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 / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)
24.03.2010 12:00
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By letter dated on March 23, 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 have fallen
below the threshold of 5% on March 19, 2010 and amounts to 4.95%
(40,971,998 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.
24.03.2010 Ad hoc announcement, Financial News and Media Release distributed by DGAP.
Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de
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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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