Bayer Aktiengesellschaft 20.06.2011 12:00 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. On June 16, Lyxor Asset Management S.A., Paris, France, has notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG of the following: The amount of voting rights of Lyxor Asset Management S.A. in Bayer Aktiengesellschaft fell below the threshold of 3% on June 14, 2011 and amounts to 2.95% of the voting rights (24,398,249 voting rights). All of the voting rights are attributable to Lyxor Asset Management S.A. pursuant to Article 22 Section 1 sentence 1 No 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG. 2. On June 16, Lyxor International Asset Management S.A., Paris, France, has notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG of the following: The amount of voting rights of Lyxor International Asset Management S.A. in Bayer Aktiengesellschaft fell below the threshold of 3% on June 14, 2011 and amounts to 2.95% of the voting rights (24.398.249 voting rights). All of the voting rights are attributable to Lyxor International Asset Management S.A. pursuant to Article 22 Section 1 sentence 1 No 6 WpHG. 20.06.2011 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 Deutschland 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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