Proportion of Voting Rights

Under the Securities Trading Act (WpHG), stockholders are obligated to inform the Company and the Federal Financial Suvervisory Authority (BaFin) immediately if the number of voting rights they hold in a listed company reaches, exceeds or drops below 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 50% or 75% as a result of the purchase or sale of shares.

December 2008
1)
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, NY, USA on 30 December 2008, has fallen below the threshold of 5% of the voting rights of Lanxess AG, Chemiepark Leverkusen, Gebäude K 10, D – 51369 Leverkusen, Germany and on that day holds 3.28% of the voting rights (=2,732,313 shares, each carrying one voting right); and

2)
The holding parent entity of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Morgan Stanley, Wilmington, USA, on 30 December 2008, has also fallen below the threshold of 5% of the voting rights of Lanxess AG, Chemiepark Leverkusen, Gebäude K 10, D – 51369 Leverkusen, Germany, and on that day holds 3.29% (=2,735,998 shares, each carrying one voting right) whereby these voting rights of Lanxess AG have to be attributed pursuant to Section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 1 German Securities Trading Act.

3)
This chain of entities is represented as follows (starting on the highest level):
1. Morgan Stanley
2. Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

December 2008
1)
Morgan Stanley, The Corporation Trust Company, The Corporation Trust Center, Wilmington, USA, on 24 December 2008, has exceeded the threshold of 5% of the voting rights of Lanxess AG, Chemiepark Leverkusen, Gebäude K 10, D – 51369 Leverkusen, Germany, and on that day holds 5.27% (=4,386,897 shares, each carrying one voting right) whereby 5.27% (=4,383,212 shares, each carrying one voting right) of the voting rights of Lanxess AG have to be attributed from Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, New York, USA, pursuant to Section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 1 German Securities Trading Act.

2)
This chain of entities is represented as follows (starting on the highest level):
1. Morgan Stanley (Delaware)
2. Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (Delaware)

December 2008
1)
Morgan Stanley, The Corporation Trust Company, The Corporation Trust Center, Wilmington, USA, on 17 December 2008, has fallen below the threshold of 5% of the voting rights of Lanxess AG, Chemiepark Leverkusen, Gebäude K 10, D – 51369 Leverkusen, Germany, and on that day holds 4.75% (=3,954,434 shares, each carrying one voting right) whereby 4.15% (=3,454,434 shares, each carrying one voting right) of the voting rights of Lanxess AG have to be attributed from Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, New York, USA, pursuant to Section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 1 German Securities Trading Act.

2)
This chain of entities is represented as follows (starting on the highest level):
1. Morgan Stanley (Delaware)
2. Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (Delaware)

December 2008
JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, USA, informed us pursuant to section 21 sub-section 1 WpHG that on 4th December 2008 JPMorgan Chase & Co. has fallen below the threshold of 5% of the voting rights of LANXESS AG, Building K 10, 51369 Leverkusen, Germany and now amounts to 4.79% (3,988,422 shares) in relation to all shares of the respective voting shares. Thereof, 0.006% (5,180 voting rights) are attributed pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG. Further 4.787% (3,983,242 voting rights) are attributed pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG.

November 2008
JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, USA, informed us pursuant to section 21 sub-section 1 WpHG that on 20th November 2008 JPMorgan Chase & Co. has exceeded the threshold of 5% of the voting rights of Lanxess AG, Gebäude K 10, 51369 Leverkusen, Germany and now amounts to 5.11% (4,248,475 shares) in relation to all shares of the respective voting shares. Thereof, 0.006% (5,180 voting rights) are attributed pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG. Further 5.10% (4,243,295 voting rights) are attributed pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG.

November 2008
1)
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, NY, USA on 12 November 2008, has fallen below the threshold of 5% of the voting rights of Lanxess AG, Chemiepark Leverkusen, Gebäude K 10, D – 51369 Leverkusen, Germany and on that day holds 4.31% of the voting rights (=3,582,486 shares, each carrying one voting right); and

2)
The holding parent entity of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Morgan Stanley, Wilmington, USA, on 12 November 2008, has also fallen below the threshold of 5% of the voting rights of Lanxess AG, Chemiepark Leverkusen, Gebäude K 10, D – 51369 Leverkusen, Germany, and on that day holds 4.31% (=3,582,486 shares, each carrying one voting right) whereby 4.31% of the voting rights of Lanxess AG have to be attributed from the entity mentioned under 1) above, pursuant to Section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 1 German Securities Trading Act.

3)
This chain of entities is represented as follows (starting on the highest level):
1. Morgan Stanley
2. Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

November 2008
Falling below the threshold of 5 % of AXA S.A. and falling below the threshold of 3 % of other companies of the AXA Group.

With the present declaration diverse companies of the AXA group, following § 21 para. 1 German Securities Trading Act notify us of:

The proportion of voting rights of AllianceBernstein L.P., New York, USA, has on 30 October 2008 fallen below the threshold of 3 % of the voting rights of Lanxess AG and on that day was at 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting rights). Those 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting rights) have to be attributed to AllianceBernstein L.P. according to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6 German Securities Trading Act.

The proportion of voting rights of AllianceBernstein Corporation, New York, USA, has on 30 October 2008 fallen below the threshold of 3 % of the voting rights of Lanxess AG and on that day was at 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting rights). Those 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting rights) have to be attributed to AllianceBernstein Corporation according to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6 in conjunction with sent. 2 German Securities Trading Act.

The proportion of voting rights of Equitable Holdings LLC, New York, USA, has on 30 October 2008 fallen below the threshold of 3 % of the voting rights of Lanxess AG and on that day was at 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting rights). Those 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting rights) have to be attributed to Equitable Holdings LLC according to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6 in conjunction with sent. 2 German Securities Trading Act.

The proportion of voting rights of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, New York, USA, has on 30 October 2008 fallen below the threshold of 3 % of the voting rights of Lanxess AG and on that day was at 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting rights). Those 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting rights) have to be attributed to AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company according to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6 in conjunction with sent. 2 German Securities Trading Act.

The proportion of voting rights of AXA Equitable Financial Services, LLC, New York, USA, has on 30 October 2008 fallen below the threshold of 3 % of the voting rights of Lanxess AG and on that day was at 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting rights). Those 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting rights) have to be attributed to AXA Equitable Financial Services, LLC according to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6 in conjunction with sent. 2 German Securities Trading Act.

The proportion of voting rights of AXA Financial, Inc., New York, USA, has on 30 October 2008 fallen below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights of Lanxess AG and on that day was at 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting rights). Those 2.93 % (2,434,716 voting rights) have to be attributed to AXA Financial, Inc. according to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6 in conjunction with sent. 2 German Securities Trading Act.

The proportion of voting rights of AXA S.A., Paris, France, has on 30 October 2008 fallen below the threshold of 5 % of voting rights of Lanxess AG and on that day was at 4.66 % (3,880,514 voting rights). Those voting rights have to be attributed to AXA S.A. in full height according to § 22 para. 1 sent 1. No. 6 in conjunction with sent. 2 German Securities Trading Act.

November 2008
1)
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, NY, USA on 4 November 2008, has exceeded the threshold of 5% of the voting rights of LANXESS AG, Chemiepark Leverkusen, Gebäude K 10, D – 51369 Leverkusen, Germany and on that day holds 5.63% of the voting rights (=4,686,834 shares, each carrying one voting right); and

2)
The holding parent entity of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Morgan Stanley, Delaware, USA, on 4 November 2008, has also exceeded the threshold of 5% of the voting rights of LANXESS AG, Chemiepark Leverkusen, Gebäude K 10, D – 51369 Leverkusen, Germany, and on that day holds 5.63% (=4,686,834 shares, each carrying one voting right) whereby these 5.63% of the voting rights of Lanxess AG have to be attributed from the entity mentioned under 1 above, pursuant to Section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 1 German Securities Trading Act.

October 2008
a)
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, New York, NY, USA on 30 October 2008, has exceeded the threshold of 3% of the voting rights of LANXESS AG, Chemiepark Leverkusen, Gebäude K 10, D – 51369 Leverkusen, Germany and on that day holds 4.81% of the voting rights (=4,004,804 shares, each carrying one voting right).

b)
The holding parent entity of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Morgan Stanley, The Corporation Trust Company, The Corporation Trust Center, Wilmington, Delaware, USA, on 30 October 2008, has also exceeded the thresholds of 3% of the voting rights of LANXESS AG, Chemiepark Leverkusen, Gebäude K 10, D – 51369 Leverkusen, Germany, and on that day holds 4.81% (=4,004,804 shares, each carrying one voting right) whereby 4.81% of the voting rights of LANXESS AG have to be attributed from the entity mentioned under 1 above pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 1 German Securities Trading Act.

October 2008
Morgan Stanley, with address at Wilmington, Delaware, USA notified us pursuant Section 21 para 1 German Securities Trading Act that, on 29 October 2008, they have fallen below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights of LANXESS AG, Chemiepark Leverkusen Gebäude K10, D- 51369 Leverkusen Germany and on that day they hold 2.71% of the voting rights (=2,258,160 shares, each carrying one voting right) whereby these voting rights are attributed to it pursuant to Section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 1 German Securities Trading Act.

October 2008
Third Avenue Management LLC, New York, USA, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of October 23, 2008 they have exeeded the threshold of 5% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold on that day 5.01% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 4,167,598 voting rights.

These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Third Avenue Management LLC pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG.

October 2008
Morgan Stanley, Wilmington, USA, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of October 24, 2008 they have exceeded the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold on that day 3.18% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,648,227 voting rights.

These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Morgan Stanley pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 1 WpHG.

October 2008
Barclays Global Investors NA, San Francisco, USA, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of October 27, 2008 they fell below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold on that day 2.958% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,461,520 voting rights.

Of these 2.958% of the voting rights (i.e. 2,461,520 shares with voting rights), BGI NA was attributed 0.021% of the voting rights (i.e. 17,777 shares with voting rights) in Lanxess AG pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent.1 no. 6 in connection with § 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG and 2.937% of the voting rights (i.e. 2,443,743 shares with voting rights) in Lanxess AG pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6.

October 2008
Companies of the Greenlight Group informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of October 06, 2008 they have exceeded the threshold of 5% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 5.01 % of the voting rights. This corresponds to 4,169,050 voting rights. The details result from the following information:

a)
Greenlight Capital Qualified, LP, New York, USA, informed us according to section 21 para. 1 WpHG that as of October 06, 2008 they have exceeded the threshold of 5 % of the voting rights in LANXESS AG, Leverkusen, and hold 5.01 % of the voting rights. This corresponds to 4,169,050 voting rights. 3.40 % of such voting rights are deemed to be the voting rights of the above mentioned company pursuant to section 22 para. 2, first sentence, WpHG. This corresponds to 2,829,650 voting rights.

b)
Greenlight Capital, LP, New York, USA, informed us according to section 21 para. 1 WpHG that as of October 06, 2008 they have exceeded the threshold of 5 % of the voting rights in LANXESS AG, Leverkusen, and hold 5.01 % of the voting rights. This corresponds to 4,169,050 voting rights. 4.63 % of such voting rights are deemed to be the voting rights of the above mentioned company pursuant to section 22 para. 2, first sentence, WpHG. This corresponds to 3,852,280 voting rights.

c)
David Einhorn, USA, informed us according to section 21 para. 1 WpHG that as of October 06, 2008 he has exceeded the threshold of 5 % of the voting rights in LANXESS AG, Leverkusen, and hold 5.01 % of the voting rights. This corresponds to 4,169,050 voting rights.
3.02 % of such voting rights (this corresponds to 2,512,880 voting rights) are deemed to be the voting rights of David Einhorn pursuant to sections 22 para. 1, first sentence, no. 6 and 22 para. 1, second sentence, WpHG and 1.99 % of such voting rights (corresponds to 1,656,170 voting rights) pursuant to section 22 para. 1, first sentence, no. 1 WpHG. With respect to all 5.01 % of the voting rights the attribution of voting rights (corresponds to 4,169,050 voting rights) pursuant to section 22 para. 2, first sentence, WpHG is fulfilled.

d)
DME Advisors, L.P., New York, USA, informed us according to section 21 para. 1 WpHG that as of October 06, 2008 they have exceeded the threshold of 5 % of the voting rights in LANXESS AG, Leverkusen, and hold 5.01 % of the voting rights. This corresponds to 4,169,050 voting rights. 0.71 % of such voting rights (this corresponds to 588,800 voting rights) are deemed to be the voting rights of the above mentioned company pursuant to section 22 para. 1, first sentence, no. 6 WPHG and 4.30 % of the voting rights are deemed to be the voting rights (this corresponds to 3,580,250 voting rights) of the above mentioned company pursuant to section 22 para. 2, first sentence, WpHG.

e)
Greenlight Capital, LLC, New York, USA, informed us according to section 21 para. 1 WpHG that as of October 06, 2008 they have exceeded the threshold of 5 % of the voting rights in LANXESS AG, Leverkusen, and hold 5.01 % of the voting rights. This corresponds to 4,169,050 voting rights. 5.01 % of such voting rights (corresponds to 4,169,050 voting rights) are deemed to be the voting rights of the above mentioned company pursuant to section 22 para. 2, first sentence, WpHG, of which 1.99 % of the voting rights (corresponds to 1,656,170 voting rights) are also deemed to be the voting rights of the above mentioned company pursuant to section 22 para. 1, first sentence, no.1.

f)
Greenlight Capital, Inc., New York, USA, informed us according to section 21 para. 1 WpHG that as of October 06, 2008 they have exceeded the threshold of 5 % of the voting rights in LANXESS AG, Leverkusen, and hold 5.01 % of the voting rights. This corresponds to 4,169,050 voting rights. 2.31 % of such voting rights (corresponds to 1,924,080 voting rights) are deemed to be the voting rights of the above mentioned company pursuant to section 22 para. 1, first sentence, no. 6, and 2.70 % of the voting rights (corresponds to 2,244,970 voting rights) are deemed to be the voting rights of the above mentioned company pursuant to section 22 para. 2, first sentence, WpHG.

Today Barclays informed us that entities of Barclays Global Investors manage - as of today - 6,09% of LANXESS shares.

Revocation of a notification of voting rights pursuant to §§ 21, 22 WpHG:

September 2008
Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Limited, London, UK, informed us according to §§ 21, 22 WpHG of the revocation of it’s notification of voting rights dated 18 April 2008 regarding LANXESS AG, made public on 22 April 2008 as at the time stated in the notification, no thresholds had been reached and thus no obligation of notification existed.

Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Limited, London, UK based their notification on the fact that Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Limited, London, UK fulfils the requirements of § 32 para, 2 through 4 InvG, § 22 para. 3a WpHG, § 29a para. 3 WpHG.

Notification of voting rights pursuant to
§§ 21, 22 WpHG

Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Limited, London, UK, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that on March 14, 2008 they fell below the thresholds of 10%, 5% and 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG
and held 0.003% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2452 voting rights.

These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Limited pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with § 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG.

Notification of voting rights pursuant to
§§ 21, 22 WpHG

Barclays Global Investors Finance Limited, London, UK, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that on March 14, 2008 they fell below the thresholds of 5% and 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and held 0.003% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2452 voting rights.

These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Barclays Global Investors Finance Limited pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with § 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG.

Barclays Global Investors Finance Limited, London, UK based their notification on the fact that Barclays Global Investors Finance Limited, London, UK fulfils the requirements of § 32 para, 2 through 4 InvG, § 22 para. 3a WpHG, § 29a para. 3 WpHG.

Notification of voting rights pursuant to
§§ 21, 22 WpHG

Barclays California Corporation, San Francisco, USA, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that on March 14, 2008 they fell below the thresholds of 5% and 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and held 0.003% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2452 voting rights.

These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Barclays California Corporation pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with § 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG.

Barclays California Corporation, San Francisco, USA based their notification on the fact that Barclays California Corporation, San Francisco, USA fulfils the requirements of § 32 para, 2 through 4 InvG, § 22 para. 3a WpHG, § 29a para. 3 WpHG.

Notification of voting rights pursuant to
§§ 21, 22 WpHG

Barclays Global Investors NA, 45 Fremont Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-2204, USA, fell below the 5% threshold of § 21 para. 1 WpHG on 7 August 2008 and at that day held 4.996% of the voting rights (i.e. 4,156,451 shares with voting rights) in LANXESS AG, Gebäude 10, 51369 Leverkusen.

Of these 4,996% of the voting rights (i.e. 4,156,451 shares with voting rights), BGI NA was attributed 0.015% of the voting rights (i.e. 12,260 shares with voting rights) in LANXESS AG pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent.1 no. 6 in connection with § 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG and 4,981% of the voting rights (i.e. 4,144,191 shares with voting rights) in LANXESS AG pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6.

July 2008
Third Avenue Management LLC, New York, USA, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of July 15, 2008 they have gone above the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 3.04% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,533,211 voting rights.
These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Third Avenue Management LLC pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG.

June 2008
JPMorgan Asset Management Holding Inc., New York, USA, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of June 2nd, 2008 they have gone above the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 3.1% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,571,853 voting rights.
These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to JPMorgan Asset Management Holding Inc. pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in conjunction with sentence 2 WpHG.

May 2008
JPMorgan Asset Management Holding Inc., New York, USA, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of May 22, 2008 they have gone below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 2.99% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,493,587 voting rights.
These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to JPMorgan Asset Management Holding Inc. pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in conjunction with sentence 2 WpHG.

April 2008
AQR Capital Management, LLC., Greenwich, CT 06830, USA, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of April 17, 2008, they have gone below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 2.90% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,415,096 voting rights.
All voting rights are in their entirety attributed to AQR Capital Management, LLC. pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG.

April 2008
Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Limited, London, UK, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of March 31, 2008 they have gone below the threshold of 10% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 9.95% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 8,278,690 voting rights.
These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Limited pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with § 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG.

March 2008
Companies of the Greenlight Group informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of March 19, 2008 they have exceeded the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 3.21% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,667,200 voting rights.

February 2008
AXA S.A., 75008 Paris, France, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of February 17, 2008, they have exceeded the threshold of 5% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 5.20% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 4,323,549 voting rights.
All voting rights are in their entirety attributed to AXA S.A. pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no 6 in conjunction with sentence 2 WpHG.

AllianceBernstein L.P., New York, USA, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of February 17, 2008, they have exceeded the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 3.33% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,766,943 voting rights.
All voting rights are in their entirety attributed to AllianceBernstein L.P. pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no 6 WpHG.

AllianceBernstein Corporation, New York, USA, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of February 17, 2008, they have exceeded the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 3.33% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,766,943 voting rights.
All voting rights are in their entirety attributed to AllianceBernstein Corporation. pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no 6 in conjunction with sentence 2 WpHG.

Equitable Holdings LLC, New York, USA, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of February 17, 2008, they have exceeded the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 3.33% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,766,943 voting rights.
All voting rights are in their entirety attributed to Equitable Holdings LLC pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no 6 in conjunction with sentence 2 WpHG.
AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, New York, USA, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of February 17, 2008, they have exceeded the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 3.33% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,766,943 voting rights.
All voting rights are in their entirety attributed to AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no 6 in conjunction with sentence 2 WpHG.

AXA Financial Services, LLC, New York, USA, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of February 17, 2008, they have exceeded the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 3.33% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,766,943 voting rights.
All voting rights are in their entirety attributed to AXA Financial Services, LLC pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no 6 in conjunction with sentence 2 WpHG.

AXA Financial, Inc., New York, USA, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of February 17, 2008, they have exceeded the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 3.33% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,766,943 voting rights.
All voting rights are in their entirety attributed to AXA Financial, Inc. pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no 6 in conjunction with sentence 2 WpHG.

February 2008
AQR Capital Management, LLC., Greenwich, CT 06830, USA, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of February 11, 2008, they have exceeded the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 3.01% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,502,075 voting rights.
All voting rights are in their entirety attributed to AQR Capital Management, LLC. pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG.

January 2008
Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Limited, London, UK, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of January 28, 2008 they have exceeded the threshold of 10% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 10.63% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 8,844,264 voting rights.
These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Limited pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with § 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG.

Barclays Global Investors Finance Limited, London, UK, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of January 17, 2008 they have exceeded the threshold of 5% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 5.19% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 4,317,862 voting rights.
These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Barclays Global Investors Finance Limited pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with § 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG.

Barclays California Corporation, San Francisco, USA, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of January 17, 2008 they have exceeded the threshold of 5% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 5.19% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 4,317,862 voting rights.
These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Barclays California Corporation pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with § 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG.

Barclays Global Investors NA, San Francisco, USA, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of January 17, 2008 they have exceeded the threshold of 5% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 5.19% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 4,317,862 voting rights.
These voting rights are in their entirety attributable Barclays Global Investors NA pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6.

Correction of release dated December 18, 2007
Reference is made to the release of voting rights dated December 18, 2007.

Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Limited, London, UK, informed us about a correction according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of December 6, 2007 they have exceeded the threshold of 5% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 5.11% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 4,251,788 voting rights.
These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Limited pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with § 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG. via subsidiaries none of which had itself legal title to the shares representing voting rights of 3% or more of the voting rights in LANXESS AG.

Barclays Global Investors Finance Limited, London, UK, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of December 4, 2007 they have exceeded the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 3.05% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,541,459 voting rights.
These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Barclays Global Investors Finance Limited pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with § 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG via subsidiaries none of which had itself legal title to the shares representing voting rights of 3% or more of the voting rights in LANXESS AG.

Barclays California Corporation, San Francisco, USA, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of December 4, 2007 they have exceeded the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 3.05% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,541,459 voting rights.
These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Barclays California Corporation pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with § 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG via subsidiaries none of which had itself legal title to the shares representing voting rights of 3% or more of the voting rights in LANXESS AG.

Barclays Global Investors NA, San Francisco, USA, informed us about a correction according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of December 4, 2007 they have exceeded the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 3.05% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,541,459 voting rights.
These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Barclays Global Investors NA pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG.

January 2008
Ivory Flagship Master, Ltd., George Town, Cayman Islands, informed us according to section 21, para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of January 10, 2008 they have gone below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 2.99% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,490,405 voting rights.

Ivory Offshore Flagship Fund, Ltd., George Town, Cayman Islands, informed us according to section 21 para. 1 and section 22 para. 1 sent 1 no. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of January 10, 2008 they have gone below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 2.99% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,490,405 voting rights.
All voting rights are attributed to Ivory Offshore Flagship Fund, Ltd pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 1, WpHG.

Ivory Investment Management, L.P., Los Angeles, U.S.A., informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 and section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of January 22, 2008 they have gone below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 2.60% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,161,995 voting rights.
All voting rights are attributed to Ivory Investment Management L.P. pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG.

IIM GP, LLC, Los Angeles, U.S.A., informed us according to section 21, para. 1, section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 and sent. 2 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of January 22, 2008 they have gone below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 2.60% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,161,995 voting rights.
All voting rights are attributed to IIM GP, LLC pursuant to §§ 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6, 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG.

Curtis G. Macnguyen, U.S.A., informed us according to section 21, para. 1, section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 and sent. 2 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of January 22, 2008 he has gone below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 2.60% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 2,161,995 voting rights.
All voting rights are attributed to Curtis G. Macnguyen pursuant to §§ 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6, 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG.

January 2008
AXA S.A., 75008 Paris, France, informed us according to section 21, paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that as of January 11, 2008, they have exceeded the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in LANXESS AG and hold 4.11% of the voting rights. This corresponds to 3,421,902 voting rights.
All voting rights are in their entirety attributed to AXA S.A. pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no 6 in conjunction with sentence 2 WpHG of the German Securities Trading Act.