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DRI Corporation Announces Engagement of Investment Bank Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc.


Investment Bank to Assist DRI See Digital Research.  With Wide Range of Strategic, Financial and M&A Services

DALLAS -- DRI Corporation (DRI) (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on
: TBUS TBUS Token Bus ), a digital communications Transmitting text, voice and video in binary form. See communications.  technology leader in the domestic and international surface transportation and transit security markets, announced today it has engaged the investment banking firm of Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc., based in New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
, to render strategic and financial advisory services advisory services

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 for the Company.

Today's announcement follows DRI's June 12, 2007, announcement that management was investigating the implementation or acceleration of additional actions that may help the Company increase shareholder value.

"After extensive review, I am confident that Morgan Joseph is a great fit for DRI. Their experience and capabilities are well known on Wall Street, and they have transaction expertise in DRI's type of technology, market, and business. As we proceed with our strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people.  for the coming three years, they will be involved. As profitability unfolds and we turn our attention to the longer term, we will continue assessing how to deliver improved shareholder value. Morgan Joseph should be a great asset to the Company in that process," David L. Turney, the Company's Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, said.

ABOUT MORGAN JOSEPH & CO. INC.

Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. is a full service investment banking firm headquartered at 600 Fifth Avenue in New York City. It has 140 employees and seven offices in seven cities Seven Cities may refer to:
  • The mythical "Isle of Seven Cities", also known as Antillia
  • The Seven Cities of Hampton Roads, the largest communities in southeastern Virginia
  • "Seven Cities", a 1999 single by trance producers Solarstone
 dedicated to serving middle market companies. The firm's primary focus is on providing financial advisory and capital raising services in the U.S., Asia and Europe. Its services include mergers and acquisitions advice, restructuring advice, private placements and public offerings of debt and equity. For its institutional investor Institutional Investor

A non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and lower commissions.
 clients, Morgan Joseph provides a full range of sales and execution services, including equity research and specialized reports. For more information, go to www.morganjoseph.com.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

DRI is a digital communications technology leader in the domestic and international public transportation and transit security markets. Our products include: TwinVision[R] and Mobitec[R] electronic destination sign systems, Talking Bus[R] voice announcement systems, Digital Recorders[R] Internet-based passenger information and automatic vehicle location/monitoring systems, and VacTell[TM] video actionable intelligence Having the necessary information immediately available in order to deal with the situation at hand. With regard to call centers, it refers to agents having customer history and related product data available on screen before the call is taken.  systems. Our products help increase the mobility, flow, safety, and security of people who rely upon transportation infrastructure around the globe. Using proprietary hardware and software applications, our products provide easy-to-understand, real-time information that assists users and operators of transit bus and rail vehicles in locating, identifying, boarding, tracking, scheduling, and managing those vehicles. Our products also aid transit vehicle operators in their quest to increase ridership and reduce fuel consumption, as well as to identify and mitigate security risks on transit vehicles. Positioned not only to serve and address mobility, energy conservation, and environmental concerns, our products also serve the growing U.S. Homeland Security market. For more information about the Company and its operations worldwide, go to www.digrec.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995, including, without limitation, statements relating to the expected benefits of the Company's new relationship with Morgan Joseph & Co., Inc., including the effect of this relationship on the Company's future strategic plans, as well as statements that contain words such as "expect," "fully expect," "expected," "appears," "believe," "plan," "anticipate," "would," "goal," "potential," "potentially," "range," "pursuit," or "preliminarily." These forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the risks and uncertainties that the Company's relationship with Morgan Joseph & Co, Inc., will not have the expected beneficial impact on the Company or on its future strategic goals, as well as the risks and uncertainties set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K

A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information.


Form 10-K

See 10-K.
 filed March 28, 2007, particularly those identified in Risk Factors Affecting Our Business. There can be no assurance that any expectation, express or implied, in a forward-looking statement will prove correct or that the contemplated event or result will occur as anticipated.
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