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14.08.2008

AD HOC ANNOUNCEMENT AS PER SECTION 15 WPHG

                         LPKF grows slower than expected

Financial ratio summary dated 30 June 2008:

|                    |2008 (6       |2007 (6 months)|Change      |
|                    |months)       |               |            |
|                    |              |               |            |
|Turnover TEUR       |19,615        |18,128         |+ 8.2 %     |
|Profit TEUR         |-8            |1,793          |- %         |
|Net margin          |0.0 %         |9.9 %          |            |
|EBIT TEUR           |472           |2,807          |- 83.2 %    |
|EBIT margin         |2.4 %         |15.5 %         |            |
|EPS EUR             |0.00          |0.17           |            |
|Cash and cash       |              |               |            |
|equivalents TEUR    |2,948         |2,674          |+10.2 %     |
|Capital ratio       |64.8 %        |72.0 %         |            |
|Orders in hand of   |              |               |            |
|Group 30.06. TEUR   |11,678        |8,523          |+37.0 %     |
|Orders received by  |              |               |            |
|Group 30.06. TEUR   |24,090        |21,668         |+11.2 %     |

Company performance

The turnover of the LPKF Group rose by EUR 1.0 million or 10  %  in  the  second
quarter 2008, to EUR 11.2 million. The weak  US  Dollar  depressed  consolidated
turnover in the first half by around EUR 0.4  million.  The  operating  earnings
(EBIT) and the consolidated net income were again positive over this  period  at
EUR 0.8 million and EUR 0.4 million respectively, but  well  down  year-on-year.
Income was depressed by high sales and marketing costs, and a rise  in  expenses
associated with the latest expansion in capacity. Orders in hand  rose  strongly
by 37 % to EUR 11.7 million.

Turnover and income performance in the first half suffered  from  slow  business
in the MID and PCB Processing segments.  StencilLaser  turnover  is  also  still
less than expected. However, a high level of orders received (+ 31 %)  point  to
an upswing in the second half which  can  bring  turnover  into  line  with  the
budget. As expected, turnover  in  the  Rapid  Prototyping  segment  (+  22  %),
Plastic Welding segment (+ 56 %) and the Solar segment rose strongly.

Outlook
The downturn in the economy, and the increasing hurdles  on  importing  machines
to China, will also affect the LPKF Group's performance in the second half.  The
Board of Managing Directors revised its turnover and earnings forecasts for  the
whole of the 2008 financial year and now forecast  a  consolidated  turnover  of
EUR 43 - 45 million, and an EBIT margin in the upper single  figure  range.  The
previous forecasts for the 2008 financial year were for a  turnover  of  EUR  50
million and an EBIT margin of 13 to 16 %.

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