Brenntag AG 02.01.2014 15:18 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On December 27, 2013, UBS AG, Zurich, Switzerland, 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 fallen below the 3% threshold of the voting rights on December 24, 2013 and on that day amounted to 2.99% (this corresponds to 1,542,055 voting rights). 2.43% of the voting rights (this corresponds to 1,252,924 voting rights) is to be attributed to the company according to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG. 02.01.2014 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------