16. Significant Shareholdings of 3% or More of Total Share Capital

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Based on the notifications received by Clariant and published by SIX Exchange Regulation, as at 31 December 2019 the following shareholders held more than 3% of voting rights in Clariant Ltd:

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1

SABIC acquired 24.99% of the shares of Clariant Ltd on 17 September 2018. The difference between this figure and the above-mentioned 25.77% corresponds to the amount of treasury shares held by Clariant Ltd, which have to be aggregated to the shares held by SABIC solely for regulatory disclosure purposes due to the Governance Agreement entered into by SABIC and Clariant on 17 September 2018.

2

According to a disclosure notification published on 18 December 2018, a group consisting of Konstantin Winterstein, 80333 Munich, Germany, and Elisabeth Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, 80333 Munich, Germany, was formed.

3

Beneficial owner is Kenneth C. Griffin, c/o Citadel GP LLC, Chicago, USA.

4

Beneficial owner is Israel Englander, New York, United States.

SABIC International Holdings B.V., Sittard, The Netherlands, controlled by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

  

25.77%1

APG Asset Management N.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands

  

5.01%

Blue Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Am Holzmaierfeld, 82064 Strasslach-Dingharting, Germany, and Maple Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, 82057 Icking, Germany2

  

3.49%

Citadel Multi-Strategy Equities Master Fund Ltd., George Town, Cayman Islands
Citadel Securities Financial Trading (Ireland) DAC, Dublin, Ireland
Citadel Global Equities (Ireland) DAC, Dublin, Ireland
Citadel Global Equities Master Fund Ltd., George Town, Cayman Islands
Citadel Multi-Strategy Equities (Ireland) DAC, Dublin, Ireland
Citadel Quantitative Strategies Master Fund Ltd., George Town, Cayman Islands3

  

3.285%

Millennium Partners LP, George Town, Cayman Islands
Integrated Core Strategies Asia Pte. Ltd., Singapore4

  

3.04%

Disclosure notifications during the financial year 2019 reported to the Stock Exchange Disclosure Office pursuant to Art. 120 of the Financial Markets Infrastructure Act (FMIA) as well as further information in relation to disclosure notifications can be found on the SIX Swiss Exchange reporting platform:

On 31 December 2018, the following shareholders held a participation of 3% or more of the total share capital: SABIC International Holdings B.V., Sittard, The Netherlands, controlled by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 25.67%; Group of former shareholders of Süd-Chemie AG: 13.96%, thereof (as a separate sub-group): Blue Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Am Holzmaierfeld, 82064 Grossdingharting (Germany), and Maple Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Am Holzmaierfeld, 82064 Grossdingharting (Germany): 3.49%; APG Asset Management N.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands: 5.01%.

At 31 December 2019, Clariant AG itself held 2 586 765 shares in treasury, corresponding to 0.78% of the share capital.

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