03.07.2009

Release of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG (Xetra: 549416 - Nachrichten) . The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Frankfurt/Main, July 3rd, 2009 -

E/LHS Acquisition GmbH, Düsseldorf, an indirect subsidiary of Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson, Stockholm (Sweden), has today issued the Board of Managing Directors of LHS Aktiengesellschaft with the formal demand, pursuant to section 327a of the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz), stating that the company's shareholders' meeting shall resolve upon the transfer of the shares of all minority shareholders to the main shareholder, E/LHS Acquisition GmbH, in exchange for an appropriate level of cash compensation (so-called 'squeeze-out'). E/LHS Acquisition GmbH holds [direct and indirect] shares totaling over 95.0 per cent. of the share capital of LHS Aktiengesellschaft. The transfer is subject to approval by the shareholders' meeting of LHS Aktiengesellschaft. The according resolution is scheduled to be made at an extraordinary shareholders' meeting which is expected to take place still within the year 2009.

LHS Aktiengesellschaft The Management Board

Contact: LHS Aktiengesellschaft Arnaud Lassalle Tel.: +49 69 2383 5000 Fax: +49 69 2383 5710 E-Mail: ir@lhsgroup.com

03.07.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

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Language: English Issuer: LHS Aktiengesellschaft Herriotstrasse 1 60528 Frankfurt Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)69 2383 4090 Fax: +49 (0)69 2383 5710 E-mail: ir@lhsgroup.com Internet: www.lhsgroup.com ISIN: DE000LHS4000 WKN: LHS400 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart of News DGAP News-Service
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