24 August 2009

D+S europe AG: Squeeze out cash compensation determined at EUR 9.87 per share

Hamburg, June 25, 2009. Pyramus S.à r.l., a company based in Luxembourg and controlled by funds advised by Apax Partners Worldwide LLP, today specified its transfer request of April 14, 2009 and informed the management board of D+S europe AG (ISIN: DE0005336804) that it has determined the cash compensation to be paid for the transfer of the shares held by minority shareholders of D+S europe AG to Pyramus S.à r.l. as the majority shareholder according to sections 327a et seqq. of the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz) (squeeze out) at EUR 9.87 per share.

The squeeze out requires the approval of the shareholders´ meeting. The resolution on the approval has been scheduled to take place at the annual shareholders´ meeting in Hamburg on August 27, 2009.

Further inquiry note:

Investor Relations
Tel.: +49 (0)40 4114-3338
E-Mail: investor-relations@dseurope.ag

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Several minority shareholders have instructed ARENDTS ANWÄLTE with their legal representation.

LHS Aktiengesellschaft: Intended squeeze-out at the instigation of E/LHS Acquisition GmbH

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

Jerini AG: Squeeze-Out Cash Compensation Specified in the Amount of EUR 7.53

Berlin, April 24, 2009 - The Management Board of Jerini AG has today been informed by Shire Deutschland Investments GmbH, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Shire plc (formerly Shire Limited), with registered offices in Cologne, Germany (formerly in Frankfurt am Main, Germany), that it will offer a cash compensation of EUR 7.53
for each no par value share of Jerini AG in connection with the transfer of shares of the minority shareholders of Jerini AG to Shire Deutschland Investments GmbH (majority shareholder) pursuant to §§ 327a et seq. of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) (so called squeeze-out).

The squeeze-out requires a resolution of the shareholders´ meeting of Jerini AG. It is intended to resolve upon the squeeze-out in the annual general meeting of Jerini AG on June 16, 2009.

Jerini AG
The Management Board

ISIN: DE0006787476
WKN: 678 747
Regulated Market / Prime Standard; Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Germany
Registered Office: Berlin, Germany

WaveLight AG: Squeeze-out cash compensation determined at EUR 20.02 per share

Erlangen, July 9, 2009. WaveLight AG, listed on the Prime Standard of the Deutsche Börse AG (ISIN: DE0005125603) announces that relative to the formal transfer request pursuant to Sec. 327 a para. 1 sentence 1 AktG of May 8, 2009 Alcon, Inc. (NYSE: ACL) has informed the Executive Board of WaveLight AG today that it has determined the cash compensation to be paid for the transfer of the shares held by the minority shareholders of WaveLight AG to the principal shareholder Alcon, Inc. at EUR 20.02 per non-par value bearer share.

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Several minority shareholders have instructed ARENDTS ANWÄLTE with their legal representation.

SCHWARZ PHARMA AG: Squeeze-out registered in the commercial register

The commercial register of the Local Court (Amtsgericht) of Düsseldorf has registered the resolution of the General Meeting of SCHWARZ PHARMA AG of July 8, 2009 on the transfer of the shares of the other shareholders of SCHWARZ PHARMA AG (Minority Shareholders) to UCB SP GmbH, Monheim (Principal Shareholder) in return for adequate cash compensation in the amount of EUR 111.44 per share.

Upon registration of the resolution on the transfer of shares in the commercial register, all shares of the Minority Shareholders of SCHWARZ PHARMA AG have been transferred to UCB SP GmbH by operation of law.

The listing of the shares of SCHWARZ PHARMA AG will be terminated shortly.

Monheim, August 21, 2009

The Executive Board


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Several (now former) minority shareholders have instructed ARENDTS ANWÄLTE with their legal representation.