LANXESS AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 18.12.2007 Release of a Voting Rights announcement --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proportations of Voting Rights pursuant to § 21 para. 1 WpHG December 2007 Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Limited, London, UK, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of December 6, 2007 they have exceeded the threshold of 5% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 5.11% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 4,251,788 voting rights. These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Limited pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with § 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG via subsidiaries one of which Barclays Global Investors NA, San Francisco, USA, had itself a shareholding of 3% or more of the voting rights in Lanxess AG. Barclays Global Investors NA, San Francisco, USA, exceeded the 3% threshold of § 21 para. 1 WpHG on December 4, 2007 and held 3.05% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,541,459 voting rights. Barclays Global Investors NA, San Francisco, USA, was attributed these 3.05% of the voting rights pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG. DGAP 18.12.2007 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: LANXESS AG Gebäude K10 51369 Leverkusen Deutschland Internet: www.lanxess.com End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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