Notification of voting rights pursuant to Art. 25, Sec. 1 WpHG
We received the following notification pursuant to Art. 25, Sec. 1 WpHG on
September 28, 2015:

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

2. Notifier:
BlackRock, Inc., Wilmington, DE, United States

3. Triggering event:
Falling below threshold

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

5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached:
24.09.2015

6. Total amount of voting rights:
4.998% (equals 28775700 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:
0.18% (equals 1010295 voting rights)

thereof held indirectly:
0.18% (equals 1010295 voting rights)

Voting rights pursuant to Art. 21, 22 WpHG:
4.82% (equals 27765405 voting rights)

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

Chain of controlled undertakings:
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., BlackRock
Holdco 4, LLC, BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC, BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc.,
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association

ISIN or name/description of the financial/other instrument: -
Exercise period:
Maturity:
Expiration date:

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