Hannover Rueck SE

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Sep 30, 2014

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Voting Rights Announcements | 30 September 2014 14:08

Hannover Rück SE: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

Hannover Rück SE

30.09.2014 14:08

Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by
DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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On 30 September 2014, we habe been notified of the following:

Following a review, conducted in close collaboration with the Bundesanstalt
für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin), of the way BlackRock has
interpreted its voting rights disclosure obligations under German law,
BlackRock entities are filing today a statement representing their holdings
as at the settlement date of 25 September 2014 in Hannover Rück SE.

The statement does not reflect a change in BlackRock's current holdings of
voting rights. The statement simply updates information currently in the
market regarding BlackRock's holdings in Hannover Rück SE, the statement
does not signify any change in investment strategies pursued.

Also, BlackRock issues a press release detailing the BlackRock group
entities and their respective voting rights applicable to Hannover Rück SE
and other relevant German issuers on
http://blackrock.com/corporate/en-gb/news-and-insights/press-releases and
on Bloomberg.

VOTING RIGHTS DISCLOSURE

1. BlackRock, Inc.

Section 21, 22
BlackRock, Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A., hereby informs you pursuant to Sec.
21 para. 1 WpHG that its share in the voting rights of Hannover Rück SE
(ISIN DE0008402215) on 25 September 2014 amounts to 2.75% (this corresponds
to 3,311,208 out of a total of 120,597,134 voting rights (the 'Total Voting
Rights)).

1.02% of the Total Voting Rights (this corresponds to 1,233,873 voting
rights) are to be attributed to BlackRock, Inc. pursuant to Sec. 22 para. 1
sentence 1 No. 1 WpHG.

1.48% of the Total Voting Rights (this corresponds to 1,789,892 voting
rights) are to be attributed to BlackRock, Inc. pursuant to Sec. 22 para. 1
sentence 1 No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG.

0.19% of the Total Voting Rights (this corresponds to 227,211 voting
rights) are to be attributed pursuant to Sec. 22 para. 1 sentence 1 No. 1
WpHG as well as pursuant to Sec. 22 para. 1 sentence 1 No. 6 in connection
with sentence 2 WpHG.

0.05% of the Total Voting Rights (this corresponds to 60,232 voting rights)
are to be attributed pursuant to Sec. 22 para. 1 sentence 1 No. 2 in
connection with sentence 2 WpHG as well as pursuant to Sec. 22 para. 1
sentence 1 No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG.

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Language: English
Company: Hannover Rück SE
Karl-Wiechert-Allee 50
30625 Hannover
Germany
Internet: www.hannover-re.com

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