DGAP-PVR: Covestro AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution


Covestro AG 

14.10.2015 15:11

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.
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On October 13, 2015, BlackRock Luxembourg Holdco S.à.r.l., Luxembourg,
Luxembourg has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG
that via shares its Voting Rights on Covestro AG, Leverkusen, Germany, have
exceeded the 3% threshold of the Voting Rights on October 08, 2015 and on
that day amounted to 3.64% (this corresponds to 7369693 Voting Rights).
3.64% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 7369693 Voting Rights) are
attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,
Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG (German
Securities Trading Act). Attributed Voting Rights are held by the following
shareholders, whose share of the Voting Rights in Covestro AG amounts to 3
percent or more: BlackRock Global Funds.
Please note that the total amount stated above does not necessarily equal
the sum of the detailed attributed holdings. This results from voting
rights having multiple attributions within the BlackRock group structure.



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Language:     English
Company:      Covestro AG
              Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 60
              51373 Leverkusen
              Germany
Internet:     www.covestro.com
 
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