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Leifheit Aktiengesellschaft 06.05.2015 13:49Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted byDGAP - a service of EQS Group AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.---------------------------------------------------------------------------1.Carmignac Gestion S.A., Paris, France, informed us on May 5, 2015, that itsshare of the voting rights in Leifheit AG exceeded the thresholds of 3% and5% of the voting rights on April 27, 2015 and on this date amounted to5.49% (this corresponds to 274,487 voting rights). Of these voting rights,0.41% (this corresponds to 20,557 voting rights) are attributable toCarmignac Gestion S.A. pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG inconjunction with sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG.2.Mr. Edouard Carmignac, France, informed us on May 5, 2015, that his shareof the voting rights in Leifheit AG exceeded the thresholds of 3% and 5% ofthe voting rights on April 27, 2015 and on this date amounted to 5.49%(this corresponds to 274,487 voting rights). Of these voting rights, 5.08%(this corresponds to 253,930 voting rights) are attributable to Mr. EdouardCarmignac pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 1 WpHG, including thevoting rights of the following shareholder holding directly 3% of thevoting rights or more: Carmignac Gestion S.A., and 0.41% (this correspondsto 20,557 voting rights) pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG inconjunction with sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG.06.05.2015 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements,Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language:     EnglishCompany:      Leifheit Aktiengesellschaft              Leifheitstraße              56377 Nassau / Lahn              GermanyInternet:     www.leifheit.com End of Announcement                             DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------