Voting rights announcements

Neuberger Berman Inc., New York, USA under 3 %

On 8 January, 2009 Neuberger Berman Inc., New York, USA 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, fell below the 3% limit of the voting rights on 16 October, 2008 and amounted to 2.62% (this corresponds to 777,240 voting rights).

According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG in connection with Sentence 2 of the WpHG the voting rights were to be attributed to the company.