AVT Corporation Expects to Report Strong First Quarter Results.

KIRKLAND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 1999--Responding to the recent drop in the company's share price, AVT Corporation (Nasdaq:AVTC) today reported that it expects to report strong financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 1999, exceeding the consensus estimates established by the securities analysts covering the company.

The company anticipates reporting earnings of between $0.21 and $0.23 per diluted share, an increase of 37.5% over the $0.16 per diluted share earned in the comparable prior-year quarter. The consensus estimates currently published by the securities analysts covering the company average $0.20 per diluted share. The company is scheduled to release its financial results for the quarter on April 22, 1999.

"We have been forced to take the highly unusual step of commenting on our earnings before officially releasing this information, solely because of the continued downward valuation of our share price," stated Richard J. LaPorte, chairman and chief executive officer. "We see absolutely no reason why our stock has lost almost a third of its value in recent weeks. The sales momentum we experienced in the previous year's fourth quarter continued into the new year. Our business is very much on track and we expect continued solid performance going forward."

AVT Corporation solves enterprise communication problems by providing a broad line of open systems-based software products and communications services, specializing in call processing, enterprise messaging, document management and customer service applications, marketed to organizations of all size and industry through multiple channels of distribution. AVT is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, USA, and does business through its CTI Software Group, based in Kirkland, through its RightFAX Software Group, based in Tucson, Arizona and through its CommercePath Software Group, based in Portland, Oregon. In addition, AVT has sales and support offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, Hong Kong and Dubai. Founded in 1982, AVT is publicly traded under the symbol "AVTC" on the Nasdaq National Market. AVT maintains a site on the World Wide Web at www.AVTC.com.

RightFAX is a registered trademark of AVT Corporation.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including technical and competitive factors, which could cause the Company's results and the timing of certain events to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Such risks are detailed in AVT's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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