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

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

Person/company obliged to make the notification: =---------------------------------- Name: see below Place: see below State: see below

Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC, Wilmington, Delaware, USA, informed us on November 14, 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 November 13, 2012 and as of this day amounts to 3.007 %. This corresponds to 3,553,985 votes.

This 3.007 % (3,553,985 votes) is attributed to it in accordance with Section 22 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 No. 6 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG).

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