SHW AG 24.02.2015 16:03Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted byDGAP - a service of EQS Group AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.---------------------------------------------------------------------------SHW AGRelease pursuant to section 26 para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act(WpHG) with the objective of Europe-wide distributionThe following entities, with regard to their respective shareholdings inSHW AG, Aalen/Germany, have notified us by voting rights notificationspursuant to sections 21 para. 1, 22 of the German Securities Trading Act(WpHG) as follows:1. FIL LimitedOn 18 February 2015, the stake of FIL Limited, Hamilton/Bermuda, in thevoting rights in SHW AG, Wilhelmstrasse 67, 73433 Aalen/Germany, fell belowthe threshold of 3%. On that date, FIL Limited held 2.97% of the votingrights in SHW AG (190,960 voting rights). All such voting rights wereattributed to FIL Limited pursuant to section 22 para.1 sent.1 no.6 WpHG.2. FIL Holdings (UK) LimitedOn 18 February 2015, the stake of FIL Holdings (UK) Limited,Hildenborough/United Kingdom, in the voting rights in SHW AG,Wilhelmstrasse 67, 73433 Aalen/Germany, fell below the threshold of 3%. Onthat date, FIL Holdings (UK) Limited held 2.97% of the voting rights in SHWAG (190,960 voting rights). All such voting rights were attributed to FILHoldings (UK) Limited pursuant to section 22 para.1 sent.1 no.6 inconnection with sent. 2 WpHG.3. FIL Investments InternationalOn 18 February 2015, the stake of FIL Investments International,Hildenborough/United Kingdom, in the voting rights in SHW AG,Wilhelmstrasse 67, 73433 Aalen/Germany, fell below the threshold of 3%. Onthat date, FIL Investments International held 2.97% of the voting rights inSHW AG (190,960 voting rights). All such voting rights were attributed toFIL Investments International pursuant to section 22 para.1 sent.1 no.6WpHG.4. Fidelity Funds SICAVOn 18 February 2015, the stake of Fidelity Funds SICAV,Luxembourg/Luxembourg, in the voting rights in SHW AG, Wilhelmstrasse 67,73433 Aalen/Germany, fell below the threshold of 3%. On that date, FidelityFunds SICAV directly held 2.97% of the voting rights in SHW AG (190,960voting rights).SHW AGThe Management Board24.02.2015 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:     EnglishCompany:      SHW AG              Wilhelmstrasse 67              73433 Aalen-Wasseralfingen              GermanyInternet:     www.shw.de End of Announcement                             DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------