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

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Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is
responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG (share)

Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name: Siehe Meldungstext
Place: Siehe Meldungstext
State: Siehe Meldungstext

1.) M&G Investment Management Limited, London, United Kingdom, informed us on
April 13, 2012 pursuant to Section 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities
Trading Act (WpHG) that its share of the voting rights in Symrise AG exceeded
the 15% threshold on March 27, 2012 and as of this day amounts to 15.024%. This
corresponds to 17,754,532 voting rights. These 15.024% is apportioned in
accordance with Section 22 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 No. 6 of the German Securities
Trading Act (WpHG). Voting rights are apportioned to the company from the
following shareholders whose share of the voting rights in Symrise AG amounts to
3% or more: M&G Investment Funds (1).

2.) M&G Limited, London, United Kingdom, informed us on April 13, 2012 pursuant
to Section 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) that its
share of the voting rights in Symrise AG exceeded the 15% threshold on March 27,
2012 and as of this day amounts to 15.024%. This corresponds to 17,754,532
voting rights. This 15.024% is apportioned in accordance with Section 22
Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 No. 6 in conjunction with Section 22 Paragraph 1 Sentence
2 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG). Voting rights are apportioned to
the company from the following shareholders whose share of the voting rights in
Symrise AG amounts to 3% or more: M&G Investment Funds (1).

3.) The M&G Group Limited, London, United Kingdom, informed us on April 13, 2012
pursuant to Section 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG)
that its share of the voting rights in Symrise AG exceeded the 15% threshold on
March 27, 2012 and as of this day amounts to 15.024%. This corresponds to
17,754,532 voting rights. This 15.024% is apportioned in accordance with Section
22 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 No. 6 in conjunction with Section 22 Paragraph 1
Sentence 2 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG). Voting rights are
apportioned to the company from the following shareholders whose share of the
voting rights in Symrise AG amounts to 3% or more: M&G Investment Funds (1).

4.) Prudential plc, London, United Kingdom, informed us on April 13, 2012
pursuant to Section 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG)
that its share of the voting rights in Symrise AG exceeded the 15% threshold on
March 27, 2012 and as of this day amounts to 15.051%. This corresponds to
17,786,602 voting rights. Of these, 15.024% (17,754,532 votes) is apportioned in
accordance with Section 22 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 No. 6 in conjunction with
Section 22 Paragraph 1 Sentence 2 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG). A
further 0.027% (32,070 votes) of these voting rights is apportioned in
accordance with Section 22 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 No. 1 of the German Securities
Trading Act (WpHG). Voting rights are apportioned to the company from the
following shareholders whose share of the voting rights in Symrise AG amounts to
3% or more: M&G Investment Funds (1).

Holzminden, April 2012

Symrise Aktiengesellschaft
The Management Board

Further inquiry note:
Symrise AG
Investor Relations
Tobias Erfurth
ir@symrise.com

end of announcement euro adhoc
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issuer: Symrise AG
Mühlenfeldstraße 1
D-37603 Holzminden
phone: +49 (0) 5531/90-0
FAX: +49 (0) 5531/90-1649
mail: ir@symrise.com
WWW: http://www.symrise.com
sector: Chemicals
ISIN: DE000SYM9999
indexes: MDAX
stockmarkets: free trade: Hannover, Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf,
Stuttgart, regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English