BASF SE

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • May 15, 2014

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Voting Rights Announcements | 15 May 2014 13:01

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

BASF SE

15.05.2014 13:01

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Release according to § 26 para 1 sentence 1 WpHG
Notification of voting rights pursuant to § 25 a WpHG

Issuer: BASF SE, Carl-Bosch-Straße 38, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany

On May 14, 2014 we received the following notification pursuant to § 25 a
WpHG:

On May 8, 2014, the percentage holding of the voting rights of UBS AG,
Zurich, Switzerland, in BASF SE fell below the threshold of 5 % through
disposal and amounts to 4.51 % (41447191 voting rights) on that day.
Thereof, 1.40 % (12850857 voting rights) are instruments pursuant to § 25 a
WpHG (thereof held indirectly: 0.00 %, which equals to 0 voting rights),
0.97 % (8898817 voting rights) are instruments pursuant to § 25 WpHG
(thereof held indirectly: 0.00 %, which equals to 0 voting rights) and 2.14
% (19697517 voting rights) are voting rights pursuant to §§ 21 and 22 WpHG.

Details of the instruments pursuant to § 25 a WpHG:

Designation: Expiry:
Physically Settled Short Put Option May 16, 2014
Physically Settled Short Put Option June 20, 2014
Physically Settled Short Put Option September 19, 2014
Physically Settled Short Put Option December 19, 2014
Physically Settled Short Put Option March 20, 2015
Physically Settled Short Put Option June 19, 2015
Physically Settled Short Put Option December 18, 2015
Physically Settled Short Put Option December 16, 2016
Equity Future May 16, 2014
Equity Swap May 9, 2014
Equity Swap December 19, 2014
Equity Swap December 18, 2015
Cash Settled Option May 16, 2014
Cash Settled Option May 28, 2014
Cash Settled Option June 18, 2014
Cash Settled Option December 19, 2014
Cash Settled Option December 15, 2017

Ludwigshafen, dated May 15, 2014

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Language: English
Company: BASF SE
Carl-Bosch-Straße 38
67056 Ludwigshafen
Germany
Internet: www.basf.com

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