Xeikon Receives 1999 Royal Export Award.

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MORTSEL, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2000

Xeikon N.V. (Nasdaq:XEIK), the world's leading supplier of digital color printing systems for professional applications, today received the 1999 Royal Export Award.

The Award is presented annually by the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade to a company that has demonstrated significant initiative in export activities.

In conferring the Award, the committee of the Belgian Foreign Trade Board (BFTB) recognized Xeikon's expanding share of the growth in revenues from export activities of the Belgian printing and imaging equipment and supplies industry. His Royal Highness Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium, honorary president of the BFTB, presented the award to Xeikon President and Chief Executive Officer Alfons Buts in a ceremony held today.

"We are truly honored to have been selected for this Award from a distinguished field of companies," Buts said. "We are particularly gratified that the selection committee recognized our accomplishments in developing the worldwide market for digital color printing. The efforts to introduce the commercial print industry to the benefits of this technology remain a continuing element of Xeikon's growth strategy."

The Royal Export Award contest encourages the most highly competitive Belgian companies to achieve outstanding results in exporting. Past award recipients have included Ford Motor Co. (Belgium), Pharmacia & Upjohn, Ion Beam Application (IBA), Siemens Atea and EVS Broadcast Equipment.

The BFTB is a public institution set up in 1948 to promote exports of Belgium and Luxembourg industrial goods, techniques and services. The BFTB acts under the leadership of Louis Michel, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Pierre Chevalier, State Secretary for Foreign Trade. More information about the BFTB can be found on the Web site http://www.obcebdbh.be.

Xeikon N.V. develops, produces and markets commercial digital color presses and related consumables specifically designed to meet the quality, speed, reliability, cost, variable content and on-demand requirements of the global digital color printing market. Xeikon supplies both original equipment manufacturers, as well as a global network of more than 30 value-added distributors (VADs) operating in more than 40 countries.

Through its 80 percent equity interest in Nipson International SA (France), Xeikon is also a major manufacturer of digital black and white presses that use a proprietary "magnetography" technology most suited for use in heavy-duty applications. Xeikon N.V can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.xeikon.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements, and actual results may vary from those expressed or implied herein. Factors that could affect these results include those mentioned in Xeikon's 1998 annual report and its annual and quarterly filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.