A.D.TECH Announces Insider Stock Purchases - Totalling 224,600 Shares; CEO and President Both File SEC Form 13D.

Business/Technology Editors

TAUNTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2000

Advanced Deposition Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTC) (BSI: DTI) announced today that Glenn J. Walters, CEO and Alex P. Boxall, President, have each filed a Form 13D disclosing additional purchases of common shares.

Mr. Boxall disclosed purchasing 24,600 shares on the open market during the month of May at an average price of $1.57 per share.

Mr. Walters and Mr. Boxall also announced they each purchased 100,000 of Treasury stock from A.D.TECH at a price of $1.50 per share. These shares were in exchange for an equity conversion of $300,000 in short term subordinated debt provided to the Company during the second quarter of 2000. The Board of Directors approved this transaction on May 24, 2000 in order to strengthen the balance sheet and to eliminate some of its short-term liabilities. This transaction was entirely at the Board's discretion. The total number of shares outstanding after this transaction is approximately 5,018,648.

The Board of Directors consider this action as a further indication of senior management's commitment and expectation for improved top and bottom line growth combined with a clear focus on increasing shareholder value. Mr. Boxall and Mr. Walters declined to comment.

Over the past several months, A.D.TECH reported a return to profitability and double digit revenue growth from a world-wide customer base. A joint venture in China was announced in May 2000. The Company believes this joint venture will continue its strategic growth in Asia and also facilitate its double digit sales growth in Europe and the United States.

Advanced Deposition Technologies, Inc. is a technology and market leader for metallized thin films, coatings and components thereof. The Company has primary product divisions in markets for electronic capacitors, microwave food packaging and electronic packaging materials selling in over fifty countries along with subsidiaries in Spain and Malaysia. The Company owns or has licenses to more than 36 patents and 10 patents pending. On a selective basis the Company licenses its proprietary thin film technologies and patents to partners who can accelerate revenue and earnings growth of A.D.TECH's unique products and technologies on a global basis.

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Any forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provision of the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that actual results may differ substantially from such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, continued acceptance of the Company's products and services in the marketplace, competitive factors, new products and technological changes, dependence upon third-party vendors, a limited number of customers, political and other uncertainties related to customer purchases, and other risks detailed in the Company's periodic report filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.