EMJ Buys EMPAC Inventory and Customer List.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

GUELPH, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 2001

EMJ Data Systems Ltd. (TSE:EMJ) announced today it has purchased the inventory and customer lists of EMPAC. The inventory is from all of their locations that are located in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver. Included in this inventory are large quantities of cases, keyboards, mice, and monitors as well as various computer peripherals. Brands include Samsung, ATI, Inwin, Intel, AMD, Asustek, Fujitsu, GVC, etc. Jim Estill, President and CEO of EMJ stated, "We can pass on tremendous savings to our resellers since we were able to buy inventory at lower than normal distribution cost." "We also look forward to serving all of EMPAC's customers". "We will be offering jobs to some of the EMPAC personnel" According to the trustee, Howard Wasserman of Wasserman Arsenault Limited in Toronto, "One of the advantages to EMPAC customers is that EMJ will be able to honour the warranty in certain situations."

ABOUT EMJ:

EMJ Data Systems Ltd., headquartered in Guelph, Ontario, is a Canadian, publicly owned distributor of computer products and peripherals. EMJ specializes in niche-market products for Apple, Digital Video, Internetworking, Point-of-Sale, RAID, Unix and Wireless applications. EMJ Data Systems Ltd. has branch offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Markham, Montreal and Halifax, as well as one office in the United States. EMJ is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) under symbol EMJ. Interested parties can reach EMJ via the World Wide Web at www.emj.ca.

Trade Symbol TSE:EMJ