________5,01_%||
|____SUBTOTAL_A____|_____801.219______|______5,01_%_______|

______________________________________________________________________________
|B 1: Financial|
|/ Other       |
|Instruments   |
|pursuant to   |
|Sec. 131 para.|
|1 No. 1 BörseG|
|2018__________|
|              |               |               |Number of voting|              |
|              |               |               |                |              |
|              |               |               |rights that may |              |
|   Type of    |Expiration Date|Exercise Period|      be        | % of voting  |
|  instrument  |               |               |acquired if the |    rights    |
|              |               |               | instrument is  |              |
|______________|_______________|_______________|___exercised____|______________|
|______________|_______________|_SUBTOTAL_B.1__|________________|______________|

_____________________________________________________________________________
|B 2:       |
|Financial /|
|Other      |
|Instruments|
|pursuant to|
|Sec. 131   |
|para. 1 No.|
|2 BörseG   |
|2018_______|
|  Type of  | Expiration | Exercise  | Physical /  | Number of   |% of voting |
|instrument |    Date    |  Period   |    Cash     |voting rights|   rights   |
|___________|____________|___________|_Settlement__|_____________|____________|
|___________|____________|___________|SUBTOTAL_B.2_|_____________|____________|

8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation:
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural
person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding
directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer.
X 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     |Paul E.     |           |             |             |             |
|__________|Viera_______|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|    2     |Westchester |     1     |             |             |             |
|__________|Limited,_LLC|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
|          |EARNEST     |           |             |             |             |
|    3     |Partners,   |     2     |       5,01 %|             |       5,01 %|
|__________|LLC_________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|

9. In case of proxy voting
Date of general meeting: -
Voting rights after general meeting: - is equivalent to - voting rights.
10. Sonstige Kommentare:
-

Further inquiry note:
Andreas Böcskör, Head of Investor Relations
Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG
A-2630 Ternitz, Hauptstraße 2
Phone: +43 2630/315 ext 252, fax ext 101
e-mail: [email protected]

end of announcement euro adhoc
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issuer: Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG
Hauptstrasse 2
A-2630 Ternitz
phone: 02630/315110
FAX: 02630/315101
mail: [email protected]
WWW: http://www.sbo.at
ISIN: AT0000946652
indexes: WBI, ATX
stockmarkets: Wien
language: English

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