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 25.08.2015 09:18Dissemination 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 sent. 1 of the German SecuritiesTrading Act (WpHG) with the objective of Europe-wide distributionUBS Group AG, Zurich/Switzerland, with regard to its shareholding in SHWAG, Aalen/Germany, has notified us by voting rights notification pursuantto section 25 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) as follows: 1. Listed company:    SHW AG    Wilhelmstraße 67, 73433 Aalen/Germany 2. Notifier:    UBS Group AG, Zurich/Switzerland 3. Triggering event:    Exceeding threshold 4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached:    5 % 5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached:     18.08.2015 6. Total amount of voting rights:    5.04 % (equals 324,160 voting rights)    calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued:    6,436,209 7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion:    Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments    pursuant to sec. 25 WpHG:     1.16% (equals 74,665 voting rights)    thereof held indirectly:     1.16% (equals 74,665 voting rights)    Voting rights pursuant to sec. 21, 22 WpHG:                               3.88% (equals 249,495 voting rights) 8. Detailed information on financial/other instruments pursuant to sec. 25    WpHG:    Chain of controlled undertakings: UBS AG, UBS Switzerland AG    Exercise period: At any timeSHW AGThe Management Board25.08.2015 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------