Company Announcement No. 252, 2011 Copenhagen, Denmark, 2012-01-13 14:52 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- H+H International A/S Dampfærgevej 3, 3rd Floor 2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark Telephone: +45 35 27 02 00 www.HplusH.com Extension of the investigation period for Xella’s merger notification targeting H+H Reference is made to prior company announcements informing of Xella International Holdings S.à.r.l.’s merger notification targeting H+H International A/S and the preliminary negative assessment by the Bundeskartellamt (the German federal cartel office) of the merger notification. The review period with the Bundeskartellamt has continuously been extended and the Bundeskartellamt has last informed that the investigation period for the merger notification has been extended until 29 February 2012. Anders C Karlsson Chairman of the Board of Directors Michael T Andersen CEO For additional information please contact: Michael T Andersen, CEO, or Niels Eldrup Meidahl, CFO, on telephone +45 35 27 02 00. This is a translation of the company's announcement in Danish. In case of inconsistency between the Danish text and this English translation, the Danish text will take precedence.