0001104659-17-003968.txt : 20170125 0001104659-17-003968.hdr.sgml : 20170125 20170125114320 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-17-003968 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: IRANNOTICE PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170125 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170125 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NOVARTIS AG CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001114448 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: V8 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: IRANNOTICE SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15024 FILM NUMBER: 17545430 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: LICHTSTRASSE 35 CITY: BASEL STATE: V8 ZIP: CH 4056 BUSINESS PHONE: 01141613241111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: LICHTSTRASSE 35 CITY: BASEL STATE: V8 ZIP: CH 4056 IRANNOTICE 1 a17-1339_3irannotice.htm IRANNOTICE

 

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Novartis AG

Novartis Campus

4002 Basel

Switzerland

 

Telephone: +41 61 324 1111

 

US Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC  20549

 

January 25, 2017

 

Re:                             Notice of disclosure filed in Exchange Act Annual Report under Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 and Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Pursuant to Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 and Section 13(r) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, notice is hereby provided that Novartis AG has made disclosure pursuant to those provisions in its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 25, 2017.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

 

 

Novartis AG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ FELIX R. EHRAT

 

/s/ HARRY KIRSCH

Felix R. Ehrat

 

Harry Kirsch

General Counsel

 

Chief Financial Officer

Novartis Group

 

Novartis Group

 

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