Notification of shareholding pursuant to Sec 93 BoerseG (Austrian Stock Exchange Act)
 

Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG (SBO) was informed on 26.11.2014 and announces, pursuant to Sec 93 BoerseG in conjunction with Sec 91 and Sec 92 (6) BoerseG, that Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1295 State Street, Springfield, MA 01111, Unites States (“MassMutual“) now holds less than 5% of the voting rights in SBO indirectly via several subsidiaries controlled by it.

Prior to the purchase transaction triggering the notification obligation MassMutual held indirectly via several funds 5.2532% of the voting rights relating to 840,506 shares in SBO which are managed by its subsidiary OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI“).

Following the purchase transaction triggering the notification obligation of 24.11.2014 MassMutual now holds indirectly via several funds 4.6622% of the voting rights relating to 745,954 shares in SBO which are managed by OFI. OFI is entitled to exercise the voting rights in SBO for funds managed by it at its own discretion.


OFI Global Institutional, Inc. is controlled by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is controlled by Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., which, in turn, is managed by MM Asset Management Holding LLC. MM Asset Management Holding LLC is controlled by MassMutual Holding LLC, which is finally controlled by MassMutual.


Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.
Oppenheimerfunds, Inc.
OFI Global Institutional, Inc.
225 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10281
United States

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
MassMutual Holding LLC
MM Asset Management Holding LLC.
1295 State Street
Springfield MA 01111
United States


The SBO shares are held directly by several funds managed by OFI. OFI is entitled to exercise the voting rights in SBO for funds managed by it at its own discretion.

Pursuant to the legal provisions of Sec 91 (1) in conjunction with Sec 92 (5) BoerseG SBO has furthermore been informed separately on 26.11.2014 that OFI itself now indirectly holds less than 5% of the voting rights in SBO via several funds managed by it. Prior to the purchase transaction triggering the notification obligation OFI held via funds managed by it 5.2532% of the voting rights relating to 840,506 shares in SBO. Following the purchase transaction triggering the notification obligation of 24.11.2014 OFI now holds 4.6622% of the voting rights relating to 745,954 shares in SBO. OFI is entitled to exercise the voting rights in SBO for funds managed by it at its own discretion. The voting rights are held indirectly via several funds managed by OFI.


Ternitz, 28 November 2014

The Executive Board