J.L. Halsey Consolidates Management and Operations Across All Acquisitions into Single, Integrated Company

• August 28, 2007

J.L. Halsey Consolidates Management and Operations Across All Acquisitions into Single, Integrated Company

Unified Team in Place to Lead Development of Integrated Marketing Technology Platform

EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2007--J.L. Halsey Corporation (OTCBB:JLHY), a leading provider of marketing technology solutions, today announced the completion of the reorganization of its management team - consolidating the leadership and operations of its four acquisitions into a single integrated company.

Over the past two years J.L. Halsey has acquired four leading marketing software companies - Lyris Technologies, EmailLabs, ClickTracks and Hot Banana - assembling under one entity the core marketing technologies of email marketing, Web analytics and Web content management.

The consolidation represents an important step in the company's development of an integrated technology platform for marketers, which will be introduced during the current year. It centralizes all functions - including engineering, sales, product management, marketing and customer support - enhancing the company's ability to meet customer needs and deliver technology that helps marketers achieve results.

This reorganization follows the recent additions to the team including Sean Ryan as vice president of engineering, and Ray Polanco as director of support and services - strengthening the company's technology team and customer service support.

"As we ready the introduction of our new integrated marketing technology platform later this year, creating a single management team and organizational structure is key to our successful launch and future growth," said Luis Rivera, chief executive officer, J.L. Halsey.

Members of the integrated management team include:

•         Luis Rivera, Chief Executive Officer
•         Peter Biro, Chief Operating Officer
•         Joe Lambert, Chief Financial Officer
•         Robb Wilson, Vice President of Technology
•         Sean Ryan, Vice President of Engineering
•         Jason Han, Vice President of Sales
•         Sylvie Moreau, Vice President of Business Development
•         Loren McDonald, Vice President of Corporate Communications
•         Dave Dabbah, Vice President of Marketing
•         Anne Gerow, Vice President of Operations

Ziff-Davis Media's Baseline Magazine recently ranked J.L. Halsey No. 1 on its list of the fastest-growing software companies with sales of less than $150 million. In May the company reported third quarter fiscal 2007 revenues of $10.3 million.

About J.L. Halsey Corporation

J.L. Halsey (OTCBB:JLHY) is a leading marketing technology company that provides hosted and installed software solutions for marketers at mid-size businesses. Ziff Davis Media's Baseline Magazine ranked J.L. Halsey No. 1 on its list of the fastest-growing software companies with sales under $150 million. The company's core solutions--Lyris List Manager, EmailLabs, ClickTracks, Sparklist, Hot Banana and EmailAdvisor--provide a suite of best-of-breed tools for managing email marketing campaigns end-to-end, publishing and managing Web site content, creating landing pages and optimizing Web sites based on sophisticated, yet easy-to-use Web analytics. Clients include Nokia, Adobe, PalmSource, Johns Hopkins University and Jupitermedia. For more information, please visit www.jlhalsey.com, www.lyris.com, www.emaillabs.com, www.clicktracks.com, www.hotbanana.com and www.sparklist.com.

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