J.L. Halsey Ranked No. 1 in Sales Growth by Baseline Magazine

• July 09, 2007

J.L. Halsey Ranked No. 1 in Sales Growth by Baseline Magazine

Ranking Affirms Corporate Acquisition and Integration Strategy

EMERYVILLE, Calif.--J.L. Halsey Corporation (OTCBB:JLHY), a leading provider of marketing technology solutions, today announced that Ziff Davis Media's Baseline Magazine has ranked the company No. 1 on its list of the fastest-growing software companies with sales of less than $150 million.

The IT publication evaluated U.S.-based publicly-traded software companies at that sales threshold, and listed the top 10 based on 2006 sales growth. J.L. Halsey landed at the top with 1003 percent 2006 sales growth to $24.4 million in sales, from $2.2 million in 2005. Other top 10 companies include Unica, OpsWare and Sonic Foundry. The article and ranking can be found at http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1540,2156052,00.asp.

“This is excellent validation for our corporate strategy of providing integrated technology solutions for marketers,” said Luis Rivera, CEO, J.L. Halsey. “Our acquisitions of best-of-breed marketing technology providers have provided a foundation for strong growth and the creation of an integrated marketing technology platform.”

Over the past two years Halsey acquired four leading marketing software companies – Lyris Technologies, EmailLabs, ClickTracks and Hot Banana – and 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. Its 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.