EANS-Voting Rights: MVV Energie AG / Release according to article 26, section 1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of Europe-wide distribution

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Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is
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Announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG (share)

Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name: see announcement below
Place: see announcement below
State: see announcement below

We hereby announce that we have received the following notification from
Barclays plc, London, United Kingdom:

Barclays plc, London, United Kingdom, exceeded its shareholding over the 5%
threshold according § 21 para. 1 WpHG on 2 August 2012 and at that date
indirectly held 5.56% of the voting rights (i.e. 3,664,966 shares with voting
rights) in MVV Energie AG, Luisenring 49, 68159 Mannheim.

Barclays plc was attributed all voting rights pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1
no. 1 WpHG via its subsidiaries Barclay Bank plc and Barclays Capital
Securities Limited. Barclays Capital Securities Limited is the direct owner of
those shares.

We further announce that we have received the following notification from
Barclay plc, London, United Kingdom, in the name of and on behalf of Barclays
Bank plc:

Barclays Bank plc, London, United Kingdom, exceeded its shareholding over the
5% threshold according § 21 para. 1 WpHG on 2 August 2012 and at that date
indirectly held 5.56% of the voting rights (i.e. 3,664,966 shares with voting
rights) in MVV Energie AG, Luisenring 49, 68159 Mannheim.

Barclays Bank plc, London, United Kingdom, was attributed all voting rights
pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 1 WpHG via its subsidiary Barclays Capital
Securities Limited. Barclays Capital Securities Limited is the direct owner of
those shares.

We further announce that we have received the following notification from
Barclay plc, London, United Kingdom, in the name of and on behalf of Barclays
Capital Securities Limited:

Barclays Capital Securities Limited, London, United Kingdom, exceeded its
shareholding over the 5% threshold according § 21 para. 1 WpHG on 2 August 2012
and at that date directly held 5.56% of the voting rights (i.e. 3,664,966
shares with voting rights) in MVV Energie AG, Luisenring 49, 68159 Mannheim.

Further inquiry note:
Frank Nagel
Tel.: +49(0)621 290-2692
e-mail. f.nagel@mvv.de

end of announcement euro adhoc
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issuer: MVV Energie AG
Luisenring 49
D-68159 Mannheim
phone: +49(0)621 290-3708
FAX: +49(0)621 290-3075
mail: ir@mvv.de
WWW: http://www.mvv-investor.de
sector: Energy
ISIN: DE000A0H52F5
indexes: SDAX, CDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, regulated dealing:
Stuttgart, regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English