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FreeHand Systems Names Doug Chan, VP Engineering and Mark Travaglio, Director of Hardware Engineering.

Engineering Staff Expansion Positions the Company for Product Development Success.

LOS ALTOS, Calif. – June 20, 2006 –FreeHand Systems, Inc., wholly owned subsidiary of FreeHand Systems International, Inc. (OTC:FSYI), announced today that it has hired Doug Chan as its new VP Engineering and Mark Travaglio as Director of Hardware Engineering. FreeHand Systems is the elite digital music company whose revolutionary technology is shaping the future of the distribution and performance of sheet music.

“These new team members help focus our attention toward future product development needs while we continue our efforts as the leading digital sheet music technology company,” said Kim Lorz, FreeHand Systems’ CEO.

Doug Chan joins FreeHand with over 20 years directing various engineering teams in software, hardware and product assurance. He was an early stage employee at Alteon Websystems where he directed the engineering teams and helped grow the business to over $125Min three years. Before Alteon, Doug held senior engineering and management positions at major corporations such as Hewlett Packard, Nortel Networks and Adaptec Corp. Mr. Chan has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of California, Berkley.

Mark Travaglio has a 20 year career in hardware and custom integrated circuit engineering, consulting and management. He has developed a wide range of products from CPU and DSP chips to computer networking equipment. In addition to being one of the original Alteon WebSystems engineers, Mark has also architected network adapter and switch equipment for National Semiconductor and NEC as well as high-end sound processing equipment for Kurzweil Music Systems. Mr. Travaglio has an electrical engineering degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is a fingerstyle solo acoustic guitarist with an original music CD.

FreeHand Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Freehand Systems International, Inc. (FSYI), is the global leader in digital sheet music publishing and is the manufacturer of the first digital music tablet, the MusicPad Pro® Plus. The pad provides innovative technology to the music industry for displaying and publishing digitally delivered sheet music. The company's digital sheet music website (www.freehandmusic.com) offers over 75,000 titles for digital download and transfer to the MusicPad Pro.

Investor Contact:
650-941-0742 (Investor Relations)
investorrelations@freehandsystems.com

Media Contact: Clyde Beswick, VP Marketing
FreeHand Systems, Inc.
95 First Street, Suite 200
Los Altos, CA 94022
310.275.9269
cbeswick@freehandsystems.com

Note to editors: For additional information visit FreeHand System’s website, www.freehandsystems.com. FreeHand Systems, Inc., MusicPad Pro®, MusicPad Pro® Plus, MusicPad Maestro™ are trademarks of FreeHand Systems, Inc.

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