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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.---------------------------------------------------------------------------UBS AG, Zurich/Switzerland, with regard to its shareholding in SHW AG,Aalen/Germany, has notified us by voting rights notification pursuant tosection 25a of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) as follows:1. Listed company:SHW AGWilhelmstraße 67, 73433 Aalen/Germany2. Notifier:UBS AG, Zurich/Switzerland3. Triggering event:Exceeding threshold4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached:5 %5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached: 17.09.20156. Total amount of voting rights:5.09 % (equals 327,698 voting rights)calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued:6,436,2097. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion:Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant tosec. 25a WpHG:0.07% (equals 4,287 voting rights)thereof held indirectly:                                                   0.00% (equals 0 voting rights)Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant tosec. 25 WpHG :1.47% (equals 94,634 voting rights)thereof held indirectly:                                                   1.47% (equals 94,500 voting rights)Voting rights pursuant to sec. 21, 22 WpHG:                                3.55% (equals 228,777 voting rights)8. Detailed information on financial/other instruments pursuant to sec. 25aWpHG:ISIN or name/description of the financial/other instrument:Equity swaps, Expiration date: 06.06.2016Equity swaps, Expiration date: 20.12.2016SHW 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------