**Exhibit      1.1**

| Syngenta                Ltd. Articles                of Incorporation |   |
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| **1**                                  | **Corporate                  Name,****Registered                    Office, Purpose and Duration**                                                                             |
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| **Corporate                  name**    | **Article                  1**                                                                                                                                                 |
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|                                   | A                  company                  limited by shares is formed under the corporate name:                                                                              |
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| **Registered                  office** | Syngenta                  AG Syngenta                  SA Syngenta                  Ltd. with                  its                  registered office in Basel. |
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| **Purpose**  |   | **Article                  2**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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|         | **1**  | Purpose                  of the                  Company is to hold interests in enterprises, particularly                  in the areas of agribusiness; in special circumstances the                  Company                  may directly operate such businesses. |
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|         | **2**  | The                  Company                  may acquire, mortgage, liquidate or sell real estate and                  intellectual property rights in Switzerland or abroad.                                                                                         |
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| **Duration** |   | **Article                  3**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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|         |   | The                  duration                  of the Company is unlimited.                                                                                                                                                                                            |

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| 2                                                                                                                         |   | **Share                  Capital**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| **Share                  capital**                                                                                        |   | **Article                  4**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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|                                                                                                                      | **1**  | The                  share                  capital of the Company is CHF 10,076,326.70, fully paid-in                  and                  divided into 100,763,267 registered shares. Each share                  has a                  par value of CHF 0.10.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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|                                                                                                                      | **2**  | Upon                  resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders registered                  shares                  may be converted into bearer shares and bearer shares                  may be                  converted into registered shares.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| **Shareholders’****register                  and****restrictions                  of****registration,****nominees** | **1**  | **Article                  5** The                  Company                  shall maintain a shareholders register showing the                  name(s),                  first name(s), domicile, address and nationality (in the                  case of                  legal entities the registered office) of the holders or usufructuaries                  of registered shares. Holders who may exercise the                  voting                  rights of shares which they do not own will be mentioned                  upon                  request in the notes of the shareholders  register in                  case                  their                  entitlement is based on law (legal usufructuary, mandatory                  legal                  representative of a minor and so forth). |
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|                                                                                                                      | **2**  | Upon                  request                  acquirers of registered shares are registered in the shareholders register                  as shareholders with the right to vote, provided                  that                  they declare explicitly to have acquired the registered                  shares                  in their own name and for their own account.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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|                                                                                                                      | **3**  | After                  hearing                  the registered shareholder or nominee, the Board of                  Directors                  may cancel, with retroactive effect as of the date of registration,                  the registration of shareholders or nominees if the registration                  was effected based on false information. The respective                  shareholder or nominee shall be informed immediately of such                  cancellation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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|                                                                                                                      | **4**  | The                  Board of                  Directors shall specify the details of registration in specific                  rules                  which take into account market practice in all of those                  markets                  where shares of the Company are listed. In particular,                  irrespective of the restriction set forth in Article 5 paragraph                  2 above,                  the Board of Directors may, based on separate regulations                  or                  individual agreements, allow the entry into the shareholders register                  as shareholders with voting rights of nominees                  that                  are subject to a recognized banking or financial market                  supervision.                                   |

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| **2**                                      |   | **Share                  Capital**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| **Dematerialized                  shares** |   | **Article                  6**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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|                                       | **1**  | Each                  shareholder may at any time request the Company to confirm                  the                  number of registered shares owned by the respective shareholder.                  The shareholders are not entitled, however, to demand                  the                  printing and delivery of certificates representing shares.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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|                                       | **2**  | By                  contrast,                  the Company may at any time print and deliver certificates                  representing shares and, with the consent of the owner of                  issued                  certificates, cancel issued share certificates upon their return                  to the                  Company. Certificates for multiple shares may be exchanged                  at                  any time for smaller portions or individual share certificates.                                                                                       |
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|                                       | **3**  | Registered                  shares not represented by a certificate may only be transferred                  by                  way of assignment including all rights connected with                  the                  transferred shares. To be valid, the assignment must be notified                  to                  the Company. Registered shares not represented by a                  certificate                  which a bank has been instructed by the shareholder                  to hold may                  only be transferred with the cooperation of that bank. |
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|                                       | **4**  | Registered                  shares not represented by a certificate may only be pledged                  to the                  bank which handles the book entries of such shares                  for the                  shareholder, and only based on a written pledge agreement.                  A                  notification of the Company is not necessary.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| **Exercise                  of rights**    |   | **Article                  7**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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|                                       | **1**  | The                  shares are                  not divisible. The Company accepts only one representative                  per share.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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|                                       | **2**  | The                  right to                  vote and the other rights associated with a share may                  only be                  exercised by a shareholder, a usufructuary or a nominee                  who is                  registered as a shareholder with the right to vote                  in the                  shareholders register.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

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| **3**                                   |       | **Corporate                    Bodies**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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|                                    |       | **A.  General                    Meeting of Shareholders**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| **Competence**                          |       | **Article                    8**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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|                                    | ** ** | The                      General                      Meeting of Shareholders is the supreme body of the                      Company.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| **Ordinary****General****Meeting**      |       | **Article                    9** The                      Ordinary                      General Meeting of Shareholders shall be held each year within                      six months                      after the close of the fiscal year of the Company; at the latest                      twenty                      days before the meeting the business report, the report of                      the auditors                      and the report of the group auditors shall be made available                      for                      inspection by the shareholders at the registered office of                      the Company or                      be sent to all registered shareholders. |
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| **Extraordinary**                       |       | **Article                      10**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **General                    Meeting**  |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                                    | **1**      | Extraordinary                    General Meetings of Shareholders shall take place upon request                    of the                    Board of Directors or the Auditors.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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|                                    | **2**      | Furthermore,                      Extraordinary General Meetings of Shareholders shall be convened                      upon                      resolution of a General Meeting of Shareholders or if it is                      requested by                      one or more shareholders who are representing in the aggregate                      not less                      than one tenth of the share capital and submit a petition signed                      by such                      shareholder or shareholders specifying the items for the agenda                      and the                      proposals.                                                                                      |
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| **Convening                      of**   |       | **Article                    11**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **General                    Meetings** |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                                    | **1**      | General                      Meetings of Shareholders shall be convened by the Board of                      Directors, or,                      if necessary, by the Auditors, at the latest twenty days before                      the date                      of the meeting. The meeting shall be convened by way of a notice                      appearing once in the official publication organs of the                      Company. Registered shareholders may also be informed by                      mail.                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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|                                    | **2**      | The                      notice of                      a meeting shall state the items on the agenda and the proposals                      of the                      Board of Directors, and as the case may be of the shareholders                      who                      demanded that a General Meeting of Shareholders be convened                      or that a                      certain item be included in the agenda and, in case of elections,                      the                      names of the nominated                      candidates.                                                                                                                                               |

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| **3**                                           |   | **Corporate                      Bodies**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| **Agenda**                                      |   | **Article                      12**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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|                                            | **1**  | One                      or more                      shareholders whose combined shareholdings represent an aggregate                      nominal                      value of at least CHF 10,000. may demand that an item be included in                      the agenda of a General Meeting of Shareholders. Such a demand                      must be                      made in writing at the latest sixty days before the meeting                      and shall                      specify the items and the proposals of such                      shareholder. |
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|                                            | **2**  | No                    resolution                    shall be passed at a General Meeting of Shareholders on matters                    for which                    no proper notice was given. This provision shall not apply to                    proposals to                    convene an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders or to                    initiate a                    special audit.                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| **Presiding                        officer,**   |   | **Article                      13**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **minutes,                      vote counters** |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                                            | **1**  | The                    General                    Meeting of Shareholders shall take place at the registered office                    of the                    Company, unless the Board of Directors decides otherwise. The                    Chairman of                    the Board of Directors or in his absence the Vice-Chairman  or                    any other Member of the Board of Directors designated by the                    Board of                    Directors shall take the chair.                                                          |
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|                                            | **2**  | The                    presiding                    officer shall appoint a secretary and the vote counters.  The                    presiding officer and the secretary shall sign the minutes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| **Proxies**                                     |   | **Article                        14**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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|                                            | **1**  | The                      Board of                      Directors shall provide for the rules regarding the participation                      and the                      representation at the General Meeting of Shareholders.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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|                                            | **2**  | A                        shareholder                        may only be represented by his legal representative, another                        shareholder                        with the right to vote, proxies designated in agreements                        with or                        regulations relating to nominees, corporate bodies *(Organvertreter),*independent proxies *(unabhängige Stimmrechtsvertreter)*or by                        a bank or a broker *(Depotvertreter).*                                                                               |
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|                                            | **3**  | The                    Chairman                    of the General Meeting decides whether a proxy will be                    accepted.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

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| **3**                                               |   | **Corporate                        Bodies**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| **Voting                        rights**            |   | **Article                        15**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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|                                                | **1**  | Each                        share                        entitles the holder to one vote.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| **Resolutions,                          elections** |   | **Article                        16**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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|                                                | **1**  | Unless                      the law                      requires otherwise, the General Meeting passes resolutions                      and elections                      with the absolute majority of the votes represented.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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|                                                | **2**  | Resolutions                      and elections shall be taken either on a show of hands or by                      electronic                      voting, unless the General Meeting of Shareholders decides                      for, or the                      presiding officer orders, a ballot.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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|                                                | **3**  | The                      presiding                      officer may at any time have an election or resolution taken                      on a show of                      hands or electronically repeated by a ballot, if the results                      of the first                      vote appear unclear. In such case, the preceding election or                      resolution                      taken on a show of hands or electronically is deemed not to                      have taken                      place. |
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|                                                | **4**  | In                      case of                      elections, if no valid election has been made in the first                      vote and if                      there is more than one candidate, the presiding officer shall                      order a                      second vote in which the relative majority shall be decisive.                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| **Powers                        of the**            |   | **Article                          17**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| **General                      Meeting**            |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|                                                |   | The                      following                      powers shall be vested exclusively in the General Meeting:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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|                                                | **a)** | to                        adopt and                        amend the Articles of Incorporation;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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|                                                | **b)** | to                        elect the                        members of the Board of Directors, the Auditors and the Group                        Auditors;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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|                                                | **c)** | to                        approve the                        annual report and the consolidated financial                        statements;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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|                                                | **d)** | to                        approve the                        annual financial statements and to decide on the allocation                        of profits                        shown on the balance sheet, in particular with regard to                        dividends;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |

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| **3**                               |   | **Corporate                    Bodies**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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|                                | **e)** | to                  discharge                  the members of the Board of Directors and the senior                  management;                                                                                                                                         |
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|                                | **f)** | to                  pass                  resolutions concerning all matters which by law or the Articles                  of                  Incorporation are reserved to the authority of the General                  Meeting.                                      |
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| **Special                  quorum** |   | **Article                  18**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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|                                |   | The                  approval                  of the least two thirds of the votes represented is required for                  resolutions of the General Meeting of Shareholders on:                                                                                  |
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|                                | **a)** | an                  alteration                  of the purpose of the Company;                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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|                                | **b)** | the                  creation                  of shares with increased voting powers;                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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|                                | **c)** | an                  implementation of restrictions on the transfer of registered shares                  and                  the removal of such restrictions;                                                                                                          |
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|                                | **d)** | an                  authorized                  or conditional increase of the share capital;                                                                                                                                                                            |
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|                                | **e)** | an                  increase of                  the share capital made through a transformation of reserves, by                  contribution in kind, for the purpose of an acquisition of property                  and                  the grant of special rights; |
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|                                | **f)** | a                  restriction                  or suspension of preemptive rights;                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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|                                | **g)** | a                  change of                  location of the registered office of the Company;                                                                                                                                                                          |
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|                                | **h)** | the                  dissolution of the Company without                  liquidation.                                                                                                                                                                                    |

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|                                                    |       | **B.                            Board of Directors**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| **Number                            of Directors**      |       | **Article                            19**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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|                                                    | ** ** | The                              Board of                              Directors shall consist of a maximum of twelve members                              who shall be                              shareholders.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| **Term                              of office**         |       | **Article                            20**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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|                                                    | **1**      | The                          term of                          office for each member of the Board of Directors shall                          not exceed three                          years. A year within the meaning of this provision is the interval                          between two Ordinary General Meetings of Shareholders. The term of                          office shall be determined for each member at the occasion                          of its                          election. The several terms of office shall be co-ordinated so                          that in each year approximately one third of all members                          of the Board of                          Directors shall be subject to re-election or election. |
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|                                                    | **2**      | In                          the case of                          replacement elections that occur during a term of office                          of a director,                          the successor shall assume the term of office of his                          predecessor. Members of the Board of Directors whose term of office                          has expired shall be re-eligible, subject to paragraph 3                          hereinafter.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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|                                                    | **3**      | The                          members of                          the Board of Directors shall automatically retire after                          the lapse of the                          twelfth year of office or, if earlier, after the expiry                          of the seventieth                          year of age, provided that the retirement shall become                          effective on the                          date of the next Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders                          following such                          event.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| **Organization of                            the** |       | **Article                              21**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| **Board,                            remuneration**      |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                                                    | **1**      | The                            Board of                            Directors shall elect its Chairman and one Vice-Chairman                            from among its                            members. It shall appoint a secretary who need not be a member                            of the                            Board of Directors.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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|                                                    | **2**      | The                              Board of                              Directors shall determine the remuneration of its                              members.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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|                                                    |       | **Article                            22**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| **Convening                            of meetings**    |       | The                                Chairman                                shall convene meetings of the Board of Directors                                if and when the need                                arises or if a member so requires in                                writing.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |

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| **Resolutions**                                 |       | **Article                        23**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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|                                            |       | The                      Board of                      Directors may lay down rules on its decision-making                      mechanism in the rules governing its organization.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| **Power                          of the Board** |       | **Article                        24**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| **of                      Directors**           | ** ** | ** **                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                                            | **1**      | The                        Board of                        Directors has in particular the following nontransferable                        and inalienable                        duties:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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|                                            | **a)**     | the                        ultimate                        direction of the business of the Company and the giving of                        the necessary                        directives;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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|                                            | **b)**     | the                        determination of the organization of the Company;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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|                                            | **c)**     | the                            administration of accounting, financial control and financial                            planning;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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|                                            | **d)**     | the                        appointment and removal of the persons entrusted with the                        management and                        representation of the Company;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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|                                            | **e)**     | the                          ultimate                          supervision of the persons entrusted with the management                          of the Company,                          specifically in view of their compliance with the law,                          the Articles of                          Incorporation, regulations and directives;                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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|                                            | **f)**     | the                        preparation of business reports and the General Meetings                        of Shareholders                        and the carrying out of the resolutions adopted by the General                        Meetings of                        Shareholders;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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|                                            | **g)**     | the                        notification of the court if liabilities exceed assets;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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|                                            | **h)**     | the                        adoption                        of resolutions concerning the increase of the share capital                        to the extent                        that such power is vested in the Board of Directors (Article                        651 paragraph                        4 of the Code of Obligations), as well as resolutions concerning                        the                        confirmation of capital increases and respective amendments                        to the                        Articles of Incorporation; |
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|                                            | **i)**     | the                        examination of the professional qualifications of qualified                        auditors.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

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| **3**                                              |   | **Corporate                        Bodies**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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|                                               | **2**  | In                        addition                        the Board of Directors may pass resolutions with respect                        to all matters                        which are not reserved to the authority of the General Meeting                        of                        Shareholders by law or by these Articles of                        Incorporation.                                                     |
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| **Delegation                          of powers,** |   | **Article                        25**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **organizational                      rules**      |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|                                               | **1**  | The                      Board of                      Directors may, subject to Article 24 hereof, delegate the management                      of                      the Company in whole or in part to individual or several directors                      or to                      third persons (senior management) in accordance with rules                      governing the                      internal organization. |
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|                                               | **2**  | The                        rules                        governing the internal organization shall be enacted by the                        Board of                        Directors and shall determine the powers and organization                        of the Board of                        Directors and the competencies and duties of the senior                        management.                                         |
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| **Signature                        power**         |   | **Article                          26**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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|                                               |   | The                        Board of                        Directors determines those of its members as well as those                        third persons                        who shall have signatory power for the Company and shall                        further determine                        the manner in which such persons may sign on behalf of the                        Company.                                 |
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|                                               |   | **C.  Auditors                      and Group Auditors**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| **Term,                      powers and duties**   |   | **Article                        27**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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|                                               |   | The                          Auditors                          and the Group Auditors, both of which shall be elected                          by the General                          Meeting of Shareholders each year, shall have the powers                          and duties vested                          in them by law.                                                                                                   |
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| **Special                      auditor**           |   | **Article                        28**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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|                                               |   | The                      General                      Meeting of Shareholders may elect for a term of up to three                      years a                      special auditor to perform the special audits required (according                      to                      Articles 652f, 653f, and 653i of the Code of Obligations) in                      connection                      with capital increases.          |

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| **4**                                                 |   | **Annual                        Financial Statements, Consolidated****Financial                        Statements and Profit Allocation**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| **Fiscal                        year**                |   | **Article                        29**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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|                                                  |   | The                        Board of                        Directors determines the fiscal year.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| **Business                          report**          |   | **Article                        30**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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|                                                  |   | The                      Board of                      Directors shall prepare for each fiscal year a business report                      consisting                      of the annual financial statements for the Company and on a                      consolidated                      level (including profit and loss statements, balance sheet                      and notes to                      the financial statements) and the annual report. The Board                      of Directors                      shall determine the currency in which the consolidated financial                      statements are reported. |
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| **Allocation                        of profit ** |   | **Article                          31**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| **shown                      on the balance**         |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **sheet,                      reserves**              | **1**  | The                        General                        Meeting of Shareholders subject to the legal provisions shall                        determine                        the allocation of profit shown on the balance sheet. The                        Board of                        Directors shall submit its proposals to the General Meeting                        of                        Shareholders.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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|                                                  | **2**  | In                          addition to                          statutory reserves, additional reserves may be                          accrued.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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|                                                  | **3**  | Dividends                      not                      claimed within five years after the due date shall remain with                      the Company                      and be allocated to the general reserves.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

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| **5**                                                |   | **Publications                          and Place of Jurisdiction**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| **Publications**                                     |   | **Article                        32**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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|                                                 |   | Shareholder                          communications of the Company shall be made in the                          Swiss                          Commercial Gazette. The Board of Directors may designate                          additional forms of publication and shall assure that shareholders                          in all jurisdictions where the shares of the Company                          are                          listed are treated equally |
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| **Place                            of jurisdiction** |   | **Article                        33**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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|                                                 |   | The                        place of                        jurisdiction for any disputes arising from or in connection                        with                        the shareholdership in the Company shall be at the registered                        office of the Company.                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| **6**                                             |   | **Contribution                          in kind**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| **Contribution                          in kind** |   | **Article                        34**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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|                                              | **1**  | According                          to                          the agreement concerning contribution in kind as of 9 November                          2000 the                          Company will receive from Astra Zeneca PLC, London, all                          100,000 shares                          with a par value of CHF 10.-  Zeneca Agrochemical Zeta AG,                          Basel, as a contribution in kind at a price of CHF 3,000,000.-                          In return                          the contributor will receive 43,890,186 shares of the Company,                          fully                          paid-in with a par value of CHF 10.-, which presents a                          nominal value of                          CHF 43,901,860.-. The difference between this amount and                          the                          aforementioned price of CHF 3,000,000.- will be assigned                          to the general                          reserves of the Company.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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|                                              | **2**  | According                        to                        the agreement subject to US law between Syngenta AG, Basel,                        Syngenta                        MergerSub Inc., Wilmington, Delaware (USA), and Novartis                        Agribusiness                        Holding Inc., Wilmington, Delaware (USA), as of 8 September                        2000 Syngenta                        AG, Basel, will receive through contribution in kind from                        Novartis                        Agribusiness Holding Inc., Wilmington, Delaware (USA), all                        shares of this                        corporation existing on 12 November 2000 at a price of CHF                        175,000,000.-,                        which makes Novartis Agribusiness Holding Inc., Wilmington,                        Delaware                        (USA), a one-hundred-percent affiliate. In return, also based                        on this                        contract, the shareholders of Novartis Agribusiness Holding                        Inc.,                        Wilmington, Delaware (USA), will receive 17,166,099 fully                        paid-in shares                        with a par value of CHF 10.- of the Company with a total nominal                        value of CHF 171,660,990.-. The difference between this amount                        and the                        aforementioned price of a total of CHF 3,339,010.- will be assigned                        to the general reserves of the Company. |
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| **7**      |   | **Merger**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| **Merger** |   | **Article                          35**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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|       | **1**  | In                          accordance                          with the merger agreement of 3 November 2000 and                          the merger                          balance sheet of 3 November 2000                          Novartis                          Agri Holding                          AG,                          Basel, transfers all of its assets and liabilities of CHF                          870,776,282. with the net book value of CHF 686,791,800. by                          universal                          succession to Syngenta AG, Basel. In return the former                          shareholders of Novartis Agri Holding AG, Basel, will receive                          51,498,299 fully paid-in shares of the Company with a par                          value of                          CHF 10.  with a total nominal value of CHF                          514,982,990. The difference of CHF 171,808,810.  between                          the                          aforementioned amount and the net book value will be                          assigned to                          the general reserves of the Company. |
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|       |   | Version                      corresponding to the resolutions of the Ordinary General Meeting                      of                      Shareholders of May 2, 2007.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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|       |   | (The                        official                        German version of the Articles of Incorporation is prevailing                        over the                        English text).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

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