Chr. Hansen Holding — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

May 23, 2016

CHR HANSEN Improving food & health

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT

NO.10/2016

23 May 2016

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S - CORRECTION: Major shareholder announcement from The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S has received a major shareholder announcement from The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (CGC), 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, California 90071-1406, USA that CGC as per 13 May 2016 has increased its holding of shares in Chr. Hansen Holding A/S to 13,253,003 (equivalent to 10.05% of the share capital and voting rights) from 10,977,000 (equivalent to 7.95% of the share capital and voting rights) as announced per 4 September 2012.

Compared to announcement No. 9 of 17 May 2016 the new holding of shares has been corrected to 13,253,003 from 131,852,496.

For further information, please contact:

Anders Mohr Christensen, Senior Director, Investor Relations

Tel: +45 4574 7618

Klara Halkjaer, Head of Media Relations

Tel: +45 4574 7474

About Chr. Hansen

Chr. Hansen is a global bioscience company that develops natural ingredient solutions for the food, nutritional, pharmaceutical and agricultural industries. The products include cultures, enzymes, probiotics and natural colors, and all solutions are based on strong research and development competencies coupled with significant technology investments. Revenue in the 2014/15 financial year was EUR 859 million. The company has more than 2,600 dedicated employees in 30 countries and main production facilities in Denmark, France, USA and Germany. Chr. Hansen was founded in 1874 and is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen. For further information, please visit www.chr-hansen.com.

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S - Major shareholder announcement

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S

Beoge Allé 10-12

DK-2970, Hoersholm

Denmark

Tel. +45 45 74 74 74

www.chr-hansen.com

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