Bayer Aktiengesellschaft 22.05.2015 12:28 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification of voting rights pursuant to Art. 25, Sec. 1 WpHG We received the following notification pursuant to Art. 25, Sec. 1 WpHG on May 21, 2015: 1. Listed company: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 1, 51373 Leverkusen, Germany 2. Notifier: BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., Wilmington, DE, United States 3. Triggering event: Exceeding Threshold 4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached: 5% 5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached: 19.05.2015 6. Total amount of voting rights: 6.14% (equals 50738859 voting rights) calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 826947808 7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion: Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to Art. 25 WpHG: 0.02% (equals 159671 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 0.02% (equals 159671 voting rights) Voting rights pursuant to Art. 21, 22 WpHG: 6.12% (equals 50579188 voting rights) 8. Detailed information on financial/other instruments pursuant to Art. 25 WpHG: Chain of controlled undertakings: BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC; BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC; BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc.; BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.; BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.; BlackRock Group Limited; BlackRock International Limited; BlackRock Life Limited. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.; BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.; BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC; BlackRock Canada Holdings LP; BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC; BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited. 22.05.2015 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: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 1 51373 Leverkusen Germany Internet: www.bayer.com End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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