Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt 17.04.2014 19:36 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On April 17, 2014, BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, DE, U.S.A. has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt, Mannheim, Deutschland, have exceeded the 3% threshold of the Voting Rights on April 15, 2014 and on that day amounted to 3.04% (this corresponds to 6200342 Voting Rights). 3.04% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 6200342 Voting Rights) are attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act). 17.04.2014 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt Theodor-Heuss-Anlage 12 68165 Mannheim Germany Internet: www.suedzucker.de End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------