EANS-Voting Rights: RHI AG / Publication of an Announcement after art. 93 BörseG with the objective of Europe-web publication

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Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is
responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Release according to article 93 BörseG with the aim of a Europe-wide
distribution

Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name: Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG
Place: Wien
State: Österreich

The Management Board of RHI AG announces that it has received a letter stating
the following:

“”Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich Aktiengesellschaft”, Vienna, FN 58882t (RZB)
announces, also on behalf of “Raiffeisen Bank International AG” (formerly
“Raiffeisen International Bank Holding AG”), Vienna, FN 122119f (RBI), a
transfer of shares with voting rights in “RHI AG” (RHI) within the chain of
companies controlled by it. The transfer resulted from the following
restructuring within the group:

Initial situation of the restructuring
Prior to the restructuring, RZB directly held 2,897,000 shares in RHI; this
corresponds to a share of approximately 7.46% in the share capital and the
voting rights of RHI.

Restructuring
RZB demerged its corporate customer business division, i.e. essential parts of
its banking operations and investments, which are related to the operating
corporate customer business of the transferred division, from RZB for inclusion
in Cembra Beteiligungs AG, Vienna, FN 125395f (Cembra), with effect from the
entry in the register of companies of the spin-off from 09.10.2010.

Following the takeover of the assets transferred to Cembra in the course of the
spin-off, Cembra as the original company was merged by means of an absorbing
merger with RBI as the company taking over with effect of the entry of the
merger in the register of companies from 10.10.2010. Through the amalgamation of
Cembra into RBI, Cembra ceases to exist in accordance with §225a Abs 3 Z 2 AktG.

All 2,897,000 shares of RHI were also split off RZB and consequently transferred
to RBI as a result of the restructuring.

Situation after restructuring
Following the implementation of the restructuring, RBI thus directly holds
2,897,000 shares in RHI. All of these shares in RHI, that is 7.46% in the share
capital and the shares with voting rights, are attributable to RZB in accordance
with § 92 Z 4 BörseG, and will be indirectly held by it via the following chain
of controlled companies following the implementation of the restructuring:
Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich Aktiengesellschaft (RZB) -> 100% -> Raiffeisen
International Beteiligungs GmbH -> approx. 78.5% -> Raiffeisen Bank
International AG (RBI) (2,897,000 shares in RHI).

In addition, it is stated that Raiffeisen Centrobank AG, in its function as the
market maker, holds a variable amount of RHI shares, which is not included in
the calculation of voting rights in accordance with § 91 Abs 2 BörseG.”

end of announcement euro adhoc
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Further inquiry note:

RHI AG

Investor Relations

Mag. Barbara Potisk-Eibensteiner

Tel: +43-1-50213-6123

Email: barbara.potisk@rhi-ag.com

Branche: Refractories
ISIN: AT0000676903
WKN: 874182
Index: ATX Prime, ATX
Börsen: Wien / official market