BASF SE 05.05.2015 16:40 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release according to section 26 para 1 sentence 1 WpHG Notification of voting rights pursuant to section 21 para 1 WpHG We received the following notification of voting rights pursuant to section 21 para. 1 WpHG on April 30, 2015: Notification of voting rights pursuant to sec. 21 para. 1 WpHG from BlackRock, Inc.: Issuer: BASF SE, Carl-Bosch-StraÃe 38, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany On April 28, 2015, the percentage holding of the voting rights of BlackRock, Inc., Wilmington, DE, U.S.A., of BASF SE (ISIN DE000BASF111) fell below the threshold of 5 % through disposal and amounts indirectly to 4.99 % on that day (this corresponds to 45,813,065 voting rights out of a total of 918,478,694 voting rights). 2.39 % out of the voting rights (this corresponds to 21,977,541 voting rights) are to be attributed to BlackRock, Inc. pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sentence 1 No. 1 WpHG. 2.90 % out of the voting rights (this corresponds to 26,631,868 voting rights) are to be attributed to BlackRock, Inc. pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sentence 1 No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG. Please note that the total amount stated above does not necessarily equal the sum of the detailed attributed holdings. This results from voting rights having multiple attributions within the BlackRock group structure. Ludwigshafen, dated May 5, 2015 BASF SE 05.05.2015 The DGAP 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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