BASF SE / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 06.01.2009 Release of a UK Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BASF SE, 67056 Ludwigshafen Release according to § 26 para 1 sentence 1 WpHG AXA Investment Managers Deutschland GmbH has notified us on January 5, 2009 in the name and on behalf of AXA S.A., 25, Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris, France, as follows: On January 2, 2009 the share of AXA S.A., 25, Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris, France, of the voting rights in BASF SE fell below the threshhold of 5% of the voting rihts in BASF SE and at that date amounted to 4.66% (42.990.191 voting rihts). These voting rights are attributed persuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG. Ludwigshafen, January 6, 2009 BASF SE DGAP 06.01.2009 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: BASF SE Carl-Bosch-Straße 38 67056 Ludwigshafen Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)621 60-0 Fax: +49 (0)621 60-4 25 25 E-mail: info.service@basf.com Internet: www.basf.com ISIN: DE0005151005, DE000A0JRFB0, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, , DE000A0JRFA2, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, , DE000A0JQF26, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, , DE000A0EUB86, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, , DE0008846718, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, Indices: DAX, EURO STOXX 50 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hannover, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg; Terminbörse EUREX; Foreign Exchange(s) London, SWX Category Code: MSC LSE Ticker: BFA Sequence Number: 49 Time of Receipt: Jan 06, 2009 14:54:33 End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-UK-Regulatory: BASF SE: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution
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