Syngenta AG (SYT)

ITEM 7 — MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Major Shareholders

During the period January 1, 2005 until February 28, 2006 the following disclosure notifications were made by the Company in the Swiss Commercial Gazette in accordance with the Swiss Stock Exchange Act:

On February 15, 2005, the Company reported that Syngenta AG itself exceeded the 10 percent threshold with a holding of 10.82 per cent of the share capital. On August 10, 2005, the Company reported that this holding had fallen below the 10 percent threshold to 6.75 percent.

As of January 31, 2006 Syngenta AG held 7,036,184 shares in treasury corresponding to 6.61% of the share capital as at December 31, 2005. In accordance with Article 659a of the Swiss Code of Obligations, the Company, however, cannot exercise the voting rights relating to those shares.

On February 14, 2006, in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, FMR Corp. and certain of its affiliates reported a holding of 6,550,350 Syngenta common shares, including common shares represented by ADRs, which is equivalent to 6.158% of Syngenta’s share capital as at December 31, 2005.

As of February 28, 2006, to our knowledge there is no other shareholder with a position of more than 5 per cent of the share capital.

To its knowledge, the Company as of February 28, 2006 is not owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by another corporation, by any government or by any other natural or legal person, severally or jointly. As of January 31, 2006 36,939,815 ADRs of Syngenta AG corresponding to 6.95% of the share capital and 7,072,779 Ordinary Shares of Syngenta AG corresponding to 6.65% of the share capital were held by 3,150 registered holders domiciled in the United States.

Related Party Transactions

There were no related party transactions other than those described in Note 28 to the consolidated financial statements.

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ITEM 7 — MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

During the period January 1, 2004 until February 28, 2005 the following disclosure notifications were made by the Company in the Swiss Commercial Gazette in accordance with the Swiss Stock Exchange Act:

• On December 11, 2003, the Company reported that Morgan Stanley Investment Management exceeded the 5 per cent threshold with a holding of 6.112 per cent of the share capital; on March 12, 2004, the Company reported that this holding had fallen below 5 percent.
  
  
• On February 15, 2005 the Company reported that Syngenta AG itself exceeded the 10 percent threshold with a holding of 10.82 per cent of the share capital.

As of February 28, 2005, to our knowledge there is no other shareholder besides Syngenta AG with a position of more than 5 per cent of the share capital.

As of February 28, 2005 Syngenta AG itself held 12,593,522 shares in treasury corresponding to 11.19% of the share capital. In accordance with Article 659a of the Swiss Code of Obligations, the Company, however, cannot exercise the voting rights relating to those shares. According to the Share Register of the Company, as of February 28, 2005, no other shareholder was known by the Company to be the owner of 5% or more of the Company’s voting securities. To its knowledge, the Company is as of February 28, 2005 not owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by another corporation, by any government or by any other natural or legal person, severally or jointly. As of February 28, 2005 59,170,605 ADRs of Syngenta AG corresponding to 10.8% of the share capital and 19,607905 Ordinary Shares of Syngenta AG corresponding to 17.2% of the share capital were held by 3206 registered holders domiciled in the United States.

There were no related party transactions other than those described in Note 28 to the consolidated financial statements.

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