14. Shareholdings
Symrise AG received the following
notifications from company shareholders as of the balance sheet date
pursuant to the provisions of the German Securities Trading Act
[“Wertpapierhandelsgesetz”: WpHG]:
Newton Investment Management Limited, Mellon Financial Centre, 160 Queen Victoria Street, London, UK, informed us in accordance with Sec. 21 (1) WpHG that its voting rights exceeded the 5% threshold on January 25, 2007 and that it has held 5.58% since this date. The voting rights are allocated in accordance with Sec. 22 (1) Sentence 1 No. 6 WpHG.
Schroders plc, London, Schroder Administration Limited and Schroder Investment Ltd., Great Britain, informed us in accordance with Sec. 21 (1) WpHG that its voting rights exceeded the threshold of 5% on December 12, 2006 and, since then, have amounted to 5.49%. These voting rights have been allocated to the companies in accordance with Sec. 22 (1) Sentence 1 No. 6 WpHG.
The following persons and entities also informed us in accordance with Sec. 21 (1) WpHG that they fell short of the threshold of 10% of voting rights in our company on December 13, 2006 and that they be granted 5.86% of the voting rights pursuant to Sec. 22 (1) Sentence 1 No. 1 WpHG:
- Gerberding Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, Hungerborn 44,
37061 Holzminden, Germany - Herr Horst-Otto Gerberding, Hungerborn 44, 37061 Holzminden, Germany
- Gerberding Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH & Co. KG, Hungerborn 44, 37061 Holzminden, Germany
Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany and DWS Investment GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany informed us in accordance with Sec. 21 (1) WpHG that its voting rights fell below the 3% threshold on June 18, 2007 and that it has held 2.79% since this date.
Massachusetts Financial Services, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, USA, informed us in accordance with Sec. 21 (1) WpHG that its voting rights exceeded the 3% threshold on June 29, 2007 and that it has held 3.03% since this date.
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, 60 St. Mary Axe, London, UK, as well as Ameriprise Financial Inc., 200 Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, USA, informed us in accordance with Sec. 21 (1) WpHG that their voting rights fell below the 3% threshold on July 2, 2007 and, since then, have amounted to 2.881%. These voting rights have been allocated to the companies in accordance with Sec. 22 (1) Sentence 1 No. 6 WpHG.
M & G Investment Funds (1), London, Great Britain, and M & G Investment Management Limited, London, Great Britain, as well as M & G Limited, London, Great Britain, M & G Group Limited, London, Great Britain, and Prudential plc., London, Great Britain, informed us in accordance with Sec. 21 (1) WpHG that their voting rights exceeded the 3% threshold on August 30, 2007 and, since then, have amounted to 3.04%. These voting rights have been allocated to the companies in accordance with Sec. 22 (1) Sentence 1 No. 6 WpHG.
JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc., 270 Park Avenue, New York, USA, informed us in accordance with Sec. 21 (1) WpHG that its voting rights exceeded the 5% threshold on November 8, 2007 and, since then, have amounted to 5.17%. These voting rights have been allocated to JPMorgan in accordance with Sec. 22 (1) Sentence 1 No. 6 WpHG.
New Star Asset Management Ltd., London, Great Britain, informed us in accordance with Sec. 21 (1) WpHG that their voting rights exceeded the 3% threshold on October 19, 2007 and, since then, have amounted to 3.17%. These voting rights have been allocated to the companies in accordance with Sec. 22 (1) Sentence 1 No. 6 WpHG.