Holding(s) in Company

ABB Ltd
14 October 2002





Notification

Putnam Investment Management holds 5 Percent of ABB



Zurich, October 14, 2002  -   Pursuant to Art. 20 of stock exchange act, Putnam
Investment Management, LLC, 1 Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109, one of the
largest U.S. asset management companies, announced that, as per October 7, 2002,
it holds for its clients a total of 60,147,535 registered shares of ABB Ltd,
Zurich.  This corresponds to 5.01 percent of total capital and voting rights.




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