Rheinmetall AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)
Release of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of
EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Veröffentlichung gemäß § 26 Abs. 1 WpHG
On 20 March 2009 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 below the 5% and 3% threshold and amounted to 2.97% (equivalent to
1,068,490 shares of 36,000,000 total shares) on 12 January 2009. 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 5% and 3% threshold and amounted to
2.97% (equivalent to 1,068,490 shares of 36,000,000 total shares) on 12
January 2009. 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 5% and 3% threshold and amounted to
2.97% (equivalent to 1,068,490 shares of 36,000,000 total shares) on 12
January 2009. These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to
Schroder Investment Management Ltd. pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no.
6 WpHG.
23.03.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language: English
Issuer: Rheinmetall AG
Rheinmetall Platz 1
40476 Düsseldorf
Deutschland
Internet: www.rheinmetall.com
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