Ghent, Belgium
April 29, 2011

In accordance with Article 14 of the Act of May 2, 2007 on the disclosure of major shareholdings in listed companies, Devgen nv hereby informs that it has received a shareholder notification from Monsanto Company on Wednesday 27 April 2011.

Monsanto Company declared to hold 1,045,400 Devgen shares or 4.31% of total Devgen shares.

This follows the recent capital increase of Devgen and the change in denominator. The participation of Monsanto Company in Devgen shares crossed the threshold level of 5% on April 8 2011, going from a participation of more than 5 % to a participation of 4.31%.

Monsanto Company is a public corporation listed on the NYSE under the ticker "MON".

For further details on the transparency declarations received by the company, reference is made to our website www.devgen.com
 

Website: http://www.devgen.com

Published: April 29, 2011