Bayer Aktiengesellschaft 30.03.2012 10:19 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On March 27, 2012 BlackRock Advisors Holdings, Inc., New York, U.S.A., has notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG of the following: The amount of voting rights of BlackRock Advisors Holdings, Inc. in Bayer Aktiengesellschaft exceeded the threshold of 3% on March 19, 2012 and amounts to 4.24% (35,050,706 voting rights) on that day. All of the voting rights are attributable to BlackRock Advisors Holdings, Inc. pursuant to Article 22 Section 1 Sentence 1 No 6 in connection with Sentence 2 WpHG. 30.03.2012 DGAP's 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: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 1 51373 Leverkusen Germany Internet: www.bayer-ag.de End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-PVR: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution
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