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EANS-Adhoc: LifeWatch completes major agreement for Home Sleep Testing with Sleep Management Solutions

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29.05.2012

Neuhausen am Rheinfall / Switzerland - LifeWatch AG (SIX Swiss Exchange: LIFE),
the leading wireless cardiac monitoring service and home sleep test provider in
the U.S., announced today it has signed a major contract with Sleep Management
Solutions (SMS) for LifeWatch home sleep testing. SMS, a subsidiary of
CareCentrix Inc., provides diagnostic and therapeutic management services of
sleep medicine to healthcare payers and employers in the United States. SMS's
mission is to address the increasing demands in the management of Sleep
Disordered Breathing (SDB), a market which is growing at an annual rate of 20%.
The new agreement with SMS is effective May 1, 2012.  

SMS provides Sleep Benefits Management services to payer clients throughout the
United States. This new agreement is expected to significantly increase
enrollments for LifeWatch home sleep testing services, and we have scaled up our
operational platform in anticipation of the increase in demand for this
monitoring area.  

"We are proud that Sleep Management Solutions has chosen our quality Home Sleep
Test service after a long and involved due diligence process," stated Dr. Yacov
Geva, Chairman and CEO of LifeWatch AG. "As a provider of home sleep test
technologies and services to SMS, we will further increase our marketing
footprint and solidify our position in this accelerating area of healthcare."

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About LifeWatch AG:
LifeWatch AG, headquartered in Neuhausen am Rheinfall and listed on SIX Swiss
Exchange (LIFE), Switzerland, is the leading healthcare technology and solution
company, specializing in advanced telehealth systems and wireless remote patient
monitoring services. LifeWatch services cater to individuals, ranging from
high-risk and chronically ill patients, to consumers of health and wellness
products. LifeWatch has subsidiaries in the United States, the Netherlands,
Japan, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Israel. LifeWatch AG is the parent
company of LifeWatch Serv-ices Inc., a leading US-based cardiac monitoring
service provider, and manufacturer of telecardiol-ogy products. LifeWatch is
also introducing a new program for Home Sleep Testing of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
(OSA) patients under the brand name NiteWatch. For additional information,
please visit www.lifewatch.com.  

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than statements of historical facts contained in this press release, including
statements regarding future results of operations and financial position,
business strategy and plans and objectives for future operations, are
forward-looking statements. The words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,”
“continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect” and similar expres-sions are
intended to identify forward-looking statements. LifeWatch AG has based these
forward-looking statements largely on current expectations and projections about
future events and financial trends that it believes may affect the financial
condition, results of operations, business strategy, short term and long term
business operations and objectives, and financial needs. These forward-looking
statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. In
light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events
and circumstances described may not occur and actual results could differ
materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the
forward-looking statements. All forward-looking state-ments are based only on
data available to LifeWatch AG at the time of the issue of this press release.
Life-Watch AG does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking
statements contained in this press release as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise. 

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THE UNITED STATES OR AN INVITATION TO SUBSCRIBE FOR OR PURCHASE ANY SECURITIES
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THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS ABSENT REGISTRATION UNDER OR AN
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ABOUT THE ISSUER AND ITS MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE
ISSUER.


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Tel   +41 43 366 55 11
Fax   +41 43 366 55 12
Email  lifewatch@sensus.ch

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issuer:      LifeWatch AG
             Rundbuckstrasse 6
             CH-8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall
phone:       +41 52 632 00 50
FAX:         +41 52 632 00 51
mail:         users@lifewatch.com
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sector:      Healthcare Providers
ISIN:        CH0012815459
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