Disclosure:
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"Disclosure of share ownership – BlackRock Inc. files a share ownership of 5.15% in Syngenta’s share capital and exceeds the notifiable threshold of 5.00%
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Herewith we furnish a disclosure release related to Syngenta AG. The full text is the following:
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Disclosure of share ownership
Disclosure of share ownership – BlackRock Inc. files a share ownership of 5.15% in Syngenta’s share capital and exceeds the notifiable threshold of 5.00%
Based on Article 20 of the Swiss Stock Exchange Act, Syngenta AG informs as follows:
BlackRock Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, 10055, U.S.A, disclosed on February 6, 2014, that its total holding in Syngenta now amounts to 4,800,151 shares (5.15% of the total share capital), split into 4,748,336 registered shares plus CFDs corresponding to 51,815 shares. Furthermore, a sale position of CFDs corresponding to 49,986 shares was reported according to article 12 para 1 b of the Stock Exchange Ordinance-FINMA (SESTO-FINMA). Details are available on http://www.six-exchange-regulation.com/obligations/disclosure/major_shareholders_en.html.
The change in share ownership needed to be reported to the Swiss Stock Exchange for having exceeded the notifiable threshold of 5.00% as of February 4, 2014.
The contact person within BlackRock Inc. for this notification is Duncan Murray, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, UK.
Basel, Switzerland, February 7, 2014
Syngenta AG