FORM
6-K
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Report
of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the
month of December 2009
Commission
File Number: 001-15152
SYNGENTA
AG
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
Schwarzwaldallee
215
4058
Basel
Switzerland
(Address
of principal executive offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
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Form
20-F
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X
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Form
40-F
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Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted
by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
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Yes
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No
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X
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Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted
by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
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Yes
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No
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X
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Indicate
by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the
Registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
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Yes
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No
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X
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If “Yes”
is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): N/A
Re: SYNGENTA
AG
Disclosure: "Disclosure of share ownership - The
shareholding in Syngenta AG of BlackRock Inc. exceeds the threshold value of
3%"
Herewith
we furnish a disclosure release related to Syngenta AG. The full text is
the following:
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Disclosure
of share ownership
The
shareholding in Syngenta AG of BlackRock, Inc. exceeds the threshold value of
3%
Based on Article 20
of the Swiss Stock Exchange Act, Syngenta AG informs as follows:
The BlackRock Inc.,
40 East 52nd Street,
New York, 10022, U.S.A., disclosed on December 15, 2009 that its holding in the
share capital of Syngenta AG has exceeded on December 1, 2009 the
notifiable threshold margin due to acquisition of the Barclays Global Investors
(BGI) business. The holding amounts to 3.84% of the share capital
corresponding to 3,607,343 registered shares of Syngenta AG, ISIN CH0011037469,
and 27,400 CFDs.
The contact person
within BlackRock Inc. for this notification is Stuart Watchorn, BlackRock
Investment Management Ltd, 33 King William Street, London, ECAR 9AS,
UK.
Basel, Switzerland,
December 16, 2009
Syngenta
AG
SIGNATURES
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SYNGENTA AG
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Date:
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December 16,
2009
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By:
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/s/
Christoph Mäder
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Name:
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Christoph
Mäder
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| Title: | Head Legal & Taxes | |||||