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Transparency Statement by Schroders Plc

5 August 2011 – Hansen Transmissions International NV (LSE ticker ‘HSN’) reports that on 4 August 2011 it received a transparency statement, which shows that on 3 August 2011 the parent undertaking

Schroders Plc, through Schroders Investment Management Ltd, held 32,580,669 (or 4.86%) voting rights of the total 670,104,208 voting rights in Hansen Transmissions International NV.

Schroders Plc is the parent company of Schroder Administration Limited, which itself is the parent company of Schroders Investment Management Limited. The latter is a discretionary fund manager holding shares on behalf of Schroders Plc’s clients and can exercise the voting rights for all shares mentioned in this transparency statement.

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

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

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