BlackRock, Inc. controls less than 3% of Sonova Holding AG

Staefa (Switzerland), 18 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 less than 3% of total capital and voting rights as of 12 February 2014 due to a sale of securities.

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