Voting Rights Announcements | 21 October 2008 17:53


Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)

Release of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of
EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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WKN 729 700
ISIN  DE 000 729 700 4

The following was notified to Südzucker AG according to Article 21 Section
1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] on October 21st, 2008:

The voting rights of AXA S.A., 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris, France, via
shares in Südzucker AG exceeded the 5 % voting rights threshold on October
17th, 2008 and amounted to 5.12 % (this corresponds to 9,687,678 voting
rights). These voting rights are to be attributed according to Article 22,
Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with Sentence 2 WpHG.

21.10.2008  Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language:     English
Issuer:       Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt
              Maximilianstr. 10
              68165 Mannheim
              Deutschland
Internet:     www.suedzucker.de
 
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