Publication pursuant to § 7 of the Austrian Publication Ordinance (Veröffentlichungsverordnung)

Release according to Section 7 of the Veröffentlichungsverordnung 2002

On 17 September 2013, AT & S announced that it had decided to offer for sale up to 2,577,412 xxTreasury Shares by way of a public offering in Austria and a non-public offering outside of Austria and the United States to selected institutional investors. On 27 September 2013 AT & S announced the intended treasury share sale programme in accordance with Section 5 of the Veröffentlichungsverordnung 2002 (BGBl II 2002/112). Pursuant to Section 7 of the Veröffentlichungsverordnung 2002 in connection with Section 82 para 9 Stock Exchange Act AT & S publishes the following information on the actual sale of xxTreasury Shares which took place on 9 October 2013:

AT & S hereby announces in accordance with Section 7 para 3 of the Veröffentlichungsverordnung 2002 that more than 0.1% of the share capital have been sold. AT & S further announces in accordance with Section 7 para 4 of the Veröffentlichungsverordnung 2002 that all of its xxTreasury Shares have been sold and the treasury share sale programme announced on 27 September 2013 has been terminated.