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RWE Aktiengesellschaft 30.04.2015 13:56 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification of voting rights pursuant to Art. 25, Sec. 1 WpHG We received the following notification pursuant to Art. 25, Sec. 1 WpHG on April 29, 2015: 1. Listed company: RWE Aktiengesellschaft Opernplatz 1, 45128 Essen, Germany 2. Notifier: Morgan Stanley, Wilmington, Delware, United States 3. Triggering event: Falling below threshold 4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached: 5% 5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached: 23.04.2015 6. Total amount of voting rights: 3.28% (equals 18856545 voting rights) calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 575745499 7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion: Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to Art. 25 WpHG: 2.84% (equals 16365082 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 2.84% (equals 16365082 voting rights) Voting rights pursuant to Art. 21, 22 WpHG: 0.43% (equals 2491463 voting rights) 8. Detailed information on financial/other instruments pursuant to Art. 25 WpHG: Chain of controlled undertakings: Morgan Stanley Capital Mangement LLC, Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc., MS Equity Financing Services (Luxembourg) Sarl, Morgan Stanley International Limited, Morgan Stanley Group (Europe), Morgan Stanley UK Group, Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Morgan Stanley Turnberry Limited, Morgan Stanley Montgomerie Investments Limited, Morgan Stanley Equity Derivative Services (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l. MSDW Offshore Equity Services Inc., Morgan Stanley Eder S.a.r.l., Morgan Stanley Equity Trading GP Limited, Morgan Stanley Global Equity Trading (Jersey) L.P. ISIN or name/description of the financial/other instrument: Retransfer Claims Exercise period: Maturity: Expiration date: Various contracts that can be exercised at the lender's discretion. 30.04.2015 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: RWE Aktiengesellschaft Opernplatz 1 45128 Essen Germany Internet: www.rwe.com End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------