Rheinmetall AG 02.11.2011 11:48 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Veröffentlichung gemäß § 26 Abs. 1 WpHG Die FMR LLC, Boston, USA, hat der Rheinmetall AG mit Fax vom 31. Oktober 2011 folgende Mitteilung gemäß § 21 Abs. 1 WpHG gemacht: 'On 31 October 2011 the voting rights held by FMR LLC fell below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in Rheinmetall AG, Rheinmetall Platz 1, 40476 Duesseldorf, Germany. On that date, FMR LLC held 2.62 % of the voting rights in Rheinmetall AG, arising from 1,037,762 voting rights. All voting rights in Rheinmetall AG were attributed to FMR LLC pursuant to section 22 (1) sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with sent. 2 WpHG.' Rheinmetall AG Der Vorstand 02.11.2011 DGAP's 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------