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Transparency Statement by FIL Limited

3 August 2011 – Hansen Transmissions International NV (LSE ticker ‘HSN’) reports that on 2 August 2011 it received a transparency statement, which shows that on 27 July 2011 FIL Limited held 14,161,529 (or

2.11%) voting rights of the total 670,104,208 voting rights in Hansen Transmissions International NV.

The notification document is available on Hansen's website on:

http://ir.hansentransmissions.com/ir/shareholder_information/shareholder_notifications

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