voting rights notification

EANS-Voting Rights: Österreichische Post AG / Publication of a participation notification according to art. 135 para. 2 Stock Exchange Act

 

1. Issuer: Österreichische Post Aktiengesellschaft

2. Reason for the notification:

Acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Acquisition or disposal of financial/other instruments

3. Person subject to notification obligation:

Name: BlackRock, Inc.

City: Wilmington

Country: U.S.A.

4. Name of shareholder(s):

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 11.9.2018

 

 

6. Total Positions

 

% of voting rights attached to shares (7.A)

% of voting rights through financial/other instruments (7.B.1 + 7.B.2)

Total of both in % (7.A + 7.B)

 Total number of voting rights of issuer

 

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed / reached

 

3,39 %

0,61 %

4,01 %

67 552 638

 Position of previous notification (if applicable)

 

3,38 %

0,61 %

3,99 %

 

 

Details

 

7.  Notified details of the resulting situation:

 

A: Voting rights attached to shares

ISIN Code

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights 

Direct (Sec 130 BörseG 2018)

Indirect (Sec 133 BörseG 2018)

Direct (Sec 130 BörseG 2018)

Indirect (Sec 133 BörseG 2018)

AT0000APOST4

 

2 291 874

 

3,39%

SUBTOTAL A

2 291 874

3,39%

 

 

B 1: Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 1 BörseG 2018

Type of instrument 

Expiration Date 

Expiration Date 

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised

% of voting rights 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBTOTAL B.1

 

 

 

 

B 2: Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 2 BörseG 2018

Type of instrument 

Expiration Date 

Exercise Period 

Physical / Cash Settlement 

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights 

CFD

N/A

N/A

Cash

415 253

0,61 %

 

 

 

SUBTOTAL B.1

415 253

0,61 %

 

 

8. 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:

No.

Name

Directly controlled by No.

Shares held directly (%)

Financial/other instruments held directly (%)

Total of both (%)

1

BlackRock, Inc.

       

2

Trident Merger, LLC

1

     

3

BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

2

     

4

BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.

1

     

5

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

4

     

6

BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC

5

     

7

BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC

6

     

8

BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc.

7

     

9

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association

8

     

10

BlackRock Fund Advisors

8

     

11

BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc.

5

     

12

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

11

     

13

BlackRock Capital Management, Inc.

12

     

14

BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.

5

     

15

BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.

14

     

16

BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd.

15

     

17

BlackRock HK Holdco Limited

16

     

18

BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited

17

     

19

BlackRock Trident Holding Company Limited

22

     

20

BlackRock Japan Holdings GK

19

     

21

BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.

20

     

22

BlackRock Lux Finco S.á r.l.

17

     

23

BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd.

15

     

24

BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited

23

     

25

BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC

15

     

26

BlackRock Canada Holdings LP

25

     

27

BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC

26

     

28

BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited

27

 

 

 

29

BlackRock Group Limited

15

 

 

 

30

BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

29

 

 

 

31

BlackRock Asset Management UK Limited

29

 

 

 

32

BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.

29

 

 

 

33

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

29

 

 

 

34

BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG

33

 

 

 

 

 

9. In Case of proxy voting:

Date of general meeting:-

Voting rights after general meeting: - is equivalent to - voting rights.

 

 

10.    Other comments:

The disclosure obligation arose due to total holdings in voting rights for BlackRock, Inc. going above 4%.

 

 

FURTHER INQUIRY NOTE

Austrian Post

Ingeborg Gratzer
Head of Press Relations & Internal Communications
Tel.: +43 (0) 57767-32010
ingeborg.gratzer@post.at

 

Austrian Post

Harald Hagenauer
Head of Investor Relations, Group Auditing & Compliance
Tel.: +43 (0) 57767-30400
harald.hagenauer@post.at

 

 

Vienna, 12.09.2018