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: 28.6.2019

 

 

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

 

3,31 %

0,68 %

3,99 %

67 552 638

 Position of previous notification (if applicable)

 

3,28 %

0,72 %

4,00 %

 

 

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

 

2 233 739

 

3,31 %

SUBTOTAL A

2 233 739

3,31 %

 

 

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 

 Lent Securities

N/A

N/A

174 489

0,26 %

 

 

SUBTOTAL B.1

174 489

0,26 %

 

 

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

285 304

0,42 %

 

 

 

SUBTOTAL B.1

285 304

0,42 %

 

 

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 International Holdings, Inc.

5

     

12

BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.

11

     

13

BlackRock Cayman 1 LP

17

     

14

BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited

13

     

15

BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd.

12

     

16

BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited

15

     

17

BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC

12

     

18

BlackRock Canada Holdings LP

17

     

19

BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC

18

     

20

BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited

19

     

21

BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited

14

     

22

BlackRock Group Limited

21

     

23

BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

24

     

24

BlackRock Finance Europe Limited

22

     

25

BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.

24

     

26

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

24

     

27

BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG

26

 

 

 

 

 

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, 02.07.2019