Leoni AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 15.05.2009 Release of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. =-------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 12 May 2009, Bestinver Gestión, S.A. SGIIC, Madrid, Spain informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its voting rights on Leoni AG, Nuremberg, Germany, ISIN: DE0005408884, WKN: 540888, have exceeded the 3% limit of the voting rights on 6 May 2009 and now amount to 3.162% (this corresponds to 939,112 voting rights of a total of 29,700,000 voting rights). According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG in connecton with Sentence 2 of the WpHG, 2.369% of the voting rights (this corresponds to 703,613 voting rights) is to be attributed directly and 0.793% of the voting rights (this corresponds to 235,499 voting rights) is to be atributed indirectly to the company. 15.05.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP =-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: Leoni AG Marienstraße 7 90402 Nürnberg Deutschland Internet: www.leoni.com End of News DGAP News-Service =--------------------------------------------------------------------------

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