Brenntag AG 18.01.2012 17:36 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On January 16, 2012, Ameriprise Financial, Inc., Minneapolis, USA, has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that its proportion of voting rights on Brenntag AG, Stinnes-Platz 1, 45472 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Deutschland, has exceeded the 3% threshold of the voting rights on January 10, 2012 and on that day amounted to 3.07% (this corresponds to 1,579,224 voting rights). According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG, 3.07% of the voting rights (this corresponds to 1,579,224 voting rights) is to be attributed to the company, whereof in turn 0.02% (this corresponds to 8,020 voting rights) is to be attributed according to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG. 18.01.2012 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: Brenntag AG Stinnes Platz 1 45472 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany Internet: www.brenntag.com End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-PVR: Brenntag 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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