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26.03.2009

AD HOC ANNOUNCEMENT AS PER SECTION 15 WPHG

                  LPKF closes 2008 with 8 % growth in turnover

Company performance

The LPKF Group boosted its turnover in the last financial year by 7.6 % to
EUR 45.4 million. The EBIT margin of 6.8 % lay within the forecast range
communicated in August 2008. Special items totalling EUR 0.6 million from the
devaluation of inventories, mainly because of various product changes and the
introduction of new products, and other special items totalling EUR 0.2 million
have depressed earnings. Adjusted for these one-time expenses, the EBIT margin
is 8.5 %.

With a turnover of EUR 13.8 million (previous year: EUR 14.5 million) and an
EBIT
adjusted for special items of EUR 1.8 million (previous year: EUR 2.1 million)
the
fourth quarter was the strongest quarter in the 2008 financial year.

The growth in turnover was generated by systems for plastic welding and for
scribing solar panels. The Stencil, MID and PCB Processing segments failed to
perform according to forecast for the 2008 financial year as a whole. However,
the MID and PCB Processing divisions enjoyed a considerable increase in
business in the fourth quarter.

As an export-oriented company, LPKF has been strongly hit by the current
economic situation. The good order position overall at the end of the year
indicates however that innovative technologies are in demand even in difficult
economic phases.

Financial ratios at a glance for the 2008 financial year

|                       |2008        |2007          |Change        |
|in million EUR         |            |              |              |
|Turnover               |45.4        |42.2          |+ 7.6 %       |
|Net margin (%)         |4.0         |9.2           |              |
|EBIT                   |3.1         |6.0           |- 48.3 %      |
|EBIT margin (%)        |6.8         |14.2          |              |
|Net income after       |            |              |              |
|minority interests     |1.8         |3.9           |- 53.2 %      |
|ROCE (%)               |7.4         |15.4          |              |
|EPS (EUR)              |0.17        |0.36          |- 52.8 %      |
|Cash and cash          |6.0         |3.0           |+ 97.4 %      |
|equivalents            |            |              |              |
|Capital ratio (%)      |68.1        |69.3          |              |
|Orders in hand of Group|            |              |              |
|per 31.12.             |10.3        |7.6           |+ 35.8 %      |
|Orders received by     |            |              |              |
|Group per 31.12.       |48.1        |43.2          |+ 11.6 %      |

Outlook 2009

It is currently extremely difficult to make reliable forecasts. The current
target set by the management is for the Group to generate about the same
turnover in 2009 as in the previous financial year. Earnings could improve
mainly due to the absence of one-time expenses and cost savings. A range of
negative scenarios have been calculated in the event that the economic crisis
in 2009 has an even stronger effect on the markets relevant to LPKF. They
indicate that even if turnover were to fall by as much as 25 %, the company
could still generate a balanced result. The development of business in the
first months though corresponds to that of the previous year.

Because of the decline in earnings and the uncertainties about the overall
economic situation in future, the Board of Managing Directors and the
Supervisory Board will make a proposal at the annual general meeting on 4 June
2009 not to pay a dividend, and to carry forward the net income of LPKF Laser &
Electronics AG for the 2008 financial year.

LPKF Laser & Electronics AG shares are quoted on the Prime Standard of the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN 0006450000).


Further inquiry note:
Bettina Schäfer
Tel.: +49 (0)5131 7095 382
b.schaefer@lpkf.de

emitter:      LPKF Laser & Electronics AG
              Osteriede  7
              D-30827 Garbsen
phone:        +49(0)5131 7095 382
FAX:          +49(0)5131 7095 90
mail:         investorrelations@lpkf.de
WWW:          ¿U1http://www.lpkf.de¿U0
sector:       Semiconductors & active components
ISIN:         DE0006450000
indexes:      CDAX, Prime All Share, Technologie All Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Börse Frankfurt, free trade:
              Börse Berlin, Börse Hamburg, Börse Stuttgart, Börse Düsseldorf,
              Börse Hannover, Börse München 
language:     English