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Language: English
Company: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 1
51373 Leverkusen
Germany
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail:
Internet: www.bayer.com
ISIN: DE000BAY0017
WKN: BAY001
Indices: DAX, EURO STOXX 50, Stoxx 50
Listed: Regulated Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime
Standard), Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart; Terminbörse
EUREX; Madrid

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