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ATLANTA – January 19, 2012—Landis+Gyr, the world’s largest smart meter solutions provider, today announced the launch of their Series V next generation Gridstream™ smart grid technology aimed at providing utilities with a market leading solution through an upgradeable platform capable of adapting to future applications and communication protocols – all without stranding existing assets.

Zug, Switzerland and Bloomington, Minnesota – January 10, 2012 –Landis+Gyr, the leading global provider of integrated energy management products, today announced that it has completed the transfer of ownership for all of the remaining stock of Ecologic Analytics, bringing Landis+Gyr’s ownership to 100%. The terms of the transaction will not be disclosed.

ATLANTA, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Landis+Gyr, the leading global provider of integrated energy management products, has been awarded second place in the mid-size industry category of Mexico's 2011 National Award for Energy Savings. The company received the award for energy efficiency improvements at its advanced electric meter manufacturing plant in Reynosa, Mexico.

Sydney, Australia –November 29, 2011 – Landis+Gyr today announced that the company has been recognized with the inaugural 2011 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Advanced Metering Infrastructure Company of the Year award.

ATLANTA, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Kosciusko REMC has selected Landis+Gyr's Gridstream™ RF advanced metering solution for its smart grid infrastructure project that will begin installation in early 2012.

ATLANTA, Oct. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Landis+Gyr announced it has been selected by Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) to deploy advanced meters and infrastructure as part of wide-ranging smart grid project aimed at improving energy efficiency, reducing costs and integrating alternative energy on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai

ATLANTA, GA. – Oct. 17, 2011 – Landis+Gyr today announced it has been selected by Nashville Electric Service to install the smart grid network that will support the utility’s immediate advanced metering and demand response needs, while making future smart grid projects easier to implement

Zug, Switzerland, Oslo, Norway, and Schoten, Belgium - October 4, 2011 – The leading global energy management solutions provider, Landis+Gyr, Nordic telecom operator ice.net and smart metering communication hub specialist Xemex have bundled their international experience gained with CDMA450 and are launching it in the Norwegian and Scandinavian markets. The result is a solution that covers rural, coastal and mountainous areas in addition to the urban metropolis of the region’s cities.

Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Zug, Switzerland – September 29, 2011, Landis+Gyr, global provider of integrated energy management products and solutions, and Ecologic Analytics, leading provider of meter data management systems, are collaborating on the development of the next generation of the Gridstream Meter Data Unification System (MDUS) 2.0 to streamline integration with SAP for Utilities^®.

ATLANTA, Ga. and BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – September 27, 2011, Leading smart grid solutions providers, Ecologic Analytics and Landis+Gyr announce today that the companies are strengthening their already market-leading collaboration by moving to pre-integrate the Gridstream™ solution portfolio with the Ecologic Meter Data Management System (MDMS), using the next generation of the International Electrotechnical Commission – Common Information Model (IEC-CIM) 61968-9 (2nd Edition). A move that raises the bar for pre-integrating solutions based on international standards.

ATLANTA, GA. – Sept. 7, 2011 – Landis+Gyr announced it has been selected by Alliant Energy Corporation to provide radios and selected components for expanding its existing distribution automation network for a smart grid project aimed at improving energy efficiency and system performance.

ATLANTA, GA and RALEIGH, NC – Aug. 30, 2011 – Elster (NYSE: ELT) and Landis+Gyr announced today that the two companies have signed an agreement to jointly develop integrated advanced metering hardware for smart grid applications.

MANSFIELD, TX and ATLANTA, GA. – Aug. 29, 2011 – Master Meter and Landis+Gyr today announced a technology partnership designed to provide dynamic water measurement solutions to utilities through the Gridstream™ advanced metering network.

Zug, Switzerland - July, 13, 2011 – Landis+Gyr, the world’s leading provider of energy management solutions, has successfully added Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) capability to its range of IPv4 Ethernet, GPRS and UMTS enabled smart meters. This step is crucial in smart metering evolution as it contributes to the future requirements of a smart grid environment, where an explosion in the number of intelligent home and networking devices is foreseen.

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash and ATLANTA, GA. – June 14, 2011 – Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) and Landis+Gyr announced today they intend to integrate each company’s smart grid communication technology into the other company’s advanced meter. By integrating Landis+Gyr communications technology into the Itron CENTRON® II meter and Itron communications into the Landis+Gyr FOCUS AX-SD meter, this greatly expands the choices utilities have in deploying sophisticated metering systems.

Washington, DC – June 13, 2011 -- Landis+Gyr, the leading global energy management solutions provider, today joined Aneesh Chopra, United States Chief Technology Officer, and Energy Secretary Dr Steven Chu at the first White House Grid Modernization Event as a founding partner in the Biggest Energy Saver Campaign, a national program aimed at promoting energy conservation among U.S. electricity consumers.

ATLANTA, GA. – June 7, 2011 – Landis+Gyr announced it has negotiated a seven-year extension of its contract to provide managed metering services for Puget Sound Energy, the largest utility in Washington state.

MONTREAL, May 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Landis+Gyr, the leading global energy management solutions provider, today announced a major contract with Hydro-Quebec, one of North America's largest utilities, to deploy its next generation digital smart meter network. This project will assist Hydro-Quebec to improve grid reliability and bring utility operational efficiencies.

Zug, Switzerland and Tokyo, Japan – May 19, 2011 – Landis+Gyr today announced that Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) has entered into a definitive sale agreement with the shareholders of Landis+Gyr, under which Toshiba, one of the world’s leaders in electronics and power systems, will acquire Landis+Gyr, the global leader in energy management solutions for utilities, for US$2.3 billion in cash, to build the world’s Smart Grid leader.

ATLANTA, GA. – May 10, 2011 – Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) has reached an important milestone in its SmartGrid demonstration project by completing the installation of Landis+Gyr’s Gridstream™ Advanced Metering Infrastructure system and smart meters.

ATLANTA, GA. – April 18, 2011 – A recent IDC Energy Insights report ranks Landis+Gyr as the only company in the market leader category for advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) technology used by utilities for advanced metering and smart grid applications.

Zug, Switzerland - February 22, 2011 – Landis+Gyr, the leading global energy management solutions provider, today announced a significant milestone resulting from its software development cooperation agreement with SAP: Landis+Gyr’s Gridstream MDUS (smart meter data unification and synchronization) is now an SAP-qualified business solution. With this step, Landis+Gyr’s Gridstream MDUS integrated with the SAP® for Utilities solution portfolio can deliver an end-to-end integrated offering, helping ensure investments made can adapt and fit into future IT architecture.

Zug, Switzerland - January 13, 2011 - Landis+Gyr, the world leader in energy management solutions, has signed an agreement with Oulu Energy in Finland for the delivery of the Landis+Gyr Gridstream smart metering solution and smart metering hardware. The deal is one of the largest of its kind in Finland, and rollout will take place between 2011 and 2012.

BEIJING – January 6, 2011-- Landis+Gyr, the world’s largest smart meter solutions provider, today announced it has been selected by the State Grid Corporation of China, the country’s leading power grid operator, to supply over 10,000 commercial and industrial advanced electricity meters for upcoming deployment in six provinces.