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: 10.9.2018

 

 

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

 

3,38 %

0,61 %

3,99 %

67 552 638

 Position of previous notification (if applicable)

 

3,41 %

0,66 %

4,06 %

 

 

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

 

2 282 536

 

3,38 %

SUBTOTAL A

2 282 536

3,38 %

 

 

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

415 448

0,61 %

 

 

 

SUBTOTAL B.1

415 448

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 International Holdings, Inc.

5

     

14

BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.

13

     

15

BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd.

14

     

16

BlackRock HK Holdco Limited

15

     

17

BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited

16

     

18

BlackRock Trident Holding Company Limited

21

     

19

BlackRock Japan Holdings GK

18

     

20

BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.

19

     

21

BlackRock Lux Finco S.á r.l.

16

     

22

BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd.

14

     

23

BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited

22

     

24

BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC

14

     

25

BlackRock Canada Holdings LP

24

     

26

BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC

25

     

27

BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited

26

     

28

BlackRock Group Limited

14

 

 

 

29

BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

28

 

 

 

30

BlackRock International Limited

28

 

 

 

31

BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.

28

 

 

 

32

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

28

 

 

 

33

BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG

32

 

 

 

 

 

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 below 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, 11.09.2018