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Leifheit Aktiengesellschaft 07.05.2015 11:43Dissemination 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.Capital Income Builder, Los Angeles, California, USA, informed us on May 6,2015, that its share of the voting rights in Leifheit AG exceeded thethreshold of 5% of the voting rights on May 4, 2015 and on this dateamounted to 5.60% (this corresponds to 280,000 voting rights).2.Capital Research and Management Company, Los Angeles, California, USA,informed us on May 6, 2015, that its share of the voting rights in LeifheitAG exceeded the threshold of 5% of the voting rights on May 4, 2015 and onthis date amounted to 5.60% (this corresponds to 280,000 voting rights).The entire voting rights are attributable to Capital Research andManagement Company pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG,including the voting rights of the following shareholder holding directly3% of the voting rights or more: Capital Income Builder.3.The Capital Group Companies, Inc., Los Angeles, California, USA, informedus on May 6, 2015, that its share of the voting rights in Leifheit AGexceeded the threshold of 5% of the voting rights on May 4, 2015 and onthis date amounted to 5.60% (this corresponds to 280,000 voting rights).The entire voting rights are attributable to The Capital Group Companies,Inc. pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG in conjunction withsec. 22 para. 1 sent. 2 and 3 WpHG, including the voting rights of thefollowing shareholder holding directly 3% of the voting rights or more:Capital Income Builder.07.05.2015 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------