Rheinmetall AG 07.04.2015 10:34 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On April 06, 2015, Harris Associates L.P., Chicago, IL, United States has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on Rheinmetall AG, Düsseldorf, Germany, have fallen below the 3% threshold of the Voting Rights on April 01, 2015 and on that day amounted to 2.80% (this corresponds to 1110387 Voting Rights). 2.80% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 1110387 Voting Rights) are attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act). 07.04.2015 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Rheinmetall AG Rheinmetall Platz 1 40476 Düsseldorf Germany Internet: www.rheinmetall.com End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------