LaBarge Acquires Pensar Electronic Solutions LLC

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LaBarge, Inc. announced today that it has acquired all the assets of Pensar Electronic Solutions LLC, a contract electronics manufacturer, located in Appleton, Wisconsin. LaBarge purchased Pensar for approximately $45 million, subject to certain adjustments. The acquisition was financed with senior debt through U.S. Bank N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

"The addition of Pensar is an exciting development in the advancement of LaBarge's growth strategy. The acquisition adds significant new customers and greatly expands our presence in the medical and industrial market sectors," said Chief Executive Officer and President Craig LaBarge. "Additionally, we expect the acquisition to be modestly accretive to LaBarge's earnings in the second half of the current fiscal year, which ends June 28, 2009, and more so into fiscal 2010."

Pensar is a profitable contract electronics manufacturer that designs, engineers and manufactures low-to-medium volume, high-mix, complex printed circuit board assemblies and higher-level electronic assemblies for a variety of end markets. Pensar's calendar 2008 revenues are expected to be approximately $55 million. The company has long-term customer relationships with industry leaders in a variety of commercial markets with the medical and industrial sectors accounting for the largest contributions to revenues.

LaBarge expects Pensar's management and employees to stay with the company. Pensar's single facility in Appleton will become part of the LaBarge organization and will begin operating immediately under the name LaBarge, led by General Manager David Steel who formerly served as president of Pensar.

"We are very excited about the business opportunities that will be created by the acquisition, including leveraging LaBarge's broader capabilities to grow the Pensar customer base," said LaBarge. "We are pleased to welcome Pensar's talented management group and outstanding workforce to the LaBarge team."

"We continue to project fiscal 2009 second-quarter results will be comparable to the fiscal 2009 first-quarter, depending on the impact of any developments in the Eclipse Aviation bankruptcy. We plan to discuss our expectations for the rest of the fiscal year, as well as give further details of the acquisition's anticipated contributions to fiscal 2009 revenues and earnings, at the time of our fiscal second-quarter earnings release," said LaBarge.

Conference Call Webcast Today

Today at 5:00 p.m. EST, LaBarge will host a live Webcast of its discussion with the investment community regarding the Pensar acquisition announcement. The Webcast can be accessed here. Following the live discussion, a replay of the Webcast will be available at the same location.

About LaBarge, Inc.

LaBarge, Inc. is a broad-based provider of electronics to technology-driven companies in diverse markets. The company provides its customers with sophisticated electronic and electromechanical products through contract design and manufacturing services. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, LaBarge has operations in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin. For more information, visit http://www.labarge.com.