Pursuant to § 93 (2) Austrian Stock Exchange Act, voestalpine AG hereby gives notice that it has received notification from its shareholder Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich Invest GmbH & Co OG that its shareholder’s voting rights have fallen below 15 % on December 22, 2014.
Specifically, Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich Invest GmbH & Co OG gave notice that it holds 23,216,176 no-par value shares in voestalpine AG and is authorised by the following companies (which are likewise shareholders in voestalpine AG) to exercise their voting rights in its free discretion, for which reason those voting rights are deemed attributable to it under § 92 Austrian Stock Exchange Act:
| Shareholder | Number of no par value shares | Voting rights in % |
|---|---|---|
| Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich Invest GmbH & Co OG, FN 243257g | 23,216,176 | 13.463 % |
| Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich Aktiengesellschaft, FN 247579m | 172,929 | 0.100 % |
| IVH Unternehmensbeteiligungs GmbH & Co OG, FN 356159p | 956,740 | 0.555 % |
| KEPLER-FONDS Kapitalanlagegesellschaft m.b.H., FN 169380p | 441,242 | 0.255 % |
| Oberösterreichische Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft, FN 36941a | 1,000,000 | 0.580 % |
| Sum |
25,787,087 | 14.953 % |
Thus, Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich Invest GmbH & Co OG is entitled to exercise voting rights with respect to 25,787,087 no-par value shares. This corresponds to 14.953 % of all voting rights based on 172,449,163 no-par value shares of voestalpine AG.