Shares in Bayer plummet by more than 6 per cent 

(Bayer-Aktie fallt auf Zehn-Jahres-Tief)

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Germany; Jan 30, 2003

Shares in Bayer, the German chemicals and pharmaceuticals group,
plummeted by more than 6 per cent to 15.3 euros yesterday following
rumours regarding further lawsuits in the US. Bayer's share price has
thus fallen to its lowest level since 1993.

A US lawyer had announced yesterday that the number of lawsuits
regarding compensation claims for Bayer's Lipobay drug might rise to a
maximum of 15,000. The German group had withdrawn Lipobay in the summer
of 2001 after several patients died after taking the drug.

Abstracted from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung