LANXESS AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 18.05.2010 15:58 Dissemination of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release of a notification of Voting Rights pursuant to § 26 para. 1 WpHG May 2010 Third Avenue Management LLC, New York, USA informed us pursuant to section 21 para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act ('WpHG'), that on May 11, 2010 their voting interest in LANXESS AG, Gebäude K 10, D - 51369 Leverkusen, Germany (the 'Issuer'), crossed below the threshold of 3% and amounts 2,484,189 voting rights of the Issuer corresponding to approximately 2.99% of all voting rights on this day. In total 2,484,189 voting rights corresponding to approximately 2.99% of the voting rights are attributable in accordance with section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 6 of the WpHG. 18.05.2010 15:58 Ad hoc announcement, Financial News and Media Release distributed by DGAP. Medienarchiv at |[![CDATA[|[a href="http://www.dgap-medientreff.de"|]www.dgap-medientreff.de|[/a|]]]|] and |[![CDATA[|[a href="http://www.dgap.de"|]www.dgap.de|[/a|]]]|] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: 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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