Westell Technologies Receives NASDAQ Notification Related to Audit Committee Requirements

Westell Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: WSTL), filed an 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2009 stating that Mr. Paul A. Dwyer retired as a director of the Company, effective February 28, 2009. Mr. Dwyer was the chair of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

As a result of Mr. Dwyer’s retirement, the Company received a notification (the “Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of the NASDAQ Stock Market on March 4, 2009 that the Company is not currently in compliance with the audit committee requirements provided for in Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4350, due to the fact that the Company’s Audit Committee is no longer comprised of at least three independent directors. The Company presently has two qualified independent directors on its Audit Committee. The Company intends to rely on the cure period provisions of Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4350(d)(4), under which the Company has until the earlier of the Company’s next annual shareholders’ meeting or February 28, 2010 to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s audit committee requirements.

About Westell

Westell Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Aurora, Illinois, is a holding company for Westell, Inc. and ConferencePlus, Inc. Westell, Inc. designs and develops broadband telecommunications access products. ConferencePlus, Inc. is a collaborative Application Service Provider that manages and hosts voice, video, IP applications and back-office services. Additional information can be obtained by visiting Westell's Web site at www.westell.com.

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