EANS-Voting Rights: Symrise AG / Release according to article 26, section 1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of Europe-wide distribution

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Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is
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Announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG (share)

1. Jahr GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, informed us on January 30, 2012 in accordance
with Section 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) that its
share of voting rights in Symrise AG exceeded the 3 % threshold on January 27,
2012 and as of this day amounts to 3.05 %. This corresponds to 3,600,000 votes.

This 3.05 % (3,600,000 votes) is attributed to it pursuant to Section 22
Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 No. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG).

These attributed voting rights are held via the following companies that are
controlled by it and whose holdings of voting rights amount to 3 % or more in
Symrise AG:
- Jahr Holding GmbH & Co KG
- Jahr Assetmanagement GmbH

2. Jahr Holding GmbH & Co KG, Hamburg, Germany, informed us on January 30, 2012
in accordance with Section 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act
(WpHG) that its share of voting rights in Symrise AG exceeded the 3 % threshold
on January 27, 2012 and as of this day amounts to 3.05 %. This corresponds to
3,600,000 votes.

This 3.05 % (3,600,000 votes) is attributed to it pursuant to Section 22
Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 No. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG).

These attributed voting rights are held via the following company that is
controlled by it and whose holdings of voting rights amount to 3 % or more in
Symrise AG:
- Jahr Assetmanagement GmbH

3. Jahr Assetmanagement GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, informed us on January 30, 2012
in accordance with Section 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act
(WpHG) that its share of voting rights in Symrise AG exceeded the 3 % threshold
on January 27, 2012 and as of this day amounts to 3.05 %. This corresponds to
3,600,000 votes.

Holzminden, February 2012

Symrise Aktiengesellschaft
The Management Board

Further inquiry note:
Symrise AG
Investor Relations
Tobias Erfurth
[email protected]
end of announcement euro adhoc
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issuer: Symrise AG
Mühlenfeldstraße 1
D-37603 Holzminden
phone: +49 (0) 5531/90-0
FAX: +49 (0) 5531/90-1649
mail: [email protected]
WWW: http://www.symrise.com
sector: Chemicals
ISIN: DE000SYM9999
indexes: MDAX
stockmarkets: free trade: Hannover, Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf,
Stuttgart, regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English

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