BlackRock, Inc. controls 3.00% of Sonova Holding AG

Staefa (Switzerland), 8 February 2014 - According to the article 20 of the Swiss Stock Exchange Act, Sonova Holding AG announces that BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52^nd Street, New York, 10055, U.S.A. (mother company) controls 2,014,902 registered shares with a par value of CHF 0.05 as of 4 February 2014 due to an acquisition of shares. This corresponds to 3.00% of total Sonova share capital.

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