DGAP-PVR: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft: 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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Bayer Aktiengesellschaft 

29.05.2015 14:58

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.
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On May 28, 2015, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., Wilmington, DE,
United States has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the
WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on Bayer Aktiengesellschaft,
Leverkusen, Germany, have fallen below the 5% threshold of the Voting
Rights on May 26, 2015 and on that day amounted to 4.98% (this corresponds
to 41222775 Voting Rights).
2.29% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 18972178 Voting Rights) are
attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,
Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act).
0.00001% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 12 Voting Rights) are
attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,
Sentence 1, No. 2 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG (German
Securities Trading Act).
0.03% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 258879 Voting Rights) are
attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,
Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act).
2.98% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 24663003 Voting Rights) are
attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,
Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG (German
Securities Trading Act).
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.



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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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