To: Casey who wrote (4044 ) 5/1/1998 9:54:00 AM From: Sheldon Fast Respond to of 6467
To all: www.sedar.com has April 30 announce of the new addition to the legal department. So now it is official. "Vancouver, B.C. (CANADIAN WIRE SERVICE) - April 16, 1998 - Thermo TechTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ; TTRIF) announced today the addition of Laurence B. Liebowitz to its management team in the newly-created position of Vice President/General Counsel. Mr. Liebowitz is a founding member of Cooper, Liebowitz, Royster & Wright, which has served as the Company's U.S. Legal counsel for more than two years. Cooper, Liebowitz, in the last 10 years, has established itself as a major regional law firm representing almost exclusively U.S. Fortune 500 corporations in major litigation, dispute resolution, commercial transactions and acquisitions, as well as other complex corporate legal matters. A graduate of Rutgers Law School-Newark, Mr. Liebowitz joins the Thermo TechT team after more than twenty years of practice at his prestigious law firm. Mr. Liebowitz represented major clients such as Chrysler Corporation, Baxter International, Allegiance Healthcare, and General Electric Medical Systems. In welcoming Mr. Liebowitz to the Thermo TechT team, Mr. Rene Branconnier, President and CEO, stated "I am personally pleased and gratified when a professional of Laurence's stature eagerly joins the Company. We believe that his role as General Counsel will accelerate the Company's ability to exploit its rapidly emerging joint venture opportunities and to strengthen our team at the negotiating table with the major international corporations which have expressed interest in exploring relationships with the Company." Cheers, Sheldon