Bayer Aktiengesellschaft / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)

18.03.2010 14:00

Dissemination of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by
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The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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By letter dated on March 16, 2010 the announcing entity BlackRock, Inc.,
New York, U.S.A., has notified us, the issuer Bayer AG, 51373 Leverkusen,
Germany, pursuant to Article 21, Section 1 of the Securities Trading Act
(Wertpapierhandelsgesetz - 'WpHG') as follows:

The amount of voting rights of BlackRock, Inc. in Bayer AG exceeded the
threshold of 5% on March 12, 2010  and amounts to 5.01 % (41,424,399 voting
rights) on that day. All of the voting rights are attributable to
BlackRock, Inc. pursuant to Article 22 Section 1 Sentence 1 No 6 in
connection with Sentence 2 WpHG.



18.03.2010 Ad hoc announcement, Financial News and Media Release distributed by DGAP.
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Language:     English
Company:      Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
              Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 1
              51373 Leverkusen
              Deutschland
Internet:     www.bayer-ag.de
 
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