DGAP-PVR: Covestro AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution


Covestro AG 

13.10.2015 18:04

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 October 09, 2015, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, London,
England and Wales has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the
WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on Covestro AG, Leverkusen, Germany,
have exceeded the 3% threshold of the Voting Rights on October 07, 2015 and
on that day amounted to 3.68% (this corresponds to 7444261 Voting Rights).
3.68% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 7444261 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).
0.57% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 1163432 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:      Covestro AG
              Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 60
              51373 Leverkusen
              Germany
Internet:     www.covestro.com
 
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