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PRINTWARE, INC.
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NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release
Printware, Inc.
1270 Eagan Industrial Rd.
St. Paul, MN 55121
http://PrintwareInc.com
CONTACT--Thomas W. Petschauer, Executive Vice President & CFO--(651) 456-1403
Printware to Adjourn Annual Meeting of Shareholders
ST. PAUL, MINN., April 10, 2000--Printware, Inc. (Nasdaq-NNM: PRTW)
announced that it intends to convene its Annual Meeting as scheduled on April
13, 2000 and then to immediately adjourn the meeting to reconvene on a later
date, which is to be determined, to transact business at that time. The
Company is planning this because on March 31, 2000, dissident shareholders
(the "Dissidents") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
preliminary proxy statement in connection with the Annual Meeting.
The adjournment and reconvening of the Annual Meeting will allow the
Dissidents and the Company additional time prior to the Annual Meeting.
Shareholders are welcome to come in person on April 13, but only limited
formalities will occur at that time. Shareholders who wish to attend in
person may wish instead to come to the reconvened meeting.
The Company will immediately announce the date for the adjourned meeting
as soon as it is determined.
Printware, Inc. designs, builds, and markets "computer-to-plate"
systems, which are used by the printing industry to create printing plates
directly from computers or the Internet. Computer-to-plate systems replace
the traditional platemaking process of typesetting, proofing, paste-up,
camera work, and processing film.
Statements made in this report concerning the Company's or management's
intentions, expectations, or predictions about future results or events are
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are necessarily subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to vary from stated
expectations, and such variations could be material and adverse. Additional
information concerning the factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from the Company's current expectations is contained in the
Company's SEC filings.
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