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Rheinmetall AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

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

16.02.2010 14:53

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Veröffentlichung gemäß § 26 Abs. 1 WpHG

On 15 February 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 EC2V 7QA, 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 above the 3% threshold and amounted to 3.33% (equivalent to 1,318,155
shares of 39,599,000 total shares) on 12 February 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 above the 3% threshold and amounted to 3.33%
(equivalent to 1,318,155 shares of 39,599,000 total shares) on 12 February
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 above the 3% threshold and amounted to 3.33%
(equivalent to 1,318,155 shares of 39,599,000 total shares) on 12 February
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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