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Imagistics International Inc. Acquires Doering & Brown Corp. of London, Ontario, Canada Expands sales, distribution and service capability in Canadian market TRUMBULL, Conn., and LONDON, Ontario, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Imagistics International Inc. (NYSE:IGI), an international direct sales and service imaging solutions company, today announced that it has acquired Doering & Brown Corp., one of the oldest and largest independent copier and multifunctional products dealerships in Canada. Doering & Brown, founded in 1965, operates six branches in Western Ontario and employs 70 people servicing an installed base in excess of 8,000 units province-wide. Doering & Brown recorded approximately $7 million (CDN) in revenue for its fiscal year ending in July 2004. In making the announcement, Imagistics President and Chief Operating Officer, Joseph Skrzypczak, commented, "The Doering & Brown acquisition supports Imagistics' strategy to expand its international presence by adding additional service and distribution capabilities in the important Canadian market." Mr. Skrzypczak added, "Doering & Brown is a well recognized company with a reputation for delivering superior customer service. This acquisition will also enhance our ability to provide direct service to our broad portfolio of global and U.S.-based national and major account customers." The newly acquired Doering & Brown operation will report to George Clark, Imagistics Vice President and General Manager, Business Products Centers. "We are excited to join Imagistics and to have the opportunity to bring Imagistics' superior line of products and solutions to our customers," said Mark Welfred, owner of Doering & Brown. "Our sale to Imagistics is a strategy that puts our well-established Canadian company in a position to experience much more growth." About Imagistics International Inc. Imagistics International Inc. (NYSE:IGI) is a large direct sales, service and marketing organization offering document imaging solutions, including high performance, leading edge copier/MFPs and facsimile machines to Fortune 1000 companies and other organizations. Its direct sales and service network is located throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Imagistics International is a member of the S&P SmallCap 600 Index and the Russell 2000 Index(R) and is headquartered in Trumbull, Connecticut. For additional information about Imagistics International, please visit http://www.imagistics.com/ and http://www.igiinvestor.com/. The statements contained in this news release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that are based on management's beliefs, certain assumptions and current expectations. These statements may be identified by their use of forward-looking terminology such as the words "expects," "projects," "anticipates," "intends" and other similar words. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic, business and market conditions, competitive pricing pressures, timely development and acceptance of new products, our reliance on third party suppliers, potential disruptions in implementing information technology systems, including the recent ERP implementation, potential disruptions affecting the international shipment of goods, our ability to create brand recognition under our new name and currency and interest rate fluctuations. For a more complete discussion of certain of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Imagistics 2003 Form 10-K and other SEC filings. The forward- looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date hereof, and we do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of future events, new information or otherwise. DATASOURCE: Imagistics International Inc. CONTACT: Timothy E. Coyne, Chief Financial Officer of Imagistics International Inc., +1-203-365-2364, ; or Todd Miller of Cubitt Jacobs & Prosek Communications, +1-203-378-1152, ext. 149, , for Imagistics International Inc. Web site: http://www.imagistics.com/ http://www.igiinvestor.com/

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