Sonova Holding AG teilt im Sinne von Art. 20 des Börsengesetzes folgendes mit: BlackRock Inc. und ihre Tochtergesellschaften¹, 40 East Street, New York, 10022, USA, halten aufgrund eines Aktienkaufs per 29. Januar 2010 neu 2'000’760 Namenaktien mit einem Nominalwert von CHF 0,05, was 3,05% des Kapitals und der Stimmrechte entspricht.

 

Kontaktperson bei BlackRock Investment Management Ltd.: Stuart Watchorn, Telefon: +44 207 743 5741, Fax: +44 207 743 1000.

 

¹Tochtergesellschaften von BlackRock Inc.:

 

BlackRock Asset Management Australia Limited

Level 43, Grosvenor Place, 225 George Street

Sydney, NSW 2000 - Australia

 

BlackRock Asset Management Japan Limited

Marunouchi Trust Tower Main, -8-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku

Tokyo 100-8217 - Japan

 

Blackrock Advisors UK Ltd.

Murray House, 1 Royal Mint Court

London, EC3N 4HH - United Kingdom

 

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

400 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA, 94105-2618 - USA

 

BlackRock Funds Advisors

400 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105 – USA

 

BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited

161 Bay Street, Suite 2500

Toronto, Ontario M5J 2S1 - Canada

 

BlackRock Capital Management Inc.

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington DE 19809 – USA

 

BlackRock Investment Management LLC.

800 Scudders Mill Road

Plainsboro NJ 08536 - USA

 

BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited

Level 43, Grosvenor Place, 225 George Street

Sydney, NSW 2000 - Australia

 

BlackRock Investment Management (Dublin) Ltd.

First Floor, Fitzwilton House, Wilton Place

Dublin, 2 - Ireland

 

BlackRock Investment Management (LUX)

6D, Route de Trèves

Senningerberg, L-2633 - Luxembourg

 

BlackRock Fund Managers Ltd.

33 King William Street

London, England EC4R 9AS - United Kingdom

 

BlackRock International Ltd.

40 Torphichen Street

Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 8JB - United Kingdom

 

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.

33 King William Street

London, England, EC4R 9AS - United Kingdom