InFocus Announces Receipt of Unsolicited Proposal

InFocus Corporation (NASDAQ:INFS) today announced that it has received an unsolicited proposal with respect to a potential acquisition of InFocus. On April 13, 2009 InFocus announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Image Holdings Corporation (�IHC�), an Oregon company controlled by John Hui (the �Merger Agreement�). Under the terms of the Merger Agreement IHC and its wholly-owned subsidiary, IC Acquisition Corp. (�IC�), will make an all cash tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of InFocus stock at $0.95 per share, or approximately $39 million in total.

In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, InFocus has notified IHC of its determination that the unsolicited proposal constitutes a �Takeover Proposal� as defined in the Merger Agreement. InFocus has also informed IHC that InFocus intends to enter into discussions with the person who submitted the unsolicited proposal and may furnish due diligence information to that person.

There can be no assurance that any discussions with respect to the unsolicited proposal will result in a transaction being recommended by the Board of Directors of InFocus, or that any such transaction will be consummated.

Except as required by applicable law, InFocus does not intend to disclose the possible terms of any alternative transaction, or the identity of any person proposing such alternative transaction, prior to the execution of a definitive agreement with respect to such alternative transaction, if any.

At this time the Board of Directors of InFocus continues to unanimously recommend that InFocus shareholders accept and tender their shares pursuant to the tender offer described in the Merger Agreement.

NOTICE TO INVESTORS: This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. The tender offer for the outstanding shares of InFocus common stock described in the press release has not commenced. At the time the offer is commenced, a tender offer statement on Schedule TO will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and InFocus will file a solicitation / recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the offer. The tender offer statement (including an offer to purchase and a related letter of transmittal) and the solicitation / recommendation statement will contain important information that should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the tender offer. Those materials will be made available to InFocus shareholders at no expense to them. In addition, all of those materials (and all other offer documents filed with the SEC) will be available at no charge on the SEC�s website at www.sec.gov.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements including statements concerning the proposed acquisition of InFocus, the expected completion of the transaction and certain unsolicited offers received by InFocus. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and several factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, conditions affecting the industries in which InFocus operates, the parties� ability to satisfy the conditions to the offer and the merger and to consummate the transactions, the ability of InFocus to realize anticipated cost savings, and other risk factors found in the InFocus annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date on which they are made and InFocus does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release, except as required by applicable law.

InFocus is the industry pioneer and a global leader in the digital projection market. The company�s digital projectors make bright ideas brilliant everywhere people gather to communicate and be entertained - in meetings, presentations, classrooms and living rooms around the world. Backed by more than 20 years of experience and innovation in digital projection, and over 245 patents, InFocus is dedicated to setting the industry standard for large format visual display. The company is based in Wilsonville, Oregon with operations in North America, Europe and Asia. InFocus is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol INFS. For more information, visit the company�s website at www.infocus.com.

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