Voting Rights Announcements | 13 September 2010 11:22
BASF SE / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)
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Release according to § 26 para 1 sentence 1 WpHG
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., New York, USA, BlackRock Holdco 2,
Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA and BlackRock, Inc., New York, USA have
notified us on September 10, 2010 pursuant to § 21 para 1 and § 24 WpHG as
follows:
1. On September 06, 2010 the percentage holding of the voting rights of
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. in BASF SE exceeded the threshold of
5% and amounts to 5.17% (47.441.547 voting shares) on that day.
All of the voting rights are attributable to BlackRock Financial
Management, Inc. pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no 6 in connection with
sentence 2 WpHG.
2. On September 06, 2010 the percentage holding of the voting rights of
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. in BASF SE exceeded the threshold of 5% and
amounts to 5.17% (47.441.547 voting shares) on that day.
All of the voting rigths are attributable to BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG.
3. On September 06, 2010 the percentage holding of the voting rights of
BlackRock, Inc. in BASF SE exceeded the threshold of 5% and amounts to
5.35% (49.153.648 voting shares) on that day.
All of the voting rights are attributable to BlackRock, Inc. pursuant to §
22 para 1 sentence 1 no 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG.
Ludwigshafen, September 13, 2010
BASF SE
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Language: English
Company: BASF SE
Carl-Bosch-Straße 38
67056 Ludwigshafen
Deutschland
Internet: www.basf.com
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