Andy Rihs controls 4.83% of Sonova Holding AG

Stäfa (Switzerland), 12 August, 2014– According to the article 20 of the Swiss Stock Exchange Act, Sonova Holding AG announces that Andy Rihs, 8634 Hombrechtikon, now controls 3,245,233 registered shares with a par value of CHF 0.05 as of 6 August, 2014 due to a sale of securities. This corresponds to 4.83% of total capital and voting rights.

The sale of securities was mainly the result of the expiry  of a derivative financial instrument („Variable Forward Transaction“), which had been closed on 22 July, 2011 and now expired after the agreed period of three years.

Contact person for Andy Rihs: Ernst Vogelsang, phone: +41 44 928 11 26, fax: +41 44 928 11 18.

For more information on significant shareholders visit the website of the SIX Swiss Exchange

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