To: LANCE B who wrote (2455 ) 9/27/1999 9:28:00 AM From: Wayne Rumball Respond to of 2942
LOS ANGELES--(BW HealthWire)--Sept. 27, 1999--Meridian Holdings, Inc. meho.net (NASDAQ - Bulletin Board: MEHO) today announced that Intercare Diagnostics, Inc., intercare.com , a subsidiary of Meridian Holdings, Inc., has executed an Electronic Commerce Agreement with Netsales, Inc., netsales.com in which Netsales will distribute Intercare's software programs through more than 140,000 loyal reseller customers in 130 countries of Ingram Micro, the largest provider of computer technology products and services in the world. About Intercare Diagnostics, Inc. Intercare, intercare.com a subsidiary of Meridian Holdings, Inc., is a United States FDA registered, world renowned biomedical software manufacturing and publishing company. About Netsales, Inc. NetSales, Inc., (http://www.netsales.com) one of the oldest and most trusted providers of outsourced e-commerce services, enables companies to do business via the Internet by developing secure, client-branded e-commerce sites. Under the exclusive ESD services agreement with Ingram Micro, Netsales will work directly with software publishers who are not currently part of the Ingram Micro channel to ESD-enable products for distribution through Ingram Micro's channel of participating online resellers - including some of the Internet's largest and most popular online stores. About Ingram Micro, Inc. Ingram Micro, Inc. (NYSE: IM), headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif., is the world's largest wholesale distributor of technology products and services, and a leading provider of assembly and integration services with sales of $25.5 billion for the past four reported quarters. The company and its subsidiaries operate in 34 countries and distribute more than 225,000 products to more than 140,000 resellers in 130 countries. Anthony C. Dike, Chairman & CEO of Meridian Holdings, Inc., -- "We are pleased to be part of Netsales, Inc., selected software publishers that will participate in this unique Electronic Software Distribution Program with Ingram Micro, Inc. We hope that this agreement will help increase our revenue stream, as well as shareholders value." From time to time, the Company may issue press releases that contain "forward looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is subject to the Safe Harbor created by those sections. This material may contain statements about expected future events and/or financial results that are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and uncertainties. For those statements, the Company claims the protection of the Safe Harbor for forward-looking statement provisions contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and any amendments thereto. --30--mjc/cgo* CONTACT: Meridian Holdings, Inc. Anthony C. Dike, 213/627-8878 Fax: 213/627-9183 acdike@meho.net URL: meho.net or High Desert Consultants, Inc. Thomas R. Meinders, 702/220-3120 Fax: 702/220-4332 MEINDERS@AOL.COM