Bayer Aktiengesellschaft 30.01.2014 10:16 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 January 28, 2014, BR Jersey International Holdings L.P., St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, Deutschland, have exceeded the 5% threshold of the Voting Rights on January 24, 2014 and on that day amounted to 5.0004% (this corresponds to 41350623 Voting Rights). According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG, 5.0004% of the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 41350623 Voting Rights) is to be attributed to the company. 30.01.2014 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: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 1 51373 Leverkusen Germany Internet: www.bayer-ag.de End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------