DGAP-PVR: GRENKELEASING AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution


GRENKELEASING AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)

08.09.2009 

Dissemination of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by
DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------


The following notification is made in the names of Threadneedle Asset
Management Limited, Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited and
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL all with registered seat at 60
St. Mary Axe, London EC3A 8JQ, United Kingdom and in the name of Ameriprise
Financial, Inc., 200 Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, MN 55474,
USA.

Ameriprise Financial Inc. is the parent company of Threadneedle Asset
Management Holdings SARL which is the parent company of Threadneedle Asset
Management Holdings Limited, which is the parent company of Threadneedle
Asset Management Limited.
 
Please be advised that on 03 September 2009 the share of voting stocks of
the above mentioned companies in Grenkeleasing AG, Corporate
Communications, Neuer Markt 2, D-76532 Baden-Baden, GERMANY went above the
threshold of 5% of the total voting stocks of the company.
 
The percentage of voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Limited in
Grenkeleasing AG at 03 September 2009 amounted to 5.261% (719,874 shares).
These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Threadneedle
Asset Management Limited pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6 WpHG. These
voting rights are held directly by Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC and
other funds.
 
The percentage of voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings
Limited in Grenkeleasing AG at 03 September 2009 amounted to 5.261%
(719,874 shares). These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited pursuant to § 22 para. 1
sent. 1 No. 6, sent. 2 and sent. 3 WpHG. These voting rights are held
directly by Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC and other funds.
 
The percentage of voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings
SARL in Grenkeleasing AG at 03 September 2009 amounted to 5.261% (719,874
shares). These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent.
1 No. 6, sent. 2 and sent. 3 WpHG. These voting rights are held directly by
Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC and other funds.
 
The percentage of voting rights of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. in
Grenkeleasing AG at 03 September 2009 amounted to 5.261% (719,874 shares).
These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Ameriprise
Financial, Inc. pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6, sent. 2 and sent. 3
WpHG. These voting rights are held directly by Threadneedle Investment
Funds ICVC and other funds.



08.09.2009  |[![CDATA[|[a href="http://www.dgap.de"|]Financial News transmitted by DGAP|[/a|]]]|]

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Language:     English
Company:      GRENKELEASING AG
              Neuer Markt 2
              76532 Baden-Baden
              Deutschland
Internet:     www.grenke.de
 
End of News                                     DGAP News-Service
 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------