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  Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is
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Announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG (share)

Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name:    DWS Investment GmbH
Place:   Frankfurt
State:   Deutschland

Publication according to § 26 Section 1 WpHG 
On August 23, 2012, DWS Investment GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany, has informed LPKF
Laser & Electronics AG that its Voting Rights on LPKF Laser & Electronics AG
have exceeded the 3% threshold of the Voting Rights on August 21, 2012 and on
that day amounted to 3.32% (this corresponds to 369.544 Voting Rights).

LPKF Laser & Electronics AG, in August 2012

The Management Board


Further inquiry note:
LPKF Laser & Electronics AG
Bettina Schäfer, Investor Relations Manager (CIRO)
Tel: (05131) 7095-1382

issuer:      LPKF Laser & Electronics AG
             Osteriede  7
             D-30827 Garbsen
phone:       +49(0)5131 7095 1382
FAX:         +49(0)5131 7095 90
mail:        investorrelations@lpkf.com
WWW:         ¿U1http://www.lpkf.de¿U0
sector:      Semiconductors & active components
ISIN:        DE0006450000
indexes:     CDAX, Prime All Share, Technology All Share
stockmarkets: free trade: Hannover, Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf,
             Stuttgart, regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt 
language:    English