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Announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG (share)

Person/company obliged to make the notification: ----------------------------------- Name: Siehe Meldungstext Place: Siehe Meldungstext State: Siehe Meldungstext

Ameriprise Financial Inc., Minneapolis, USA, informed us on May 15, 2012 in accordance with Section 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) that its share of voting rights in Symrise AG fell below the 3 % threshold on May 15, 2012 and as of this day amounts to 2.96 % (3,502,220 voting right). These votes are attributed to it in accordance with Section 22 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 No. 6 in accordance with Section 22 Paragraph 1 Sentence 2 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG).

Holzminden, May, 2012

Symrise Aktiengesellschaft The Management Board

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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:        ir@symrise.com
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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