* Stable outlook also unchanged

* Sufficient room to manoeuvre regarding indicators for the BBB- rating

Vienna, 2 January 2013 The international rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has maintained the investment grade rating of BBB- for the publicly listed European construction group STRABAG SE. The outlook also remains unchanged at stable.

Explaining its decision, S&P cited STRABAG's well-diversified and vertically integrated business, its access to raw materials, and the group's adequately high liquidity. At the same time, however, STRABAG finds itself in a cyclical and intensely competitive market with high project risks and low margins, S&P writes in its December update.

According to S&P, STRABAG currently has sufficient room to manoeuvre regarding the key performance indicators for the BBB- rating. The company will need this manoeuvrability in case the stronger price pressure in the sector leads to a short-to-medium-term deterioration of results.

Please find this information also as a pdf-document attached. Do not hesitate to contact us in case you have questions.

Kind regards

STRABAG SE Corporate Communications


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Diana Neumüller-Klein, CFA
Head of Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Spokeswoman
STRABAG SE

Donau-City-Str. 9
1220 Vienna, Austria
Tel. +43 1 22422-1116
Fax +43 1 22422-1177
diana.klein@strabag.com
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