16 October 2009

Constantin Film AG: Squeeze-out registered

The resolution passed by the Annual Shareholders' Meeting on April 21, 2009 about transferring the shares held by the minority shareholders of Constantin Film AG to Highlight Communications AG, which has its registered office in Pratteln/Switzerland, in return for a cash payment in accordance with §§ 327a ff. of the German Companies Act (AktG) was entered in the Constantin Film AG commercial register on October 07, 2009.

In accordance with § 327e Paragraph 3 Sentence 1 of the AktG, all the shares held by the minority shareholders were transferred to Highlight Communications AG by law when the resolution approving the transfer was entered in the commercial register. Constantin Film AG shares will be delisted soon.

Constantin Film AG
The Mangement Board

Hypo Real Estate Holding AG: Transfer of minority shareholders´ shares comes into effect

Regional Court enters transfer resolution into Commercial Register

Munich, October 13, 2009 - Hypo Real Estate Holding AG: The Regional Court in Munich on October 13, 2009 entered the transfer resolution for the squeeze-out of minority shareholders of Hypo Real Estate AG into the Commercial Register. With this, the transfer of the shares to the Financial Markets Stabilization Fund (SoFFin) takes effect and SoFFin now owns 100 percent of Hypo Real Estate Holding AG. The resolution on the squeeze-out of minority shareholders was passed by the Extraordinary General Meeting of Hypo Real Estate Holding AG on Monday, Ocotber 5, 2009.

As a result of the transfer of the shares, the minority shareholders have a claim to a cash settlement payment from SoFFin. This payment has been set at EUR 1.30 per no-par value share by SoFFin. Details regarding the processing and payment of the cash settlement will be announced by SoFFin shortly.

In principle, Hypo Real Estate Holding AG shares can be traded until Deutsche Börse revokes the admission; Deutsche Börse will decide on a sus-pension of trading until the admission is revoked. The share certificates now certify the right to obtain the cash settlement payment of EUR 1.30.

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

LHS Aktiengesellschaft: Squeeze-out cash compensation determined by principal shareholder at EUR 33,89 per share

Frankfurt/Main, October 16, 2009 - E/LHS Acquisition GmbH, Düsseldorf, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson, Stockholm (Sweden), and principal shareholder of LHS Aktiengesellschaft has today informed the Board of Managing Directors of LHS Aktiengesellschaft that it has determined the cash compensation to be paid for the transfer of the shares held by the minority shareholders of LHS Aktiengesellschaft to E/LHS Acquisition GmbH according to §§ 327a et seq. German Stock Corporation Act ("squeeze-out") at EUR 33,89 per no-par value bearer share.

The squeeze-out shall be resolved upon in an extraordinary shareholders´ meeting of LHS Aktiengesellschaft which will presumably be held on December 21, 2009.

LHS Aktiengesellschaft
The Management Board

ISIN: DE000LHS4000
WKN: LHS400
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart

01 October 2009

BERU AG: Squeeze-out registered in the commercial register

Today, the commercial register of the Local Court (Amtsgericht) of Stuttgart has registered the resolution of the General Meeting of BERU AG of 20 May 2009 on the transfer of the shares of the other shareholders of BERU AG (Minority Shareholders) to BorgWarner Germany GmbH, Ketsch (Principal Shareholder) in return for adequate cash compensation in the amount of EUR 73.39 per share.

Upon registration of the resolution on the transfer of shares in the commercial register, all shares of the Minority Shareholders of BERU AG have been transferred to BorgWarner Germany GmbH by operation of law.

The listing of the shares of BERU AG will be terminated shortly.

Ludwigsburg, September 30, 2009

The Executive Board


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