Notification of shareholding pursuant to Sec 93 (2) BoerseG (Austrian Stock Exchange Act)
 

Ternitz, 07.12.2015: Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG (SBO) was informed on 03.12.2015 and announces, pursuant to Sec 93 (2) BoerseG:

Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited (and/or acting for its affiliates) - 10 Queen’s Terrace, Aberdeen AB10 1YG - as discretionary investment manager on behalf of multiple managed portfolios (“AAML”), informed SBO, that as at 27 November 2015 it holds 832,469 shares representing 5.20% of the voting rights of SBO through investment funds and client accounts under management.

n total, AAML holds 865,379 shares representing 5.41% of the total capital of SBO, which includes 32,910 shares managed by AAML but where the client has retained the right to vote.

As of 27 November 2015, the split of the shares with voting rights attached are as follows:
• 642,879 voting shares, representing 4.02% of the voting rights
• 189,590 voting shares which are out on loan and AAML retains the right to recall these lent shares, representing 1.18% of the voting rights (classed as a financial instrument under the amended Transparency Directive rules)

Therefore, the voting rights positions allotted to shares has increased above the 4% threshold under Article 91 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act (German: Börsegesetz; BörsG). The sum of shares and financial instruments and comparable positions in other instruments remains at 5.20%.

These percentages have been calculated on the basis of the number of voting rights of SBO as of 27 November 2015 (16,000,000).