LAIQON AG — Earnings Release 2008

Oct 9, 2008

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Ad-hoc | 9 October 2008 19:23

Lloyd Fonds AG: Preliminary figures for the quarter and adjustment to full-year guidance

Lloyd Fonds Aktiengesellschaft / Preliminary Results/Profit Warning

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Hamburg, October 9, 2008. The Hamburg-based fund initiator Lloyd Fonds AG
has corrected its full-year forecast for 2008 in response to the
unexpectedly low demand for investment products. Given the current
environment, the Company no longer expects any sustained recovery in the
financial markets, meaning that demand for closed-end funds will remain
muted in the course of the fourth quarter. Accordingly, Lloyd Fonds assumes
that placement volumes and full-year profit for 2008 will fail to reach
previous expectations. In view of the general uncertainty, the Management
Board and the Supervisory Board have decided not to issue any new full-year
forecast for 2008. That said, the Company still expects to post a profit in
the low single-digit millions. Once again, a large part of the profit
available for distribution will be paid out to the shareholders in line
with the Company’s pro-shareholder policy.

Lloyd Fonds has published its preliminary figures for the quarter today in
the interests of maximum transparency and to allay uncertainty in the
capital markets. In spite of the usual quiet summer period, Lloyd Fonds
achieved equity placements of around EUR 69 million in the third quarter,
resulting in cumulative placements for the year to September 30, 2008 of
EUR 266 million. Net profit for the period from July through September
should come to around EUR 0.2 million, translating into EUR 3.8 million
for the first nine months of the year.

Contact:
Dr. Goetz Schlegtendal
Lloyd Fonds AG
Amelungstraße 8-10
20354 Hamburg
Tel: +49-40-325678-0
Fax: +49-40-325678-99
Mail: ir@lloydfonds.de

09.10.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

Language: English
Issuer: Lloyd Fonds Aktiengesellschaft
Amelungstr. 8-10
20354 Hamburg
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)40 32 56 78-0
Fax: +49 (0)40 32 56 78-99
E-mail: info@lloydfonds.de
Internet: www.lloydfonds.de
ISIN: DE0006174873
WKN: 617487
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart

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