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14.05.2008

AD HOC ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 WPHG

           LPKF: Weak first quarter but high level of orders received

Financial ratios to 31 March 2008:

|                    |2008 (3       |2007 (3 months)|Change      |
|                    |months)       |               |            |
|                    |              |               |            |
|Turnover TEUR       |8,462         |7,965          |+6.2%       |
|Profit TEUR         |-371          |512            |            |
|Net margin          |-4.4%         |6.4%           |            |
|EBIT TEUR           |-317          |711            |            |
|EBIT margin         |-3.7%         |8.9%           |            |
|EPS EUR             |-0.03         |0.05           |            |
|Cash and cash       |              |               |            |
|equivalents         |1,926         |3,994          |-51.8%      |
|Capital ratio       |68.7%         |71.8%          |            |
|Orders in hand of   |              |               |            |
|Group 31.03. TEUR   |12,684        |5,467          |+132.0%     |
|Orders received by  |              |               |            |
|Group 31.03. TEUR   |11,830        |7,984          |+48.2%      |

Group performance

The LPKF Group increased its turnover by 6.2 % in the first  quarter  2008,  and
was therefore well short of the target. EBIT registered  a  loss  of  TEUR  317.
However, the orders in hand in the first three  months  rose  by  TEUR  5,062 to
TEUR 12,684.

The high level of orders received was mainly attributable to  long  term  orders
in the Solar segment, and orders in the Rapid Prototyping  and  Plastic  Welding
segments. The Stencil segment was  able  to  considerably  boost  its  level  of
orders received in the first quarter with the launch of two new machine  models:
the associated sales will  largely  be  realised  in  the  second  quarter.  The
performance of the PCB Processing and MID segments was lower than expected.

Outlook

The Board of Managing Directors considers the weak turnover performance in the
first quarter to be a temporary anomaly, and rates the excellent level of
orders in hand as a clear sign for a stronger second quarter and a positive
Group performance in the first half of 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