EVN AG: Release according to Article 135, Section 2 BörseG with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

DGAP Voting Rights Announcement: EVN AG EVN AG: Release according to Article 135, Section 2 BörseG with the objective of Europe-wide distribution 28.09.2018 / 10:04 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. 1. Issuer EVN AG, EVN Platz, 2344 Maria Enzersdorf, Austria 2. Reason for the notification Acquisition or disposal of voting rights 3. Person subject to notification obligation Name: EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG City: Karlsruhe Country: Germany 4. Name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) EnBW Trust e.V., ein eingetragener Verein unter deutschem Recht mit Sitz in Karlsruhe, Durlacher Allee 93, 76131 Karlsruhe, Deutschland, eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Mannheim unter VR 103 737 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached 25 September 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 29.99% 0.00% 29.99% 179,878,402 Position of previous notification (if applicable) 32.47% 0.00% 32.47%     7. Details - Notified details of the resulting situation 7.A: Voting rights attached to shares ISIN Code Number of voting rights Number of voting rights % of voting rights % of voting rights ISIN Code Direct (Sec. 130 BörseG 2018) Indirect (Sec. 133 BörseG 2018) Direct (Sec. 130 BörseG 2018) Indirect (Sec. 133 BörseG 2018) AT0000741053   53,954,487   29.99% Subtotal A   53,954,487   29.99%   7.B.1: Financial / Other instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 no. 1 BörseG 2018 Type of instrument Expiration Date Exercise Period Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised % of voting rights               Subtotal B.1       7.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                   Subtotal B.2       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 (%) 1 EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG         2 EnBW Trust e.V. 1 29.99%   29.99%   9. In case of proxy voting Date of the general meeting: - Voting rights after general meeting: - is equivalent to - voting rights 10. Additional information The following legal entities as defined by the German Securities Trading Act ('Wertpapierhandelsgesetz') hold reportable investments in EnBW AG: 46.75% of the shares in EnBW AG are held by NECKARPRI Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, which is based in Schlossplatz 4, D-70173 Stuttgart, Germany. The sole shareholder of NECKARPRI Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH is NECKARPRI GmbH, which is based in Schlossplatz 4, D-70173 Stuttgart, Germany, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg and a corporation under public law. Accordingly, the federal state of Baden-Württemberg through NECKARPRI GmbH and the latter through NECKARPRI Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH hold an indirect investment of 46.75% in EnBW's share capital. 46.75% of the shares in EnBW are held by OEW Energie-Beteiligungs GmbH, which is based in Friedenstraße 4, D-88212 Ravensburg, Germany. The sole shareholder of OEW Energie-Beteiligungs GmbH is Zweckverband Oberschwäbische Elektrizitätswerke which is based in Friedenstraße 4, D-88212 Ravensburg, Germany, and is a corporation under public law. Accordingly, Zweckverband Oberschwäbische Elektrizitätswerke (also) holds an indirect investment of 46.75% in EnBW's share capital through OEW Energie-Beteiligungs GmbH. The shareholders' agreement dated 26 July 2000, which was entered into by (i) NECKARPRI GmbH and the federal state of Baden-Württemberg on 17 February 2011 and by (ii) NECKARPRI-Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH on 5 April 2011, was dissolved on 22 December 2015. Therefore, the federal state of Baden-Württemberg and NECKARPRI GmbH, on the one hand, and Zweckverband Oberschwäbische Elektrizitätswerke, on the other hand, have not jointly exercised their direct and indirect voting rights in EnBW AG and, in turn, their indirect voting rights in EVN AG since 22 December 2015.   Maria Enzersdorf, 28 September 2018 Issuer: EVN AG EVN Platz 2344 Maria Enzersdorf, Austria Contact: Gerald Reidinger Head of Controlling and Investor Relations Phone: + 43 2236 200-12698 E-mail: [e-mail] Stefan Zach Head of Information and Communication Phone: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] Website: www.evn.at ISIN(s): AT0000741053 Stock exchanges: Official trade in Vienna 28.09.2018 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de

Language:	English
Company:	EVN AG
	EVN Platz
	2344 Maria Enzersdorf
	Austria
Internet:	www.evn.at

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