Release of an announcement according to Section 25a, para. 1 of the WpHG

WKN 843002
ISIN - DE0008430026

1. Listed company:

Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in München
Königinstraße 107, 80802 München, Deutschland

2. Notifier:

Société Générale SA, Paris, Frankreich

3. Triggering event:

Exceeding threshold

4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached:

5%

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

03/08/2012

6. Total amount of voting rights:

5.12% (equals 9,165,811 voting rights)
calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 179,341,212

7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion:

Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to sec. 25a WpHG:
4.63% (equals 8,295,771 voting rights)
thereof held indirectly: 2.30% (equals 4,125,600 voting rights)

Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to
sec. 25 WpHG: 0.29% (equals 514,448 voting rights)
thereof held indirectly: 0% (equals 0 voting rights)

Voting rights pursuant to sec. 21, 22 WpHG:
0.20% (equals 355,592 voting rights)

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

Chain of controlled undertakings:
Société Générale Effekten GmbH, Frankfurt, Deutschland

ISIN or name/description of the financial/other instruments:

§ 25a WpHG:
- DE000GS1P4Y7 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 19/06/2013
- DE000VT244Q3 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 21/06/2013
- DE000GS5QC56 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 20/06/2013
- DE000SG26ZJ7 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 19/12/2014
- DE000SG2HP71 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 18/12/2015
- DE000SG2LXN9 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 16/12/2016
- DE000SG26ZK5 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 19/12/2014
- DE000SG2HP89 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 18/12/2015
- DE000SG2WBX1 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 15/12/2017
- DE000SG12HJ5 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 18/12/2015
- DE000SG2LXP4 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 16/12/2016
- DE000SG26ZL3 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 19/12/2014
- DE000SG2WBY9 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 15/12/2017
- DE000SG12HK3 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 18/12/2015
- DE000SG2AKN9 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 18/12/2015
- DE000SG2LXQ2 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 16/12/2016
- DE000SG26ZM1 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 15/12/2017
- DE0008173535 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 03/01/2025
- DE000SG1CV87 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 03/01/2025
- DE000SG2MB05 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 05/01/2015
- DE000SG2WUV5 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 05/01/2015
- DE000SG2WUW3 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 05/01/2015
- DE000SG3AVM6 Listed Call Warrant, Maturity: 05/01/2015
- DE000BN9YFH6 Certificate, Maturity: 20/12/2013
- DE000TB64431 Certificate, Maturity: 21/12/2012
- DE000UU722K9 Certificate, Maturity: 19/04/2013
- Structured Call Option, Maturity: 19/12/2014
- Structured Call Option, Maturity: 02/01/2015
- Structured Call Option, Maturity: 05/01/2015
- Structured Call Option, Maturity: 18/12/2015
- Structured Call Option, Maturity: 16/12/2016
- Structured Call Option, Maturity: 15/12/2017
- Structured Call Option, Maturity: 03/01/2025
- Future *, Maturity: 21/09/2012

§ 25 WpHG:
- Listed Call Option *, Maturity: 17/08/2012
- Listed Call Option *, Maturity: 21/09/2012
- Listed Call Option *, Maturity: 21/12/2012
- Listed Call Option *, Maturity: 21/12/2012
- Listed Call Option *, Maturity: 21/12/2012
- Listed Call Option *, Maturity: 20/12/2013
- Structured Call Option, Maturity: 21/09/2012
- Structured Call Option, Maturity: 21/12/2012
- Structured Call Option, Maturity: 15/03/2013
- Structured Call Option, Maturity: 21/06/2013

* ISIN Code to be provided

Munich, 6 September 2012

The Board of Management