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Röchling has sold its majority stake in Rheinmetall

Mannheim ( Germany), November 29, 2004 – The Röchling Industrie Verwaltung GmbH (“Röchling”), the majority shareholder of Rheinmetall AG, announced today that it has sold its entire Rheinmetall stake comprising 13,266,556 ordinary shares (73.70% of ordinary shares outstanding) and 1,886,419 preference shares (10.48% of preference shares outstanding) in a private placement. The shares were placed solely to a broad base of more than 75 institutional investors.

Neither this press release nor the information contained herein constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities.

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