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NEWS
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FreeHand
Systems Adds New Distributor In Australia And New Zealand—Hal
Leonard Australia, Pty. Ltd.
LOS
ALTOS, Calif. – December 5, 2007 –FreeHand Systems,
Inc., wholly owned subsidiary of FreeHand Systems International,
Inc. (OTC: FSYI) today announced a new distributor, Hal Leonard
Australia Pty. Ltd., for the markets of Australia and New Zealand.
Hal Leonard Australia will distribute FreeHand’s MusicPad
Pro and accessories to its network of about 600 active dealers,
mostly musical instrument retailers but also bookstores and colleges/universities.
“Adding
Australia and New Zealand to our growing International presence
is a continuation of our effort to be the world wide leader in
digital sheet music technology. We are very pleased to have Hal
Leonard as our partner in these countries,” said Kim Lorz,
CEO FreeHand Systems, Inc.
FreeHand
Systems, Inc. (www.freehandsystems.com), 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 nearly 100,000 titles for digital download and transfer
to the MusicPad Pro.
Founded
in 1947, Hal Leonard Corporation (www.halleonard.com) is the
leader in the music print industry, producing songbooks, sheet
music, educational publications, reference books, videos, DVDs,
CD-ROMs, children’s music products and more. In
its more than 100,000 available publications, the company represents
in print some of the world’s best known and most respected
publishers, artists, writers, and arrangers. Hal Leonard
is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI and also has offices in: Winona,
MN; New York; Nashville; Melbourne; Hong Kong; and London. In Australia,
Hal Leonard Pty. Ltd. was formed in 1999 as a joint-venture company
with Print Music Australia.
Investor
Contact:
650-941-0742
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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This
press release contains forward-looking information within the
meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including statements
regarding potential sales, the success of the company's business,
as well as statements that include the word "believe" or
similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that
may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of
FreeHand Systems International, Inc. to differ materially from
those implied or expressed by such forward-looking statements.
Such factors include, among others, the risk factors included
in FreeHand Systems International, Inc.'s Annual Report and any
subsequent reports filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act.
This press release speaks as of the date first set forth above
and FreeHand Systems International, Inc. assumes no responsibility
to update the information included herein for events occurring
after the date hereof. Actual results could differ materially
from those anticipated due to factors such as the lack of capital,
timely development of products, inability to deliver products
when ordered, inability of potential customers to pay for ordered
products, and political and economic risks inherent in international
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