DGAP-News: LANXESS AG: Announcement of LANXESS AG according to section 14 para. 2 WpHG, Art. 4 para. 2 Regulation (EC) No. 2273/2003

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LANXESS AG / Share Buyback

14.06.2010 08:52 

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Starting on 15 June 2010 LANXESS AG will acquire 155.000 own shares for the
fulfilment of employees' claims for LANXESS AG shares under an employees'
incentive scheme pursuant to section 71 para. 1 no. 2 AktG.
The shares will be solely acquired in the XETRA trading at the Frankfurt
Stock Exchange. The purchase price (excluding incidental expenses) may not
exceed or undercut by more than 10% the market price of the shares
determined by the opening auction on the respective trading date in the
XETRA trading at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The acquisition of own
shares by LANXESS AG shall at the latest be finalised as of 25 June 2010.

More details are set out on the LANXESS AG homepage at
http://corporate.lanxess.com/en/investor-relations/

Leverkusen, June 2010

The Board of Management


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Language:     English
Company:      LANXESS AG
              Gebäude K10
              51369 Leverkusen
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)214 30 33333
Fax:          +49 (0)214 30 40 944
E-mail:       ir@lanxess.com
Internet:     www.lanxess.com
ISIN:         DE0005470405
WKN:          547040
Indices:      MDAX
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Berlin, München, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart;
              Terminbörse EUREX
 
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