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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, 3.2.2021 
Overview 
1. Issuer: Österreichische Post Aktiengesellschaft 
2. Reason for the notification: Acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
Other 
3. Person subject to notification obligation 
Name: Morgan Stanley 
City: Wilmington, Delaware 
Country: USA 
4. Name of shareholder(s): Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC 
Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc 
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 1.2.2021 
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  |    0,01 %     |    3,48 %     |    3,49 %    |  67 552 638   | 
|which threshold|               |               |              |               | 
| was crossed / |               |               |              |               | 
|____reached____|_______________|_______________|______________|_______________| 
|  Position of  |               |               |              |               | 
|   previous    |    0,35 %     |    4,84 %     |    5,19 %    |               | 
| 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_|_______________|__________6_631|_______________|__________0,01_%| 
|_SUBTOTAL_A__|_____________6_631_____________|_____________0,01_%_____________| 
 
 ____________________________________________________________________________ 
|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    |      2 344 654|         3,47 %| 
|lending     |               |               |               |               | 
|agreements__|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________| 
|____________|_______________|_SUBTOTAL_B.1__|______2_344_654|_________3,47_%| 
 
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|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. 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 %|       1,09 %|       1,09 %| 
|__________|LLC__________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| 
|          |Prime Dealer |           |             |             |             | 
|    5     |Services     |     4     |             |       0,01 %|       0,01 %| 
|__________|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     |       0,01 %|       2,38 %|       2,39 %| 
|          |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: 
The notification was triggered as a result of the exercise of the right of 
recall over securities lending agreements which resulted in Morgan Stanley 
falling below 4% at group level. 
Glasgow am 3.2.2021 
 
 
 
Further inquiry note: 
Austrian Post 
Harald Hagenauer 
Head of Investor Relations, Group Auditing & Compliance 
Tel.: +43 (0) 57767-30400 
investor@post.at 
 
end of announcement                         euro adhoc 
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