DGAP-CMS: LANXESS AG: Release of a capital market information

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LANXESS AG / Announcement of LANXESS AG according to section 14 para. 2 WpHG, Art. 4 para. 2 Regulation (EC) No. 2273/2003 

28.06.2008 

Release of a Post-admission Duties announcement
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Starting on 1 July 2008 LANXESS AG will acquire 270,098 own shares for the
fulfilment of employees' claims for LANXESS AG shares under an employees'
incentive scheme pursuant to section 71 para. 1 no. 2 AktG. The shares will
be solely acquired in the XETRA trading at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The purchase price (excluding incidental expenses) may not exceed or
undercut by more than 10% the market price of the shares determined by the
opening auction on the respective trading date in the XETRA trading at the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The acquisition of own shares by LANXESS AG shall
at the latest be finalised as of 14 July 2008.

More details are set out on the LANXESS AG homepage at
http://corporate.lanxess.com/de/corporate-home/investor-relations.html

Leverkusen, June 2008

The Board of Management

DGAP 28.06.2008 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       LANXESS AG
              Gebäude K10
              51369 Leverkusen
              Deutschland
Internet:     www.lanxess.com
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