Adobe Systems Becomes 5,000th Company to Deploy Solutions From Email Solutions Provider Lyris; Adobe Joins Growing List of Customers Including OgilvyOne Worldwide, World Poker Tour, and Virsa Systems, Among Others.

BERKELEY, Calif. -- Lyris Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of J.L. Halsey (OTCBB:JLHY), today announced that Adobe Systems Incorporated -- maker of Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat and other high-impact digital content products -- is the 5,000th company to deploy its high-performance email marketing software solutions. Adobe joins a growing list of newly added customers including OgilvyOne Worldwide, World Poker Tour, and Virsa Systems, among others.

"This recent deal with Adobe is reflective of the overall success we've been experiencing this year," said Luis Rivera, chief executive officer, Lyris. "Results have been strong across our major territories and customer segments."

Lyris' flagship product, Lyris ListManager, helps companies design and send newsletters, offers and other opt-in email campaigns to customers, members, and subscribers. ListManager is used by many of the largest and most respected organizations and companies in the U.S., including non-profit organizations, universities, publishing houses, media companies, record labels, professional sports teams, and branches of government. In the 2004 elections, ListManager was used for both the Bush/Cheney and the Dean for America campaigns to communicate with supporters. ListManager is offered both as a standalone software product and as a hosted solution.

Lyris' email deliverability solution, EmailAdvisor, was recently rated the number one email delivery tool by JupiterResearch. EmailAdvisor helps clients ensure that their emails will render properly in the dozens of different email clients. EmailAdvisor also assists legitimate permission-based email publishers in increasing the deliverability of important email to their clients.

MailShield Server is Lyris' award-winning entry in the network email security and anti-spam market. MailShield helps customers protect their networks from unsolicited and unwanted email messages and other email-based attacks. Deployed by very large enterprises, MailShield protects millions of unique addresses (primarily in the cell phone market).

About Lyris Technologies, Inc.

Lyris Technologies, a subsidiary of J.L. Halsey Corporation, is a pioneer in the email technology industry. Since 1994, the company has been at the forefront of developing world-class email marketing software and services, as well as high performance anti-spam solutions. Lyris' flagship product, Lyris ListManager, is one of the world's best-selling software solutions for email marketing, while Lyris ListHosting offers the same powerful capabilities in the form of an on-demand web-based service.