Brenntag AG 05.07.2012 18:35 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 July 3, 2012 in the name and on behalf of the companies mentioned below we have been informed according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz, German Securities Trading Act) of the following: On July 3, 2012, Sun Life Financial Inc., Toronto, Canada, 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, Germany, has exceeded the 5% threshold of the voting rights on June 28, 2012 and on that day amounted to 5.03% (this corresponds to 2,590,260 voting rights). 5.03% of the voting rights (this corresponds to 2,590,260 voting rights) is to be attributed to the company according to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG. On July 3, 2012, Sun Life Global Investments Inc., Toronto, Canada, 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, Germany, has exceeded the 5% threshold of the voting rights on June 28, 2012 and on that day amounted to 5.03% (this corresponds to 2,590,260 voting rights). 5.03% of the voting rights (this corresponds to 2,590,260 voting rights) is to be attributed to the company according to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG. On July 3, 2012, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada - U.S. Operations Holdings, Inc., Wellesley Hills, 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, Germany, has exceeded the 5% threshold of the voting rights on June 28, 2012 and on that day amounted to 5.03% (this corresponds to 2,590,260 voting rights). 5.03% of the voting rights (this corresponds to 2,590,260 voting rights) is to be attributed to the company according to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG. On July 3, 2012, Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Holdings, Inc., Wellesley Hills, 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, Germany, has exceeded the 5% threshold of the voting rights on June 28, 2012 and on that day amounted to 5.03% (this corresponds to 2,590,260 voting rights). 5.03% of the voting rights (this corresponds to 2,590,260 voting rights) is to be attributed to the company according to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG. On July 3, 2012, Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Investments LLC, Wellesley Hills, 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, Germany, has exceeded the 5% threshold of the voting rights on June 28, 2012 and on that day amounted to 5.03% (this corresponds to 2,590,260 voting rights). 5.03% of the voting rights (this corresponds to 2,590,260 voting rights) is to be attributed to the company according to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG. On July 3, 2012, Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Financial Services Holdings, Inc., Boston, 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, Germany, has exceeded the 5% threshold of the voting rights on June 28, 2012 and on that day amounted to 5.03% (this corresponds to 2,590,260 voting rights). 5.03% of the voting rights (this corresponds to 2,590,260 voting rights) is to be attributed to the company according to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG. On July 3, 2012, Massachusetts Financial Services Company (MFS), Boston, 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, Germany, has exceeded the 5% threshold of the voting rights on June 28, 2012 and on that day amounted to 5.03% (this corresponds to 2,590,260 voting rights). 1.93% of the voting rights (this corresponds to 991,566 voting rights) is to be attributed to the company according to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG. 3.10% of the voting rights (this corresponds to 1,598,694 voting rights) is to be attributed to the company according to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG. 05.07.2012 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. 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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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