Who are the major stockholders of Bayer AG? How big is their interest?
On October 01, 2009, Capital Research and Management Company, Los Angeles, USA, has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, Deutschland, ISIN: DE000BAY0017, WKN: BAY001, have exceeded the 10% limit of the Voting Rights on September 30, 2009 and on that day amounted to 10.04% (this corresponds to 83013663 Voting Rights). According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG, 10.04% of the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 83013663 Voting Rights) were attributed to Capital Research and Management Company. Of those 10.04% Voting Rights (corresponds to 83013663 Voting Rights) 4.23% of the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 34985750 Voting Rights) were held by EuroPacific Growth Fund, Los Angeles, USA, which is thus a stockholder holding directly 3% or more of the Voting Rights in Bayer AG. At present, no other shareholder has notified us that it has exceeded the German Securities Trad
