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Teachers Insurance and Annulty Association of America

Teachers Insurance and Annulty Association of America fell below the threshold of 3% as of 30.05.2013. Teachers Insurance and Annulty Association of America hat per 30.05.2013 die Schwelle von 3% unterschritten. http://www.lonza.com/about-lonza/investor-relations/investor-information/major-shareholders-and-changes-in-disclosed-shareholdings.aspx The above entities are part of TIAA-CREF, a financial services group and a leading provider of retirement benefits in the USA, offering financial services, including retirement plans, IRAs, variable annulties, mutual funds, brokerage services, life insurance, and college savings plans. TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC ("TCIM") acts as the sole Investment manager for two of the direct shareholders, College Retirement Equities Fund - Stock Account and College Retirement Equities Fund - Global Equities Account. Tachers Advisors, Inc. ("TAI") acts as sole Investment manager of the other six direct shareholders: (I) the TIAA-CREF Life Funds - Growth and Income Fund, (II) the TIAA-CREF Funds - International Equity Index Fund, (III) the IAA-CREF Funds - International Opportunities Fund, (IV) the TIAA-CREF Funds - Mid Cap Value Fund, (V) TIAA-CREF Funds - Growth and Income Fund, (VI) TIAA-CREF Active Extension Funds - Active Extension Fund - Active Extension Analyst Market Neutral, LLC. TCIM and TAI are wholly-owned by an Intermediate holding company, TIAA-CREF Asset Management, Inc., which in turn is wholly-owned by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America ("TIAA") Both Investment managers, TCIM and TAI, exercise exclusive investment power or investment discretion over the investment in the shares of Lonza Group AG. TIAA exercises the voting rights relating to the shares of Lonza Group AG held by the direct shareholders, pursuant to a global proxy voting policy (TIAA-CREF Policy Statement on Corporate Governance) for investments held by TIAA-CREF related entities.