Disclosure of Shareholdings


SGS Société Générale de Surveillance Holding SA and the Disclosure Office of the SWX Swiss Exchange have been notified by Worms & Cie, 25, Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, 75008 Paris, France, that Deutsche Bank AG, Taunusanlage 12, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany has left their organised group (Pool). The Pool now holds 12.76% of the voting rights of the company.


Shares Number of Voting rights
shares
Number of In percent
shares
Registered 998'083 998'083 12.76



The other members of the Pool are as published on June 28th 2001.


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