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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, Delaware State: USA

On March 16, 2016 ANDRITZ AG was informed that certain subsidiaries of BlackRock Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA, as shown on the table below, have holdings in ANDRITZ AG, which is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange. As of March 15, 2016, these subsidiaries held a total of 4.07% of ANDRITZ AG's share capital (104,000,000 shares).

Details to the stake-holdings as of March 15, 2016: ____________________________________________________________________________ | |Number of voting|Number of voting rights|Total number of| | |rights held |held |voting rights | | |through shares/ |through financial |in % of the | | |percent of |instruments/ |share capital | | |voting rights |percent of voting | | | |of the share |rights of the | | |___________________|capital_________|share_capital__________|_______________| |Resulting situation|3,609,209 shares|148,947 or 0.14% by |4.07% | |on the date |(AT0000730007) |Securities Lent and | | |on which threshold |or 3.47% |482,060 or 0.46% by CFD| | |was crossed | | | | |or_reached_________|________________|_______________________|_______________|

Full chain of controlled undertakings starting with the ultimate legal entity:

_____________________________________________________________________________ |Name |% of voting rights|% of voting rights|Total of both| | |if it equals or |through financial |if it equals | | |is higher than |instruments if |or is higher | | |the notifiable |it equals or is |than the | | |threshold |higher than |notifiable | | | |the notifiable |threshold | |_________________________|__________________|threshold_________|_____________| |BlackRock,_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Holdco_2,_Inc__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Financial | | | | |Management_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock International | | | | |Holdings,_Inc.___________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BR Jersey International | | | | |Holdings_L.P.____________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Group_Limited__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Investment | | |Below 4% | |Management_(UK)_Limited__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |_________________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock,_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Holdco_2,_Inc__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Financial | | | | |Management_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock International | | | | |Holdings,_Inc.___________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BR Jersey International | | | | |Holdings_L.P.____________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Group_Limited__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Investment | | | | |Management_(UK)_Limited__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Asset | | |Below 4% | |Management_Deutschland_AG|__________________|__________________|_____________| |_________________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock,_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Holdco_2,_Inc__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Financial | | | | |Management_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock International | | | | |Holdings,_Inc.___________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BR Jersey International | | | | |Holdings_L.P.____________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Group_Limited__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Advisors (UK) | | |Below 4% | |Limited__________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |_________________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock,_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Holdco_2,_Inc__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Financial | | | | |Management_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock International | | | | |Holdings,_Inc.___________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BR Jersey International | | | | |Holdings_L.P.____________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Group_Limited__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock International | | |Below 4% | |Limited__________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |_________________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock,_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Holdco_2,_Inc__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Financial | | | | |Management_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock International | | | | |Holdings,_Inc.___________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BR Jersey International | | | | |Holdings_L.P.____________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Group_Limited__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock (Netherlands) | | |Below 4% | |B.V._____________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |_________________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock,_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Holdco_2,_Inc__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Financial | | | | |Management_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock International | | | | |Holdings,_Inc.___________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BR Jersey International | | | | |Holdings_L.P.____________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock (Singapore) | | | | |Holdco_Pte._Ltd__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Asia-Pac | | | | |Holdco,_LLC______________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock HK Holdco | | | | |Limited__________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Asset | | |Below 4% | |Management North Asia | | | | |Limited__________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |_________________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock,_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Holdco_2,_Inc__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Financial | | | | |Management_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock International | | | | |Holdings,_Inc.___________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BR Jersey International | | | | |Holdings_L.P.____________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock (Singapore) | | | | |Holdco_Pte._Ltd__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Asia-Pac Holdco| | | | |Limited__________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires

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|BlackRock HK Holdco | | | | |Limited__________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Cayco_Limited__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Trident Holding| | | | |Company_Limited__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Japan Holdings | | | | |GK_______________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Japan_Co.,_Ltd.|__________________|__________________|Below_4%_____| |_________________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock,_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Holdco_2,_Inc__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Financial | | | | |Management_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock International | | | | |Holdings,_Inc.___________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BR Jersey International | | | | |Holdings_L.P.____________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Australia | | | | |Holdco_Pty,_Ltd._________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Investment | | |Below 4% | |Management (Australia) | | | | |Limited__________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |_________________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock,_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Holdco_2,_Inc__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Financial | | | | |Management_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock International | | | | |Holdings,_Inc.___________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BR Jersey International | | | | |Holdings_L.P.____________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Holdco_3,_LLC__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Canada Holdings| | | | |LP_______________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Canada Holdings| | | | |ULC______________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Asset | | |Below 4% | |Management_Canada_Limited|__________________|__________________|_____________| |_________________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock,_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Holdco_2,_Inc__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Financial | | | | |Management_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Capital | | | | |Holdings,_Inc.___________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Advisors,_LLC__|__________________|__________________|Below_4%_____| |_________________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock,_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Holdco_2,_Inc__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Financial | | | | |Management_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Holdco_4,_LLC__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Holdco_6,_LLC__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Delaware, | | | | |Holdings_Inc.____________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Fund_Advisors__|__________________|__________________|Below_4%_____| |_________________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock,_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Holdco_2,_Inc__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Financial | | | | |Management_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Holdco_4,_LLC__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Holdco_6,_LLC__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Delaware, | | | | |Holdings_Inc.____________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Fund_Advisors__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Institutional | | |Below 4% | |Trust Company, National | | | | |Association______________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |_________________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock,_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |Trident_Merger,_LLC______|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Investment | | |Below 4% | |Management,_LLC__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |_________________________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock,_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock_Holdco_2,_Inc__|__________________|__________________|_____________| |BlackRock Financial | | |Below 4% | |Management_Inc.__________|__________________|__________________|_____________|

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