Voting Rights Announcements | 7 May 2015 14:06
BASF SE
07.05.2015 14:06
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Release according to section 26 para 1 sentence 1 WpHG
Notification of voting rights pursuant to section 21 para 1 WpHG
We received the following notification of voting rights pursuant to section
21 para. 1 WpHG on May 6, 2015:
Notification of voting rights pursuant to sec. 21 para. 1 WpHG from
BlackRock, Inc.:
Issuer: BASF SE, Carl-Bosch-Straße 38, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany
On May 4, 2015, the percentage holding of the voting rights of BlackRock,
Inc., Wilmington, DE, U.S.A., of BASF SE (ISIN DE000BASF111) exceeded the
threshold of 5 % through acquisition and amounts indirectly to 5.07 % on
that day (this corresponds to 46,597,280 voting rights out of a total of
918,478,694 voting rights). 2.36 % out of the voting rights (this
corresponds to 21,706,835 voting rights) are to be attributed to BlackRock,
Inc. pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sentence 1 No. 1 WpHG. 2.98 % out of the
voting rights (this corresponds to 27,336,601 voting rights) are to be
attributed to BlackRock, Inc. pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sentence 1 No. 6
in connection with sentence 2 WpHG.
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.
Ludwigshafen, dated May 7, 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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