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


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

11.07.2011 / 09:12

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Starting on 12 July 2011 LANXESS AG will acquire up to 140,000 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 22 July 2011.

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

Leverkusen, July 2011

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                                                 
Listed:      Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard);       
             Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover,  
             München, Stuttgart; Terminbörse EUREX                  
 
 
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