BASF SE 25.03.2015 09:53 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a service 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 WpHG Emittent: BASF SE, Carl-Bosch-StraÃe 38, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Deutschland On March 23, 2015 we received the following notifications pursuant to § 25 WpHG: 1. On March 19, 2015, the percentage holding of the voting rights of BlackRock, Inc., Wilmington, DE, USA, of BASF SE (ISIN DE000BASF111) exceeded the threshold of 5 % through acquisition and amounts to 6.33 % on that day (this corresponds to 58,161,151 voting rights out of a total of 918,478,694 voting rights (the 'Total Voting Rights')). 0.001 % out of the Total Voting Rights (4,948 voting rights) are instruments pursuant to § 25 WpHG and are to be attributed to BlackRock, Inc. by its controlled undertakings BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC, BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC, BlackRock Delaware Holdings, Inc., BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association. 6.33% out of the Total Voting Rights (58,156,203 voting rights) are voting rights pursuant to §§ 21, 22 WpHG. 2. On March 19, 2015, the percentage holding of the voting rights of BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, DE, USA, of BASF SE (ISIN DE000BASF111) exceeded the threshold of 5 % through acquisition and amounts to 6.23 % on that day (this corresponds to 57,193,885 voting rights out of a total of 918,478,694 voting rights (the 'Total Voting Rights')). 0.001 % out of the Total Voting Rights (4,948 voting rights) are instruments pursuant to § 25 WpHG and are to be attributed to BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. by its controlled undertakings BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC, BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC, BlackRock Delaware Holdings, Inc., BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association. 6.23% out of the Total Voting Rights (57,188,937 voting rights) are voting rights pursuant to §§ 21, 22 WpHG. 3. On March 19, 2015, the percentage holding of the voting rights of BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., Wilmington, DE, USA, of BASF SE (ISIN DE000BASF111) exceeded the threshold of 5 % through acquisition and amounts to 6.23 % on that day (this corresponds to 57,193,885 voting rights out of a total of 918,478,694 voting rights (the 'Total Voting Rights')). 0.001 % out of the Total Voting Rights (4,948 voting rights) are instruments pursuant to § 25 WpHG and are to be attributed to BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. by its controlled undertakings BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC, BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC, BlackRock Delaware Holdings, Inc., BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association. 6.23% out of the Total Voting Rights (57,188,937 voting rights) are voting rights pursuant to §§ 21, 22 WpHG. Ludwigshafen, dated March 25, 2015 BASF SE 25.03.2015 The DGAP 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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