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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 10, 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 9, 2016, these subsidiaries held a total of 4.01% of ANDRITZ AG's share capital (104,000,000 shares).

Details to the stake-holdings as of March 9, 2016: ______________________________________________________________________________ | |Number of voting rights |Number of voting rights |Total number of | |held through shares/ |held through financial |voting rights in % | |percent of voting rights|instruments/percent of |of the share capital | |of share capital |voting rights of the | |_| |share capital ______________________________________________________________________________ | |3,592,315 Shares |149,365 or 0.14% by |4.01% | | |(AT0000730007) or 3.45% |Securities Lent and | | |_|________________________|436,281_or_0.41%_by_CFD___|________________________|

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 is|through financial |if it equals |higher than the |instruments if it |or is higher |notifiable |equals or is higher|than the |threshold |than the notifiable|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 | | |Below 4% | |Investment | | | | |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 | | |Below 4% | |(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 | | |Below 4% | |International | | | | |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 | | |Below 4% | |(Netherlands)_B.V._|__________________|___________________|__________________| |___________________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock,_Inc.____|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock Holdco 2,| | | | |Inc________________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock Financial| | | | |Management_Inc.____|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock | | | | |International | | | | |Holdings,_Inc._____|__________________|___________________|__________________| (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires

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|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_____|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock HK Holdco| | | | |Limited____________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock Cayco | | | | |Limited____________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock Trident | | | | |Holding Company | | | | |Limited____________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock Japan | | | | |Holdings_GK________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock Japan | | |Below 4% | |Co.,_Ltd.__________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |___________________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |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 | | |Below 4% | |Investment | | | | |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,| | |Below 4% | |LLC________________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |___________________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |___________________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock,_Inc.____|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock Holdco 2,| | | | |Inc________________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock Financial| | | | |Management_Inc.____|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock Holdco 4,| | | | |LLC________________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock Holdco 6,| | | | |LLC________________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock Delaware,| | | | |Holdings_Inc.______|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock Fund | | |Below 4% | |Advisors___________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |___________________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |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 | | |Below 4% | |Institutional Trust| | | | |Company, National | | | | |Association________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |___________________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock,_Inc.____|__________________|___________________|__________________| (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires

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|Trident_Merger,_LLC|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock | | |Below 4% | |Investment | | | | |Management,_LLC____|__________________|___________________|__________________| |___________________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock,_Inc.____|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock Holdco 2,| | | | |Inc________________|__________________|___________________|__________________| |BlackRock Financial| | |Below 4% | |Management_Inc.____|__________________|___________________|__________________|

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