Short Positions in WACKER Stock

At the end of 2012, short sales of Wacker Chemie AG’s stock amounting to 8.62 percent of the shares outstanding were reported as per Section 30i of Germany’s Securities Trading Act (“WpHG”). The largest position amounted to 1.85 percent. Short positions exceeding 0.5 percent of the shares outstanding are published in Germany’s Federal Gazette. www.bundesanzeiger.de