LANXESS AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)
17.11.2008
Release of a Voting Rights announcement
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Release of a notification of Voting Rights pursuant to § 26 para. 1 WpHG
November 2008
Falling below the threshold of 5 % of AXA S.A. and falling below the
threshold of 3 % of other companies of the AXA Group.
With the present declaration diverse companies of the AXA group, following
§ 21 para. 1 German Securities Trading Act notify us of:
The proportion of voting rights of AllianceBernstein L.P., New York, USA,
has on 30 October 2008 fallen below the threshold of 3 % of the voting
rights of Lanxess AG and on that day was at 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting
rights). Those 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting rights) have to be attributed to
AllianceBernstein L.P. according to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6 German
Securities Trading Act.
The proportion of voting rights of AllianceBernstein Corporation, New York,
USA, has on 30 October 2008 fallen below the threshold of 3 % of the voting
rights of Lanxess AG and on that day was at 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting
rights). Those 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting rights) have to be attributed to
AllianceBernstein Corporation according to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6 in
conjunction with sent. 2 German Securities Trading Act.
The proportion of voting rights of Equitable Holdings LLC, New York, USA,
has on 30 October 2008 fallen below the threshold of 3 % of the voting
rights of Lanxess AG and on that day was at 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting
rights). Those 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting rights) have to be attributed to
Equitable Holdings LLC according to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6 in
conjunction with sent. 2 German Securities Trading Act.
The proportion of voting rights of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company,
New York, USA, has on 30 October 2008 fallen below the threshold of 3 % of
the voting rights of Lanxess AG and on that day was at 2.93 % (2,434,716
voting rights). Those 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting rights) have to be
attributed to AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company according to § 22 para.
1 sent. 1 No. 6 in conjunction with sent. 2 German Securities Trading Act.
The proportion of voting rights of AXA Equitable Financial Services, LLC,
New York, USA, has on 30 October 2008 fallen below the threshold of 3 % of
the voting rights of Lanxess AG and on that day was at 2.93 % (2,434,716
voting rights). Those 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting rights) have to be
attributed to AXA Equitable Financial Services, LLC according to § 22 para.
1 sent. 1 No. 6 in conjunction with sent. 2 German Securities Trading Act.
The proportion of voting rights of AXA Financial, Inc., New York, USA, has
on 30 October 2008 fallen below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights of
Lanxess AG and on that day was at 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting rights). Those
2.93 % (2,434,716 voting rights) have to be attributed to AXA Financial,
Inc. according to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6 in conjunction with sent. 2
German Securities Trading Act.
The proportion of voting rights of AXA S.A., Paris, France, has on 30
October 2008 fallen below the threshold of 5 % of voting rights of Lanxess
AG and on that day was at 4.66 % (3,880,514 voting rights). Those voting
rights have to be attributed to AXA S.A. in full height according to § 22
para. 1 sent 1. No. 6 in conjunction with sent. 2 German Securities Trading
Act.
DGAP 17.11.2008
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Language: English
Issuer: LANXESS AG
Gebäude K10
51369 Leverkusen
Deutschland
Internet: www.lanxess.com
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