LANXESS AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 05.02.2009 Release of a Voting Rights announcement --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release of a notification of Voting Rights pursuant to § 26 para. 1 WpHG February 2009 AXA S.A., Paris, France, on 30 January 2009, has fallen below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights of Lanxess AG, Leverkusen, Deutschland, and on that day holds 2.72 % of the voting rights (=2,264,482 voting rights). Those 2.72 % (=2,264,482 voting rights) are attributed to AXA S.A., Paris, France pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG. DGAP 05.02.2009 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: LANXESS AG Gebäude K10 51369 Leverkusen Deutschland Internet: www.lanxess.com End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
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