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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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