Bayer Aktiengesellschaft: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
18.08.2014 13:18
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.
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On August 14, 2014, Massachusetts Financial Services Company (MFS), Boston,
United States has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the
WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on Bayer Aktiengesellschaft,
Leverkusen, Germany, have exceeded the 3% threshold of the Voting Rights on
August 13, 2014 and on that day amounted to 3.01% (this corresponds to
24851969 Voting Rights).
1.62% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 13420209 Voting Rights) are
attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,
Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act).
1.38% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 11431760 Voting Rights) are
attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,
Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG (German
Securities Trading Act).
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Language: English
Company: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 1
51373 Leverkusen
Germany
Internet: www.bayer-ag.de
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