EANS-News: ANDRITZ share split on April 23, 2012

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Graz (euro adhoc) - Graz, April 12, 2012. The ANDRITZ share split in
a ratio of 1:2 will take place when trading opens on the Vienna Stock
Exchange on April 23, 2012. The share split approved by the ANDRITZ
AG Annual General Meeting on March 22, 2012 has now been entered in
the Companies Register. This split will double the number of no-par
value shares from 52,000,000 to 104,000,000. At the same time, the
Vienna Stock Exchange will amend the price of the ANDRITZ share when
trading opens on April 23, 2012 to half of the price quoted on the
day before.

Shareholders with ANDRITZ shares in a bank custody account will
receive an automatic credit of one additional share for every share
in the custody account on April 23, 2012 and do not have to make any
special arrangements. The share split will be conducted free of
charge.

Shareholders in possession of actual share certificates will receive
one additional share for each share owned against presentation of the
share certificate. As the Annual General Meeting on March 22, 2012
resolved not to issue individual share certificates, shareholders
with actual share certificates will not receive any more actual share
certificates as a result of the share split. These shareholders must
present the certificate for their shares to their local bank or to
Erste Group Bank AG, Graben 21, A-1010 Vienna, Austria, during
banking hours and specify a custody account to which the additional
shares are to be booked. There are plans to declare the existing
actual share certificates void in the course of 2012 (information to
this effect will be published at the appropriate time).

In conducting this share split, ANDRITZ has the intention to
facilitate trading of its shares and make them more attractive,
particularly for small investors.

The capital stock of ANDRITZ AG remains unchanged at EUR
104,000,000.00 as a result of the share split. Thus, the
proportionate amount of the capital stock is EUR 1.00 per no-par
value share.

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The ANDRITZ GROUP International technology Group ANDRITZ is a
globally leading supplier of plants, equipment, and services for
hydropower stations, the pulp and paper industry, solid-liquid
separation in the municipal and industrial sectors, the steel
industry, and the production of animal feed and biomass pellets. In
addition, ANDRITZ offers technologies for certain other sectors
including automation, pumps, machinery for nonwovens and plastic
films, steam boiler plants, biomass boilers and gasification plants
for energy generation, flue gas cleaning plants, plants for the
production of panelboards (MDF), thermal sludge utilization, and
torrefaction plants. The publicly listed ANDRITZ GROUP is
headquartered in Graz, Austria and has a staff of approximately
16,700 employees worldwide. ANDRITZ operates over 180 production
sites as well as service and sales companies all around the world.

Further inquiry note:
Dr. Michael Buchbauer
Head of Group Treasury, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Tel.: +43 316 6902 2979
Fax: +43 316 6902 465
mailto:michael.buchbauer@andritz.com

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company: Andritz AG
Stattegger Straße 18
A-8045 Graz
phone: +43 (0)316 6902-0
FAX: +43 (0)316 6902-415
mail: welcome@andritz.com
WWW: www.andritz.com
sector: Machine Manufacturing
ISIN: AT0000730007
indexes: WBI, ATX Prime, ATX, ATX five
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English