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SHW AG 24.09.2015 10:07Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted byDGAP - a service of EQS Group AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.---------------------------------------------------------------------------The 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 TradingAct(WpHG) as follows:1. UBS Group AGOn 17 September 2015, the stake of UBS Group AG, Zurich/Switzerland, in thevoting rights in SHW AG, Wilhelmstrasse 67, 73433 Aalen/Germany, exceededthe threshold of 3%. On that date, UBS Group AG held 3.55% of the votingrights in SHW AG (228,777 voting rights). All such voting rights wereattributed to UBS Group AG pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 1WpHG from UBS AG, being a shareholder holding directly 3% or more of thevoting rights in SHW AG.2. UBS AGOn 17 September 2015, the stake of UBS AG, Zurich/Switzerland, in thevoting rights in SHW AG, Wilhelmstrasse 67, 73433 Aalen/Germany, exceededthe threshold of 3%. On that date, UBS AG held 3.55% of the voting rightsin SHW AG (228,777 voting rights). Thereof, 0.13% of the voting rights inSHW AG (8,348 voting rights) were directly held by UBS AG and 3.42% of thevoting rights in SHW AG (220,429 voting rights) were attributed to UBS AGpursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 1 WpHG.SHW AGThe Management Board24.09.2015 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------