LANXESS AG 22.08.2011 18:06 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 of a notification of Voting Rights pursuant to § 26 para. 1 WpHG August 2011 FIL Holdings Limited, Oakhill House, 130 Tonbridge Road, Hildenborough, Kent, England, UK, notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG of the following: On 17 August 2011 FIL Holdings Limited fell below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG, Building K10, D-51369 Leverkusen, Germany. On that date FIL Holdings Limited held 2.92% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG arising from 2,430,887 voting rights. All voting rights in LANXESS AG were attributed to FIL Holdings Limited pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG in connection with sent. 2 WpHG. FIL Investments International, Oakhill House, 130 Tonbridge Road, Hildenborough, Kent, England, UK, notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG of the following: On 17 August 2011 FIL Investments International fell below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG, Building K10, D-51369 Leverkusen, Germany. On that date FIL Investments International held 2.92% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG arising from 2,430,887 voting rights. All voting rights in LANXESS AG were attributed to FIL Investments International pursuant to section 22 (1) sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG. FIL Limited, P.O. Box HM 670, Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG of the following: On 17 August 2011 FIL Limited fell below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG, Building K10, D-51369 Leverkusen, Germany. On that date FIL Limited held 2.92% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG arising from 2,430,887 voting rights. All voting rights in LANXESS AG were attributed to FIL Limited pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG. 22.08.2011 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: LANXESS AG Gebäude K10 51369 Leverkusen Germany Internet: www.lanxess.com End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-PVR: LANXESS AG: 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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