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To: Jim Rogers who wrote (104)	4/17/1998 3:28:00 PM
From: dennis foster	Respond to of 115

To All Firamada, Inc. Acquires $55 Million Myriad Employment Services, Inc.; Major Acquisition Vaults Annual Firamada Revenues To Over $75 Million Business Wire - April 17, 1998 14:45 %FIRAMADA FAMH MMWW %NEW-YORK %BANKING %TELECOMMUNICATIONS %ENTERTAINMENT %GOVERNMENT V%BW P%BW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jump to first matched term NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 1998--Firamada, Inc. today announced they have acquired Myriad Employment Services, a $55 Million staffing and employee leasing company based in Long Beach, California. The Acquisition Agreement was signed by Firamada President Ira Monas, Myriad President Ted Colo, and Myriad Chief Executive Officer Steve Fox. Firamada assumes immediate control of Myriad Employment Services, Inc. Per terms of the Acquisition Agreement, Firamada is scheduled to make an initial $1 Million payment to the Internl Revenue Service's San Diego office next week. This payment will be followed by sixty (60) monthly installments of approximately $59,500. The aggregate of these payments will total $4.5 Million. The final Agreement does not include the issuance of any Firamada shares and will be a cash transaction only. Also per the Agreement, Ted Colo and Steve Fox will continue in a non-principal management capacity with the company under a negotiated 3-year contract. "We have just hit a grand slam home run," said Firamada's Mr. Monas, "This Myriad acquisition completes the first of many big steps we are taking. Revenues in all of Firamada's divisions are up and we are preparing to launch the Morton Downey, Jr. Television Show. Our pace of growth has been accelerating and we anticipate this will continue as our goal is to lead the industry in profitability." Mr. Monas continued, "We are taking the best ideas that we see in the industry and incorporating them; we want to be the most dynamic company in the business. Our acquisition strategy is similar to that of Metamor Worldwide (NASDAQ: MMWW). One major difference is that we focus on high-profit niches the way AccuStaff (NYSE: ASI), On Assignment (NASDAQ: ASGN) and Romac International (NASDAQ: ROMC) have done. "I would say 90% of what we are doing is not anything unusual. We are just doing it better, harder and faster. The other 10% is our ingenuity and our ability to move quickly to take advantage of opportunity; in other words, there are no 'red tape' dispensers at Firamada." The signing of this acquisition Agreement is the culmination of what has been described as a "David and Goliath" story. This single acquisition will effectively increase Firamada's annual revenues to over $75 Million and will position the Company to compete in the future with other acquisition-aggressive companies including Romac International (NASDAQ: ROMC) and Metamor Worldwide (NASDAQ: MMWW). Firamada, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: FAMH - news) is a national staffing company specializing in providing high-end temporary staffing, Information Technology (IT) placements, employee leasing and permanent placement personnel. Firamada's staffing locations include New York, Texas, Arizona, Missouri and California. Additionally, Firamada underwrites outside payroll financing for other staffing companies and re-insures workman's compensation plans. Firamada, Inc. also is co-producing the upcoming nationally syndicated Morton Downey, Jr. Television Talk Show. This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to the results of operations and business of the Company that involves risk and uncertainties. The Company's actual future results could materially differ from those discussed. Risks and uncertainties of the Company will be detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. CONTACT: Firamada Inc. Ira Monas E-mail: Irafm@aol.com or Myriad Employment Services, Inc. Ted Colo 562/624-6277 Fax: 562/624-6276 or Preferred Financial Marketing 310/789-1132 Fax: 310/789-1134 Dennis