DGAP-PVR: LANXESS AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

LANXESS AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)

05.01.2009 

Release of a Voting Rights announcement
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Release of a notification of Voting Rights pursuant to § 26 para. 1 WpHG

December 2008

1)
Morgan Stanley, The Corporation Trust Company, The Corporation Trust
Center, Wilmington, USA, on 24 December 2008, has exceeded the threshold of
5% of the voting rights  of Lanxess AG, Chemiepark Leverkusen, Gebäude K
10, D - 51369 Leverkusen, Germany, and on that day holds 5.27% (= 4,386,897
shares, each carrying one voting right) whereby 5.27% (= 4,383,212 shares,
each carrying one voting right) of the voting rights of Lanxess AG have to
be attributed from Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, New York, USA,
pursuant to Section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 1 German Securities Trading Act.
2)
This chain of entities is represented as follows (starting on the highest
level):
1. Morgan Stanley (Delaware)
2. Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (Delaware)

DGAP 05.01.2009 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       LANXESS AG
              Gebäude K10
              51369 Leverkusen
              Deutschland
Internet:     www.lanxess.com
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