Unternehmen : Leonardo Venture GmbH & Co. KGaA / Release according to article 26a WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution

=- Total number of voting rights announcement transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement. =- Leonardo Venture GmbH & Co. KGaA hereby announces that at the end of the month October 2007 the number of voting rights amounts to a total of 16725751 voting rights. The change of total voting rights is effective as of 24.10.2007. end of announcement euro adhoc 31.10.2007 18:05:31 =- (END) Dow Jones Newswires October 31, 2007 13:06 ET (17:06 GMT)