BASF SE / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 13.09.2010 11:25 Dissemination of a UK Regulatory 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 11:25 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 Phone: +49 (0)621 60-0 Fax: +49 (0)621 60-4 25 25 E-mail: info.service@basf.com Internet: www.basf.com ISIN: DE000BASF111, DE000A0JRFB0, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, DE000A0JRFA2, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, DE000A0JQF26, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, DE000A0EUB86, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, DE0008846718, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, DE000A0XFK16, Börse Luxemburg, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, XS0420401779, Börse Luxemburg, XS0412154378, Börse Luxemburg, Frankfurter Börse, DE000A0T4DU7,Börse Luxemburg, Frankfurter Börse, CH0039943292, Swiss Exchange (SWX), CH0039943383, Swiss Exchange (SWX), DE000A0TKBM, Börse Luxemburg, Frankfurter Börse, XS0414672070, Börse Luxemburg, , Indices: DAX, EURO STOXX 50 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Berlin, Stuttgart, Hannover, Hamburg, München, Düsseldorf; Terminbörse EUREX; Foreign Exchange(s) London, SIX Category Code: MSC LSE Ticker: BFA Sequence Number: 574 Time of Receipt: Sep 13, 2010 11:21:37 End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-UK-Regulatory: BASF SE: 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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