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Rheinmetall AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)

25.05.2010 08:44

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On 20 May 2010 Schroders plc informed us:
Please be aware that Schroders plc. is the parent company of Schroder
Administration Limited, which itself is the parent company of Schroder
Investment Management Limited. The registered address for all three
companies is London, United Kingdom.

We, Schroders plc. write to advise you, in accordance with sec. 21 para. 1
WpHG that our shareholding in Rheinmetall AG, 40476 Düsseldorf, Germany
went below  3% threshold and amounted to 2.65% (equivalent to 1,050,656
shares of 39,599,000 total shares) on 14 May 2010. These voting rights are
in their entirety attributable to Schroders plc. pursuant to sec. 22 para.
1 sent. 1 no. 6 and sent. 2 and 3 WpHG.

We, Schroder Administration Limited, write to advise you in accordance with
sec. 21 para. 1 WpHG that our shareholding in Rheinmetall AG, 40476
Düsseldorf, Germany went below the 3% threshold and amounted to 2.65%
(equivalent to 1,050,656 shares of 39,599,000 total shares) on 14 May 2010.
These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Schroder
Administration Limited pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 and sent.
2 and 3 WpHG.

We, Schroder Investment Management Ltd. write to advise you in accordance
with sec. 21 para. 1 WpHG that our shareholding in Rheinmetall AG, 40476
Düsseldorf, Germany went below the 3% threshold and amounted to 2.20%
(equivalent to 871,156 shares of 39,599,000 total shares) on 14 May 2010.
These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Schroder
Investment Management Ltd. pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG.



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Language:     English
Company:      Rheinmetall AG
              Rheinmetall Platz 1
              40476 Düsseldorf
              Deutschland
Internet:     www.rheinmetall.com
 
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