Voting Rights Announcements | 12 May 2015 14:04


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

BASF SE 

12.05.2015 14:04

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Release according to section 26 para 1 sentence 1 WpHG

Notifications of voting rights pursuant to section 21 para 1 WpHG


We received the following notifications of voting rights pursuant to
section 21 para. 1 WpHG on May 11, 2015:

I. Notification of voting rights pursuant to sec. 21 para. 1 WpHG from UBS
AG:

Issuer: BASF SE, Carl-Bosch-Straße 38, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany

On May 6, 2015, the percentage holding of the voting rights of UBS AG,
Zurich, Switzerland, of BASF SE (ISIN DE000BASF111) fell below the
threshold of 3 % through disposal and amounts to 2.71 % on that day (this
corresponds to 24,845,104 voting rights out of a total of 918,478,694
voting rights). 2.15 % out of the voting rights (this corresponds to
19,723,401 voting rights) are held directly by UBS AG. 0.56 % out of the
voting rights (this corresponds to 5,121,703 voting rights) are to be
attributed to UBS AG pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sentence 1 No. 1 WpHG.


II. Notification of voting rights pursuant to sec. 21 para. 1 WpHG from UBS
Group AG:

Issuer: BASF SE, Carl-Bosch-Straße 38, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany

On May 6, 2015, the percentage holding of the voting rights of UBS Group
AG, Zurich, Switzerland, of BASF SE (ISIN DE000BASF111) fell below the
threshold of 3 % through disposal and amounts to 2.71 % on that day (this
corresponds to 24,845,104 voting rights out of a total of 918,478,694
voting rights). 0.0 % out of the voting rights (this corresponds to 0
voting rights) are held directly by UBS Group AG. 2.71 % out of the voting
rights (this corresponds to 24,845,104 voting rights) are to be attributed
to UBS Group AG by UBS AG pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sentence 1 No. 1
WpHG.

Ludwigshafen, dated May 12, 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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