BASF SE

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • May 5, 2014

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Voting Rights Announcements | 5 May 2014 14:01

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

05.05.2014 14:01

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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 2, 2014 we received the following notification pursuant to § 25 a
WpHG:

On April 28, 2014, the percentage holding of the voting rights of UBS AG,
Zurich, Switzerland, in BASF SE exceeded the threshold of 5 % through
acquisition and amounts to 5.67 % (52112702 voting rights) on that day.
Thereof, 2.76 % (25318337 voting rights) are instruments pursuant to § 25 a
WpHG (thereof held indirectly: 0,00 %, which equals to 0 voting rights),
0.76 % (6979199 voting rights) are instruments pursuant to § 25 WpHG
(thereof held indirectly: 0,00 %, which equals to 0 voting rights) and 2.16
% (19815166 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 May 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 8, 2014
Equity Swap May 9, 2014
Equity Swap December 19, 2014
Equity Swap December 18, 2015
Equity Swap June 21, 2017
Cash Settled Option May 6, 2014
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 5, 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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