To: rjm2 who wrote (1132 ) 4/11/2001 10:31:33 AM From: InOverMyHead Respond to of 1152 rjm, I thought you said Ziner would never give up those Special 'B' shares???????? IOMH (PR NEWSWIRE) Value Holdings, Inc. Chairman Cancels 'Share Exchange' Compensa Value Holdings, Inc. Chairman Cancels 'Share Exchange' Compensation Agreement MIAMI, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Value Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VALH), a holding company formed to acquire and consolidate industrial distribution businesses relating to the lumber and general building materials industry, today announced that Chairman Robert Ziner has canceled a compensation agreement allowing him to exchange his shares in Value's wholly owned subsidiary, "Network Forest Products," for more than 341 million common shares of Value Holdings, Inc. "Clearly many shareholders have viewed the agreement as potentially dilutive and consequently there has been an opinion that the agreement has created a negative weight on the market for the company's shares. In canceling this compensation agreement, I am pleased to do my part and show my continued confidence in the strength of Value Holdings," said Mr. Ziner. Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement Mr. Ziner had the right to convert his 3.4 million "special 'B' shares" of Network Forest Products into more than 341 million common shares of Value Holdings, Inc. About Value Holdings, Inc. Value Holdings, Inc. is a holding company formed to acquire and consolidate industrial distribution businesses relating to the wood and general building materials industry. The corporate goal is to build well-run independent subsidiaries that have solid market niches with compounded growth rates in terms of revenues and earnings. SOURCE Value Holdings, Inc. -0- 04/11/2001 /CONTACT: Jon Leinwand of Gemini Integrated Financial Service Corp., 305-937-3062, jleinwand@geminicorp.com, for Value Holdings, Inc.; or Charles Southworth of Rubenstein Investor Relations, 212-843-8271 csouthworth@rubensteinir.com, for Value Holdings, Inc./ /Web site: valueholdings.com (VALH) CO: Value Holdings, Inc. ST: Canada, Florida, New York IN: FIN PAP OTC SU: CON *** end of story ***