Voting Rights Announcements | 12 May 2015 11:14
BASF SE 12.05.2015 11:14 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BASF SE: Publication according to § 26 paragraph. 1 WpHG with the objective of Europe-wide distribution Notification of voting rights pursuant to section 25a WpHG We have received the following notification of voting rights pursuant to section 25a WpHG on May 8, 2015: Notification of voting rights pursuant to section 25a WpHG from Morgan Stanley 1. Details of listed company: BASF SE, Carl-Bosch-Straße 38, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany 2. Details of the company subject to the notification obligation (notifier): Morgan Stanley, Wilmington, Delaware, USA 3. Triggering event: Falling below threshold through disposal 4. Threshold crossed or reached: 5 % 5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached: 4 May 2015 6. Total numbers of voting rights: 3.69 % (equals 33,862,579 voting rights); Based on total number of voting rights issued: 918,478,694 7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion: 7.1 (Financial-/other) instruments pursuant to section 25a WpHG: 1.15 % (equals: 10,595,942 voting rights); thereof held indirectly: 1.15 % (equals: 10,595,942 voting rights) 7.2 (Financial-/other) instruments pursuant to section 25 WpHG: 2.18 % (equals: 20,029,654 voting rights); thereof held indirectly: 2.18 % (equals: 20,029,654 voting rights) 7.3 Voting rights pursuant to sections 21, 22 WpHG: 0.35 % (equals: 3,236,983 voting rights) 8. Detailed information on (financial/other) instruments pursuant to section 25a WpHG: 8.1 Chain of controlled undertakings: Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc. Morgen Stanley B.V. Morgan Stanley International Limited Morgan Stanley Group (Europe) Morgan Stanley UK Group Morgan Stanley Investments (UK) Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc 8.2ISIN or name/description of the (financial/other) instrument Expiration date Cash-Settled Swap 07.05.2015 Cash-Settled Swap 08.05.2015 Cash-Settled Swap 04.01.2016 Cash-Settled Swap 02.05.2016 Cash-Settled Swap 04.07.2016 Cash-Settled Swap 06.10.2016 Cash-Settled Swap 05.12.2016 Cash-Settled Swap 19.01.2017 Cash-Settled Call Option 16.12.2015 Cash-Settled Call Option 18.12.2015 Cash-Settled Call Option 25.05.2016 Cash-Settled Call Option 16.12.2016 Cash-Settled Call Option 15.12.2017 Cash-Settled Future 15.05.2015 Cash-Settled Future 19.06.2015 Cash-Settled Put Option 11.10.2016 Physically-Settled Put Option 05.05.2015 Physically-Settled Put Option 15.05.2015 Physically-Settled Put Option 19.06.2015 Physically-Settled Put Option 18.12.2015 Physically-Settled Put Option 17.06.2016 Physically-Settled Put Option 21.12.2018Ludwigshafen, dated May 12, 2015 BASF SE 12.05.2015 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: BASF SE Carl-Bosch-Straße 38 67056 Ludwigshafen Germany Internet: www.basf.com End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------