EANS-News: LHS announces business results for Q1 2009

Turnover of EUR 24.2 million

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Frankfurt am Main (euro adhoc) - LHS, part of the Ericsson Group
(NASDAQ:ERIC) and a leading provider of telecom billing and customer
care systems across the wireless, wireline, and IP telecom markets
worldwide, today announced its business results for the 1st quarter
2009 (period ended: March 31, 2009). The results were prepared in
accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
They include the following key figures for the quarter:

• In Q1 2009, the company achieved a turnover of EUR 24.2 million,
which is only slightly below last year´s first quarter (EUR 24.8
million).

• In the quarter under review, the adjusted EBITDA was EUR 2.0
million. In the same quarter of the previous year, the company
achieved EUR 4.1 million. The net profit in Q1 2009 was EUR 0.7
million. During the same period of the previous year, the company
recorded EUR 3.2 million. Both results are due to decreased license
revenues in the first quarter of 2009.

• The earnings per share for the period under review stood at EUR
0.05 (undiluted and diluted).

Highlights of the first quarter

• In the period under review, three contracts were signed for new
projects in North Africa and Europe. The projects consist of
migrations to a newer version of BSCS iX. The number of installations
with BSCS iX thus reached 54. • In Q1 2009, LHS continued to expand
its market share in the target markets - today approximately 118
million postpaid mobile communications customers are billed with BSCS
solutions. This is equivalent to approximately 23 percent of postpaid
mobile communications customers in the LHS target markets, and around
10 percent around the world. • On the reporting date of March 31,
2009, LHS was operating 132 BSCS installations around the world. • On
the occasion of the Mobile World Congress in February 2009 in
Barcelona, LHS introduced BSCS iX Release 3. The first projects with
the latest billing and customer care solution are expected to be
implemented in the second quarter of 2009. • In the period under
review, the company created 23 new jobs, including 12 in
Frankfurt/Main. Thus at the end of the first quarter 2009, LHS had a
total of 792 employees worldwide. In the same quarter of the previous
year, this number was 703. Thus the number of employees increased by
almost 13 percent over the course of the year.

"With a slight drop in turnover compared to the same quarter of the
previous year, we have experienced the most difficult business
quarter of our recent company history," said Wolfgang Kroh, CEO of
LHS Aktiengesellschaft. "Due to a shift in the turnover mix, the
licensing ratio dropped to 19 percent, which primarily impacted our
top-line and bottom-line results. However, based on the positive
feedback for new projects that we received early in Q2, we are
optimistic that we will be able to perform substantially better in Q2
2009 recovering from the turnover shortfall. At the same time we
expect to increase our year on year turnover in the first half of the
year and in fiscal 2009 as planned, despite the more difficult market
situation," Kroh concluded.

Reluctant investment climate and difficult market conditions The
corporate results of LHS Aktiengesellschaft are due to the reluctant
investment behavior of new and existing customers because of the
difficult economic climate. However, in general the basic structures
of the market for telecommunications software have not changed.
Similar to leading market analysts, LHS expects moderate growth at
most for the overall customer care and billing software markets in
the years 2009 and 2010 - if not actual decline. Prior to the crisis,
the market was considered to have a growth potential of five to six
percentage points.

The complete quarterly report is available as of today at our
website: http://www.lhsgroup.com/ir-en

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About LHS LHS, part of the Ericsson Group (NASDAQ:ERIC), is a leading
independent software vendor (ISV) of billing and customer care
systems in the telecom industry. The company's award-winning
solutions are used by the world's leading network and virtual
operators, to generate and manage consistent revenue streams. LHS
Business Support Systems offer full convergence on various levels,
supporting the complete range of business models both across the mix
of fixed and mobile services, as well as prepaid and postpaid
services.

LHS builds innovative systems that enable our customers to introduce
new services fast, helping drive revenues up, while keeping
operational costs to a minimum.

LHS´ headquarters are located in Frankfurt, Germany, with main
offices in Brazil, France, Malaysia, and the UAE. LHS
Aktiengesellschaft as the Group´s Holding company is a public company
listed on the Frankfurter Stock Exchange (LHS400).

For more information, please visit www.lhsgroup.com

About Ericsson Ericsson is the world's leading provider of technology
and services to telecom operators. The market leader in 2G and 3G
mobile technologies, Ericsson supplies communications services and
manages networks that serve more than 250 million subscribers. The
company´s portfolio comprises mobile and fixed network
infrastructure, and broadband and multimedia solutions for operators,
enterprises and developers. The Sony Ericsson joint venture provides
consumers with feature-rich personal mobile devices.

Ericsson is advancing its vision of `communication for all´ through
innovation, technology, and sustainable business solutions. Working
in 175 countries, more than 70,000 employees generated revenue of USD
27 billion (SEK 209 billion) in 2008. Founded in 1876 and
headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Ericsson is listed on OMX Nordic
Exchange Stockholm and NASDAQ.

For more information, visit www.ericsson.com or www.ericsson.mobi.

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LHS

Antonia Walter-Krisch

Vice President Marketing & Communications

Herriotstrasse 1

60528 Frankfurt/Main

Phone: +49 (0)69-2383 3000

Fax: +49 (0)69-2383 5710

E-Mail: enquiries@lhsgroup.com

Commercial Register: Amtsgericht Frankfurt/Main - Registration Number HRA 42727

Personally Liable Partner: LHS Management GmbH - Registration Number HRB 77913

Amtsgericht Frankfurt/Main

Management Board: Wolfgang Kroh, Axel Barta, Dr. Jens Troetscher

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ISIN: DE000LHS4000
WKN: LHS400
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