FORM
6-K
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Report
of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the
month of January 2010
Commission
File Number: 001-15152
SYNGENTA
AG
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
Schwarzwaldallee
215
4058
Basel
Switzerland
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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Re: SYNGENTA
AG
Disclosure: “Disclosure
of share
ownership – The Share of
Voting Rights
in
Syngenta
AG of
The Capital Group
Companies,
Inc.
exceeds
the
threshold
value
of 10%”
Herewith we furnish a disclosure
release related to Syngenta AG. The full text is the
following:
# #
#
Disclosure
of share ownership
The
share of voting rights in Syngenta AG of The Capital Group Companies,
Inc.
exceeds the threshold value of 10%
Based
on Article 20 of the Swiss Stock Exchange Act,
Syngenta
AG informs as follows:
The
Capital Group Companies, Inc.,
333
South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA, USA, disclosed
on January 5, 2010 that its share of voting rights in Syngenta AG
has exceeded
the notifiable threshold margin of 10% on January 1,
2010
due to the grant of
proxy voting
authority as from January 1,
2010
by funds under management that previously
voted proxies
independently.
The
voting rights
in Syngenta AG amounts to 12.2839%
corresponding to 11,620,548
registered shares of Syngenta AG,
ISIN CH0011037469.
The
contact person within The Capital Group Companies,
Inc.
for
this notification is Christopher
Aquino, The Capital Group Companies,
Inc.,
333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles,
California 90071-1406,
USA.
Basel,
Switzerland, January 7, 2010
Syngenta
AG.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
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SYNGENTA AG
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Date:
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January
7, 2010
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By:
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/s/ Christoph
Mäder
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| Name: |
Christoph
Mäder
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| Title: | Head Legal & Taxes | |||||