Bayer Aktiengesellschaft / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)
13.08.2010 12:01
Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by
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The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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By letter dated on August 11, 2010 the announcing entity BlackRock, Inc.,
New York, USA, has notified us, the issuer Bayer AG, 51373 Leverkusen,
Germany, pursuant to Article 21, Section 1 of the Securities Trading Act
(Wertpapierhandelsgesetz - 'WpHG') as follows:
The amount of voting rights of BlackRock, Inc. in Bayer AG have exceeded
the threshold of 5% on August 5, 2010 and amounts to 5.04% (41,709,659
voting rights) on that day. All of the voting rights are attributable to
BlackRock, Inc. pursuant to Article 22 Section 1 Sentence 1 No 6 in
connection with Sentence 2 WpHG.
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Language: English
Company: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 1
51373 Leverkusen
Deutschland
Internet: www.bayer-ag.de
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