Voting rights announcements

State of Norway exceeded 3 %

14 November 2011

On 14 November 2011, the Royal Ministry of Finance, Oslo, Norway informed us in the name and on behalf of the state of Norway pursuant to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that on 10 November 2011 the voting rights of the state of Norway on Leoni AG, Nuremberg, Germany, exceeded the 3% threshold of the voting rights and amounts to 3.04% (this corresponds to 993,254 of a total of 32,669,000 voting rights) as of 10 November 2011.

The voting rights are held by Norges Bank (Central Bank of Norway). Norges Bank is controlled by the state of Norway and voting rights held by Norges Bank are to be attributed to the state of Norway pursuant to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 1 WpHG.