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
23.10.2014 14:48
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 October 21, 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
October 20, 2014 and on that day amounted to 3.0003% (this corresponds to
24810514 Voting Rights).
1.6370% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 13536854 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).
1.3633% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 11273660 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.com
End of Announcement DGAP News-Service
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