BASF SE 21.05.2014 09:12 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release according to § 26 para 1 sentence 1 WpHG Notifications of voting rights pursuant to §§ 25 para 1 and 25 a para 1 WpHG Issuer: BASF SE, Carl-Bosch-StraÃe 38, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany 1. On May 19, 2014 we received the following notification pursuant to § 25 para 1 WpHG: On May 13, 2014, the percentage holding of the voting rights subject to disclosure of Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in BASF SE fell below the threshold of 5 % through disposal and amounts to 0.00 % (0 voting rights) on that day. The percentage holding of instruments pursuant to § 25 WpHG of Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft amounts to 0.00 % (0 voting rights, thereof held indirectly: 0.00 %, which equals to 0 voting rights) and the percentage holding of voting rights pursuant to §§ 21 and 22 WpHG amounts to 0.11 % (966239 voting rights). 2. On May 19, 2014 we received the following notification pursuant to § 25 a para 1 WpHG: On May 13, 2014, the percentage holding of the voting rights subject to disclosure of Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in BASF SE fell below the threshold of 5 % through disposal and amounts 3.24 % (29736239 voting rights) on that day. Thereof, 3.13 % (28770000 voting rights) are instruments pursuant to § 25 a WpHG (thereof held indirectly: 0.00 %, which equals to 0 voting rights), 0.00 % (0 voting rights) are instruments pursuant to § 25 WpHG (thereof held indirectly: 0.00 %, which equals to 0 voting rights) and 0.11 % (966239 voting rights) are voting rights pursuant to §§ 21 and 22 WpHG. Details of the instruments pursuant to § 25 a WpHG: Designation Maturity Expiry Writer put option ./. May 16, 2014 Writer put option ./. June 20, 2014 Writer put option ./. July 18, 2014 Writer put option ./. September 19, 2014 Writer put option ./. December 19, 2014 Writer put option ./. March 20, 2015 Writer put option ./. June 19, 2015 Writer put option ./. December 18, 2015 Writer put option ./. December 16, 2016 Cash-settled future May 16, 2014 ./. Cash-settled future June 20, 2014 ./. Cash-settled future August 15, 2014 ./. Ludwigshafen, dated May 21, 2014 BASF SE 21.05.2014 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: BASF SE Carl-Bosch-StraÃe 38 67056 Ludwigshafen Germany Internet: www.basf.com End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-PVR: BASF SE: 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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