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

SHW AG 25.02.2015 09:44Dissemination 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 distributionAllianz Global Investors GmbH, with regard to its shareholding in SHW AG,Aalen/Germany, has notified us by voting rights notification pursuant tosections 21 para. 1, 22 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) asfollows:The percentage of voting rights of Allianz Global Investors GmbH, Frankfurtam Main/Germany, in the company SHW AG, Wilhelmstrasse 67, 73433Aalen-Wasseralfingen/Germany, exceeded the 5% threshold to a percentage of5.24% as per settlement date 20 February 2015. This corresponds to 337,334out of a total of 6,436,209 voting rights issued by the company.Of these voting rights 2.25% is to be attributed to Allianz GlobalInvestors GmbH pursuant to Section 22 (1) sentence 1 No. 6 WpHG. Thiscorresponds to 144,539 out of a total of 6,436,209 voting rights issued bythe company.SHW AGThe Management Board25.02.2015 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------