RWE : Publication of a Voting Rights announcement according to Articles 26 and 25, Sec. 1 WpHG from BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.

Notification of voting rights pursuant to Art. 25, Sec. 1 WpHG
We received the following notification pursuant to Art. 25, Sec. 1 WpHG on
February 26, 2015:

1. Listed company:
RWE Aktiengesellschaft
Opernplatz 1, 45128 Essen, Germany

2. Notifier:
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.

3. Triggering event:
Exceeding Threshold

4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached:
5%

5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached:
24.02.2015

6. Total amount of voting rights:
5.40% (equals 31072487 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:
0.001% (equals 3500 voting rights)

thereof held indirectly:
0.001% (equals 3500 voting rights)

Voting rights pursuant to Art. 21, 22 WpHG:
5.40% (equals 31068987 voting rights)

8. Detailed information on financial/other instruments pursuant to Art. 25
WpHG:

Chain of controlled undertakings:
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC, BlackRock
Holdco 6, LLC, BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc., BlackRock Institutional
Trust Company, National Association

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