EANS-Voting Rights: Wacker Chemie AG
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1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of Europe-wide distribution
16.01.2012 – 14:33
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement according to Article 26, Section 1, Sentence 2 of the WpHG (own shares) Person/company obliged to make the notification: ----------------------------------- Name: BlackRock Inc. Place: New York State: USA BlackRock, Inc., New York, USA has notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG that its percentage of voting rights in Wacker Chemie AG, Munich, Germany exceeded the threshold of 3 % on December 14th, 2011 and amounts to 3.01 % (1,570,207 voting rights) as per this date. Of these voting rights, 3.01 % (1,570,207 voting rights) are to be attributed to BlackRock, Inc. pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with sent. 2 of the WpHG. Further inquiry note: Investor Relations Tel.: +49 (0)89 6279 1633 E-Mail: investor.relations@wacker.com end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- issuer: Wacker Chemie AG Hanns-Seidel-Platz 4 D-81737 München phone: +49 (0) 89 6279 01 FAX: +49 (0) 89 6279 1770 mail: info@wacker.com WWW: http://www.wacker.com sector: Chemicals ISIN: DE000WCH8881 indexes: MDAX, CDAX, Prime All Share stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Hannover, München, regulated dealing: Berlin language: English
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