IKON To Ring NYSE Closing Bell to Celebrate 10th Anniversary of Listing Under Ticker Symbol IKN.MALVERN, Pa. -- IKON Office Solutions IKON Office Solutions (NYSE: IKN) is a Fortune 500 company based in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Formerly part of ALCO Standard. IKON integrates copy machines and fax systems to assist businesses. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IKN IKN I Know Nothing ), the world's largest independent channel for document management systems and services, today announced that it will ring The Closing Bell(SM) at the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. (NYSE) on Monday, January 22, 2007 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its listing as IKN on the Exchange. Matthew J. Espe, IKON's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will ring the bell along with other IKON executives. The Company began trading under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors IKN on the NYSE on January 27, 1997, marking the Company's name change from Alco Standard Corporation (NYSE:ASN (1) (Autonomous System Number) A unique identifier of an autonomous system on the Internet. Of the 65 thousand ASNs available, more than 30 thousand have been assigned to ISPs and NSPs. ISPs usually have only one ASN, but NSPs may have more than one. ) to IKON Office Solutions, Inc., and more importantly, the Company's strategic decision to transition from a diversified holding company to an operating company with a single vision and mission to become the world's largest independent document management company. "We are extremely proud of the achievements and progress IKON has made over the last 10 years," said Matthew J. Espe, IKON's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "We have taken the Company from a collection of nearly 450 acquisitions of separate office equipment and technology companies, to a streamlined operating company with a unified strategy executed by our 25,000 employees worldwide. We have also seen tremendous changes in technology in the last decade - evolving from standalone analog copiers and office equipment, to connected digital solutions - that have shaped IKON's transition from a hardware provider to a solutions provider with one of the broadest portfolios of document management products and services in the industry." LIVE LINK: A live link to the ceremony will become active at 3:55 p.m. ET and run through The Closing Bell at 4:00 p.m. on http://www.nyse.com. About IKON IKON Office Solutions, Inc. (www.ikon.com), the world's largest independent channel for copier, printer and MFP (MultiFunction Printer, MultiFunction Peripheral) See all-in-one and MFD. technologies, delivers integrated document management solutions and systems, enabling customers worldwide to improve document workflow and increase efficiency. IKON integrates best-in-class systems from leading manufacturers, such as Canon, Ricoh, Konica Minolta, Kyocera Mita, EFI See UEFI. EFI - Extensible Firmware Interface and HP, and document management software from companies like Captaris, Kofax eCopy and others, to deliver tailored, high-value solutions implemented and supported by its global services organization--IKON Enterprise Services. With fiscal year 2006 revenue of $4.2 billion, IKON has approximately 25,000 employees in over 400 locations throughout North America and Western Europe. IKON Office Solutions([R]) and IKON: Document Efficiency at Work([R]) are trademarks of IKON Office Solutions, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. FIKN |
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