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This excerpt taken from the SYT 20-F filed Mar 1, 2006.

Fees Paid to the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors engaged Ernst & Young AG (“EY”) to perform an annual audit of the Company’s financial statements in 2004 and 2005. The following table presents information concerning fees paid to EY in each of those years.

    2004                            2005
    (in million US$)   (in million US$)
Audit services(1)   5   8
Audit-related fees(2)   1   1
Tax fees(3)   1   1
All other fees(4)   0   0

(1) Audit services are defined as the audit work required to allow the independent accountant to issue an opinion on the statutory and regulatory filings of the Group and its subsidiaries and to issue an opinion relating to management’s assessment of internal controls over financial reporting and the effectiveness of Syngenta’s internal controls over financial reporting. This category also includes services that normally are provided by the Group auditor, such as comfort letters, statutory audits, attest services, consents and assistance with and review of documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
(2) Audit related services include assurance and related services provided by auditors but which are not necessarily provided by the Group auditor. These services include audit of pension funds and employee benefit plans, internal control reviews and consultation concerning financial accounting and reporting standards.
 
(3) Tax services include all services performed by the Group auditor’s tax division except those services related to the audit. It includes tax compliance, tax planning, and tax advice.
 
(4) Other services includes all services received from the Group auditor except those separately defined above.
This excerpt taken from the SYT 20-F filed Mar 16, 2005.

Fees Paid to the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors engaged Ernst & Young AG (“EY”) to perform an annual audit of the Company’s financial statements in 2003 and 2004. The following table presents information concerning fees paid to EY in each of those years.

  2003
(in million US$) 		  2004
(in million US$)
Audit services (1)   4   5
Audit-related fees (2)   1   1
Tax fees (3)   1   1
All other fees (4)   0   0

(1) Audit services are defined as the audit work required to allow the independent accountant to issue an opinion on the statutory and regulatory filings of the Group and its subsidiaries. This category also includes services that normally are provided by the Group auditor, such as comfort letters, statutory audits, attest services, consents and assistance with and review of documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
(2) Audit related services include assurance and related services provided by auditors but which are not necessarily provided by the Group auditor. These services include audit of pension funds and employee benefit plans, internal control reviews and consultation concerning financial accounting and reporting standards.
 
(3) Tax services include all services performed by the Group auditor’s tax division except those services related to the audit. It includes tax compliance, tax planning, and tax advice.
 
(4) Other services includes all services received from the Group auditor except those separately defined above.
 

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