Brenntag AG 07.08.2014 15:22 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On August 6, 2014, BlackRock, Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A., has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that its proportion of voting rights on Brenntag AG, Stinnes-Platz 1, 45472 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, has fallen below the 5% threshold of the voting rights on July 31, 2014 and on that day amounted to 4.98% (this corresponds to 7,691,136 voting rights). 4.98% of the voting rights (this corresponds to 7,691,136 voting rights) is to be attributed to the company according to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with Sentence 2 of the WpHG. 07.08.2014 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Brenntag AG Stinnes Platz 1 45472 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany Internet: www.brenntag.com End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------