BASF SE 05.05.2014 14:01 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release according to § 26 para 1 sentence 1 WpHG Notification of voting rights pursuant to § 25 a WpHG Issuer: BASF SE, Carl-Bosch-StraÃe 38, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany On May 2, 2014 we received the following notification pursuant to § 25 a WpHG: On April 28, 2014, the percentage holding of the voting rights of UBS AG, Zurich, Switzerland, in BASF SE exceeded the threshold of 5 % through acquisition and amounts to 5.67 % (52112702 voting rights) on that day. Thereof, 2.76 % (25318337 voting rights) are instruments pursuant to § 25 a WpHG (thereof held indirectly: 0,00 %, which equals to 0 voting rights), 0.76 % (6979199 voting rights) are instruments pursuant to § 25 WpHG (thereof held indirectly: 0,00 %, which equals to 0 voting rights) and 2.16 % (19815166 voting rights) are voting rights pursuant to §§ 21 and 22 WpHG. Details of the instruments pursuant to § 25 a WpHG: Designation:/Expiry: Physically Settled Short Put Option May 16, 2014 Physically Settled Short Put Option June 20, 2014 Physically Settled Short Put Option September 19, 2014 Physically Settled Short Put Option December 19, 2014 Physically Settled Short Put Option May 20, 2015 Physically Settled Short Put Option June 19, 2015 Physically Settled Short Put Option December 18, 2015 Physically Settled Short Put Option December 16, 2016 Equity Future May 16, 2014 Equity Swap May 8, 2014 Equity Swap May 9, 2014 Equity Swap December 19, 2014 Equity Swap December 18, 2015 Equity Swap June 21, 2017 Cash Settled Option May 6, 2014 Cash Settled Option May 16, 2014 Cash Settled Option May 28, 2014 Cash Settled Option June 18, 2014 Cash Settled Option December 19, 2014 Cash Settled Option December 15, 2017 Ludwigshafen, dated May 5, 2014 BASF SE 05.05.2014 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: BASF SE Carl-Bosch-StraÃe 38 67056 Ludwigshafen Germany Internet: www.basf.com End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-PVR: BASF SE: 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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