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  Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc with the aim of a 
  Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is responsible for the content of this 
  announcement. 
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      Major holdings notification pursuant to Sec. 130 to 134 BörseG 2018 
                                                               Glasgow, 5.1.2021 
Overview 
Notification made after deadline 
Caution: In case of violations of major holdings notification rules, please pay 
attention to Section 137 BörseG 2018 (Suspension of voting rights) 
1. Issuer: Österreichische Post Aktiengesellschaft 
2. Reason for the notification: Other 
3. Person subject to notification obligation 
Name: Morgan Stanley 
City: Wilmington, Delaware 
Country: USA 
4. Name of shareholder(s): 
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 1.1.2021 
6. Total positions 
 ______________________________________________________________________________ 
|               |               |  % of voting  |              |               | 
|               |  % of voting  |rights through |Total of both |Total number of| 
|               |rights attached|financial/other| in % (7.A +  | voting rights | 
|               |to shares (7.A)| instruments   |     7.B)     |   of issuer   | 
|_______________|_______________|(7.B.1_+_7.B.2)|______________|_______________| 
|   Resulting   |               |               |              |               | 
| situation on  |               |               |              |               | 
|  the date on  |    0,00 %     |    5,22 %     |    5,22 %    |  67 552 638   | 
|which threshold|               |               |              |               | 
| was crossed / |               |               |              |               | 
|____reached____|_______________|_______________|______________|_______________| 
|  Position of  |               |               |              |               | 
|   previous    |               |               |              |               | 
| notification  |               |               |              |               | 
|(if_applicable)|_______________|_______________|______________|_______________| 
 
 
Details 
7. Notified details of the resulting situation: 
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|A:_Voting_rights_attached_to_shares___________________________________________| 
|             |____Number_of_voting_rights____|_______%_of_voting_rights_______| 
|             |    Direct     |   Indirect    |    Direct     |    Indirect    | 
|  ISIN Code  |(Sec 130 BörseG|(Sec 133 BörseG|(Sec 130 BörseG|(Sec 133 BörseG | 
|_____________|_____2018)_____|_____2018)_____|_____2018)_____|_____2018)______| 
|AT0000APOST4_|______________0|______________0|_________0,00_%|__________0,00_%| 
|_SUBTOTAL_A__|_______________0_______________|_____________0,00_%_____________| 
 
 ____________________________________________________________________________ 
|B 1: Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 1 BörseG| 
|2018________________________________________________________________________| 
|            |               |               |   Number of   |               | 
|            |               |               |    voting     |               | 
|            |               |               |rights that may|               | 
|  Type of   |               |               |      be       |  % of voting  | 
| instrument |Expiration Date|Exercise Period|acquired if the|    rights     | 
|            |               |               |               |               | 
|            |               |               | instrument is |               | 
|____________|_______________|_______________|___exercised___|_______________| 
|Right of    |               |               |               |               | 
|recall over |               |               |               |               | 
|securities  |at any time    |at any time    |      3 525 310|         5,22 %| 
|lending     |               |               |               |               | 
|agreements__|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________| 
|____________|_______________|_SUBTOTAL_B.1__|______3_525_310|_________5,22_%| 
 
 ______________________________________________________________________________ 
|B 2: Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 2 BörseG  | 
|2018__________________________________________________________________________| 
|  Type of  | Expiration | Exercise  | Physical /  | Number of   | % of voting | 
|instrument |    Date    |  Period   |    Cash     |voting rights|   rights    | 
|___________|____________|___________|_Settlement__|_____________|_____________| 
|Equity_Swap|04.07.2022__|at_any_time|____Cash_____|________4_127|_______0,01_%| 
|___________|____________|___________|SUBTOTAL_B.2_|________4_127|_______0,01_%| 
 
 
8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation: 
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural 
person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding 
directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer. 
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: 
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|          |             |           |             | Financial/  |             | 
|          |             | Directly  | Shares held |    other    |Total of both| 
|   No.    |    Name     |controlled |directly (%) | instruments |     (%)     | 
|          |             |  by No.   |             |held directly|             | 
|__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____(%)_____|_____________| 
|    1     |Morgan       |           |             |             |             | 
|__________|Stanley______|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| 
|          |Morgan       |           |             |             |             | 
|          |Stanley      |           |             |             |             | 
|    2     |Capital      |     1     |             |             |             | 
|          |Management,  |           |             |             |             | 
|__________|LLC__________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| 
|          |Morgan       |           |             |             |             | 
|          |Stanley      |           |             |             |             | 
|    3     |Domestic     |     2     |             |             |             | 
|          |Holdings,    |           |             |             |             | 
|__________|Inc._________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| 
|          |Morgan       |           |             |             |             | 
|    4     |Stanley & Co.|     3     |       0,00 %|       2,16 %|       2,16 %| 
|__________|LLC__________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| 
|          |Prime Dealer |           |             |             |             | 
|    5     |Services     |     4     |       0,00 %|       0,07 %|       0,07 %| 
|__________|Corp.________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| 
|          |Morgan       |           |             |             |             | 
|    6     |Stanley      |     1     |             |             |             | 
|          |International|           |             |             |             | 
|__________|Holdings_Inc.|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| 
|          |Morgan       |           |             |             |             | 
|    7     |Stanley      |     6     |             |             |             | 
|          |International|           |             |             |             | 
|__________|Limited______|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| 
|          |Morgan       |           |             |             |             | 
|    8     |Stanley      |     7     |             |             |             | 
|          |Investments  |           |             |             |             | 
|__________|(UK)_________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| 
|          |Morgan       |           |             |             |             | 
|    9     |Stanley & Co.|     8     |       0,00 %|       2,99 %|       2,99 %| 
|          |International|           |             |             |             | 
|__________|plc__________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| 
 
9. In case of proxy voting 
Date of general meeting: - 
Voting rights after general meeting: - is equivalent to - voting rights. 
10. Sonstige Kommentare: 
Notification is triggered due to the non-application of the Trading Book 
Exemption which is available under Article 130(4) of the Stock Exchange Act 
following the UK leaving the EU 
Glasgow am 5.1.2021 
 
 
 
Further inquiry note: 
Austrian Post 
Harald Hagenauer 
Head of Investor Relations, Group Auditing & Compliance 
Tel.: +43 (0) 57767-30400 
investor@post.at 
 
 
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