Voting Rights Announcements | 18 February 2015 14:51
BASF SE
18.02.2015 14:51
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Release according to § 26 para 1 sentence 1 WpHG
Notifications of voting rights pursuant to § 25 WpHG
Issuer: BASF SE, Carl-Bosch-Straße 38, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany
On February 17, 2015 we received the following notifications pursuant to §
25 WpHG:
1. On February 13, 2015, the percentage holding of the voting rights of
BlackRock, Inc., New York, USA, in BASF SE (ISIN DE000BASF111) subject to
disclosure according to § 25 WpHG fell below the threshold of 5 % through
disposal and amounts to 0.00 % (0 voting rights) on that day (this
corresponds to 0 voting rights out of a total of 918,478,694 voting
rights). Thereof, 0.00 % (0 voting rights) are instruments pursuant to § 25
WpHG (thereof held indirectly: 0.00 %, which equals to 0 voting rights) and
5.75 % (52,774,670 voting rights out of a total of 918,478,694 voting
rights) are voting rights pursuant to §§ 21 and 22 WpHG.
2. On February 13, 2015, the percentage holding of the voting rights of
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, USA, in BASF SE (ISIN DE000BASF111)
subject to disclosure according to § 25 WpHG fell below the threshold of 5
% through disposal and amounts to 0.00 % (0 voting rights) on that day
(this corresponds to 0 voting rights out of a total of 918,478,694 voting
rights). Thereof, 0.00 % (0 voting rights) are instruments pursuant to § 25
WpHG (thereof held indirectly: 0.00 %, which equals to 0 voting rights) and
5.64 % (51,807,231 voting rights out of a total of 918,478,694 voting
rights) are voting rights pursuant to §§ 21 and 22 WpHG.
3. On February 13, 2015, the percentage holding of the voting rights of
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., New York, USA, in BASF SE (ISIN
DE000BASF111) subject to disclosure according to § 25 WpHG fell below the
threshold of 5 % through disposal and amounts to 0.00 % (0 voting rights)
on that day (this corresponds to 0 voting rights out of a total of
918,478,694 voting rights). Thereof, 0.00 % (0 voting rights) are
instruments pursuant to § 25 WpHG (thereof held indirectly: 0.00 %, which
equals to 0 voting rights) and 5.58 % (51,291,083 voting rights out of a
total of 918,478,694 voting rights) are voting rights pursuant to §§ 21 and
22 WpHG.
Ludwigshafen, dated February 18, 2015
BASF SE
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Language: English
Company: BASF SE
Carl-Bosch-Straße 38
67056 Ludwigshafen
Germany
Internet: www.basf.com
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