BASF SE / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 01.09.2010 12:00 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 according to § 26 para 1 sentence 1 WpHG BR Jersey International Holdings L.P., St. Helier, Jersey, BlackRock International Holdings, Inc., New York, USA, BlackRock Advisors Holdings, Inc., New York, USA, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., New York, USA, BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., New York, USA and BlackRock, Inc., New York, USA have notified us on August 31, 2010 pursuant to § 21 para 1 and § 24 WpHG as follows: 1. On August 25, 2010 the percentage holding of the voting rights of BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. in BASF SE fell below the threshold of 3% and amounts to 1.63% (14.993.063 voting shares) on that day. All of the voting rights are attributable to BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG. 2. On August 25, 2010 the percentage holding of the voting rights of BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. in BASF SE fell below the threshold of 3% and amounts to 1.63% (14.993.063 voting shares) on that day. All of the voting rights are attributable to BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG. 3. On August 25, 2010 the percentage holding of the voting rights of BlackRock Advisors Holdings, Inc. in BASF SE fell below the threshold of 3% and amounts to 1.64% (15.090.963 voting shares) on that day. All of the voting rights are attributable to BlackRock Advisors Holdings, Inc. pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG. 4. On August 25, 2010 the percentage holding of the voting rights of BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. in BASF SE fell below the threshold of 5% and amounts to 4.11% (37.754.642 voting shares) on that day. All of the voting rights are attributable to BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG. 5. On August 25, 2010 the percentage holding of the voting rights of BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. in BASF SE fell below the threshold of 5% and amounts to 4.11% (37.754.642 voting shares) on that day. All of the voting rigths are attributable to BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG. 6. On August 25, 2010 the percentage holding of the voting rights of BlackRock, Inc. in BASF SE fell below the threshold of 5% and amounts to 4.30% (39.472.900 voting shares) on that day. All of the voting rights are attributable to BlackRock, Inc. pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG. Ludwigshafen, September 1, 2010 BASF SE 01.09.2010 12:00 Ad hoc announcement, Financial News and Press 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: BASF SE Carl-Bosch-StraÃe 38 67056 Ludwigshafen Deutschland Internet: www.basf.com End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-PVR: BASF SE: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution
| Source: EQS Group AG