Disclosure of Equity Participations pursuant to articles 9 and 17 of the Ordinance of the Federal Banking Commission on the Stock Exchange
(lifePR) ( Wattwil, )COLTENE Holding AG (SIX Swiss Exchange [previously SWX Swiss Exchange]: CLTN) announces that according to a notification signed on September 19, 2008, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 4QA (contact: Sarah Pace, +44 207 425 4911) holds on the basis of investment management agreements with different beneficial owners of the shares including the authority to instruct the respective nominee on how to vote since a sale on September 18, 2008 a total of 233,711 registered shares representing 4.9938 % of the voting rights in COLTENE Holding AG.