BASF SE / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 13.09.2010 11:23 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 BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., New York, USA, BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA and BlackRock, Inc., New York, USA have notified us on September 10, 2010 pursuant to § 21 para 1 and § 24 WpHG as follows: 1. On September 06, 2010 the percentage holding of the voting rights of BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. in BASF SE exceeded the threshold of 5% and amounts to 5.17% (47.441.547 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. 2. On September 06, 2010 the percentage holding of the voting rights of BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. in BASF SE exceeded the threshold of 5% and amounts to 5.17% (47.441.547 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. 3. On September 06, 2010 the percentage holding of the voting rights of BlackRock, Inc. in BASF SE exceeded the threshold of 5% and amounts to 5.35% (49.153.648 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 13, 2010 BASF SE 13.09.2010 11:23 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: BASF SE Carl-Bosch-StraÃe 38 67056 Ludwigshafen Deutschland Internet: www.basf.com End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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