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

Bayer Aktiengesellschaft / Release of an announcement according to
Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act]
(share)

02.09.2010 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.
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By letter dated on August 31, 2010 the announcing entity BlackRock, Inc.,
New York, U.S.A., has notified us, the issuer Bayer AG, 51373 Leverkusen,
Germany, pursuant to Article 21, Section 1 of the Securities Trading Act
(Wertpapierhandelsgesetz - 'WpHG') as follows:

The amount of voting rights of BlackRock, Inc. in Bayer AG have fallen
below the threshold of 5% on August 25, 2010  and amounts to 3.99%
(32,957,887 voting rights) on that day. All of the voting rights are
attributable to BlackRock, Inc. pursuant to Article 22 Section 1 Sentence 1
No 6 in connection with Sentence 2 WpHG.



02.09.2010 Ad hoc announcement, Financial News and Press Release
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Language:     English
Company:      Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
              Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 1
              51373 Leverkusen
              Deutschland
Internet:     www.bayer-ag.de
 
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