Nashua, N.H., December 23, 2009 - Ezenia! Inc. (OTCBB: EZEN.OB), a leading market provider of real-time situation awareness, command and control solutions for corporate and government networks. As a consequence of feedback from shareholders -- who have noted that the deadline for shareholder recommendations for director nominees in the Company's most recent proxy statement filed with the SEC (the "Proxy
Statement") was December 22, 2009, while the Nominating Committee of the Board is scheduled to meet on January 5, 2010, for the purpose of considering additional candidates for nomination to the Board -- the Board has decided to extend the deadline for suggesting candidates for Ezenia's Board from December 22, 2009, to January 15, 2010.
The extension of the deadline will apply only to suggestions for director candidates and not to the deadlines for shareholder proposals under the Company's by-laws or SEC rules. The current deadline for these shareholder proposals remains December 22, 2009.
The Board has extended the deadline for the specific purpose of allowing shareholders to have the opportunity to make suggestions up until, and for ten days after, the Nominating Committee is scheduled to meet. The Nominating Committee will make note of suggestions received before it meets, establish a procedure for processing suggestions, and apply that procedure to any other suggestions received before January 15, 2010. Recommendations should otherwise follow the process and
include the information described in the Proxy Statement.
Since the Nominating Committee will have to do due diligence on suggestions received for some time after it meets on January 5th, it believes there will be ample time to include suggestions received in the period after its meeting through January 15th. Nominations to Ezenia's Board resulting from the assessment of candidates made by the Nominating Committee will be provided to Ezenia's current Board for approval in advance of the May 2010 shareholders meeting.
About Ezenia! Inc.
Ezenia! Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: EZEN.OB), founded in 1991, is a leading provider of real-time collaboration solutions, bringing new and valuable levels of interaction and collaboration to corporate networks and the Internet. By integrating voice, video and data collaboration, the Company's award-winning products enable groups to interact through a natural meeting experience regardless of geographic distance. Ezenia! products allow dispersed groups to work together in real-time using powerful capabilities such as instant messaging, white boarding, screen sharing and text chat. The ability to discuss projects, share information and modify documents allows users to significantly improve team communication and accelerate the decision-making process. More information about Ezenia! Inc. and its product offerings can be found at the company's Web site,www.Ezenia.com.
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Ezenia! is a registered trademark of Ezenia! Inc., and the Ezenia! Logo and InfoWorkSpace are trademarks of Ezenia! Inc. Additional information on Ezenia! and its products is available at our website http://www.ezenia.com.