Syngenta announces the closing of the trading line for the purpose of repurchasing shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange

BASEL, Switzerland, March 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 16, 2015, Syngenta opened a trading line with ISIN CH0299298080 on the SIX Swiss Exchange, for the purpose of repurchasing shares. A total of 231,500 shares have been repurchased as at March 9, 2016.

On February 3, 2016, Syngenta announced the cessation of the share buyback program.

Consequently, Syngenta announced the closing of the trading line with ISIN CH0299298080 on the SIX Swiss Exchange as per March 9, 2016.

The results of share repurchase programs are available in the Investor Relations section on www.syngenta.com.

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SOURCE Syngenta International AG

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