Franklin to Offer Swiss-Designed Digital Travel Accessory Line Up BURLINGTON, N.J. and STEINHAUSEN, Switzerland, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WorldConnect AG and Franklin Electronic Publishers, Incorporated (NYSE AMEX Equities US: FEP) today announced they have entered into an exclusive distribution agreement for the United States of America, Canada and Oceania whereby Franklin will distribute WorldConnect's line of Swiss-designed premium travel adapters and innovative charger solutions for users of mobile equipment. Coinciding with the launch of Franklin's Explorer(TM) brand of digital travel accessories, WorldConnect is recognized globally under its SKROSS and Swiss Travel Products brands. "A growing success of Franklin is our line of multilingual translators that are sold throughout the world," said Barry J. Lipsky, chief executive officer and president of Franklin Electronic Publishers. "WorldConnect offers functional products that address an everyday need of both the vacationer and business traveler, in the same way our translators do. It's a natural adjacent fit to both our end customers and our retail partners," he added. "WorldConnect provides unique innovative solutions which is what the Franklin Explorer brand is meant to stand for." "We are proud to partner with Franklin, known as a world leader to the needs of travelers globally. We've sold over 6 million units of our patented travel adapter and even found the globetrotting staff at Franklin to be among our satisfied customers. We can think of no better fit to expand our presence in the USA, Canada and Oceania," said Sam Gerber, CCO and Co-Owner of WorldConnect AG. About Franklin: Franklin Electronic Publishers Incorporated (NYSE AMEX Equities US: FEP) is a world leader in electronic handheld information, having sold approximately 41,000,000 electronic books. Current titles available directly or through partners number more than 116,000 in sixteen languages under license from world class publishers, such as Merriam-Webster and HarperCollins, focused in five genres: Learning, Language Learning, Travel, Spiritual, and Leisure. The Company also licenses its underlying technology to an array of partners including Adobe, Sun Microsystems and Ademco (a division of Honeywell). Franklin distributes ROLODEX Electronics branded organizers worldwide and SEIKO branded reference products in Oceania and the European Community. Franklin's products are available at 49,000 retail outlets worldwide, through catalogs, and online at http://www.franklin.com/. ROLODEX is a registered trademark of Berol Corporation, a subsidiary of Newell Rubbermaid Inc. SEIKO is a registered trademark of SEIKO Corporation. About WorldConnect AG: WorldConnect AG was founded in 2002 in Zug, Switzerland. WorldConnect's products are sold in over 60 countries around the globe through Duty Free Stores and Airline's onboard shops and through our distributor offices in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and in North America. The product portfolio of WorldConnect is specialized in Swiss-designed, premium travel adapters and innovative charge solutions for users of mobile equipment. The high quality of WorldConnect's SKROSS and Swiss Travel Products has been recognized not only by retailers and corporate customers but as well as by high-profile OEM customers such as Tumi or Fuji Film for whom WorldConnect AG manufactures their own versions of our world travel adapter. Our aim is to successfully position our core products - the World Travel Adapter and the mobile chargers - as "the Swiss Army Knife" in the domain of business travel. Except for the historical information contained in this news release, the matters addressed are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements, written, oral or otherwise made, represent the Company's expectation or belief concerning future events. Without limiting the foregoing, these statements are often identified by the words "may," "might," "believes," "thinks," "anticipates," "plans," "expects" or similar expressions. In addition, expressions of our strategies, intentions or plans are also forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect management's current views with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties, both known and unknown. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements as there are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements, many of which are beyond our control. Investors are referred to the full discussion of risks and uncertainties as included in Franklin's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. DATASOURCE: Franklin Electronic Publishers Incorporated CONTACT: Ms. Christine Fischer of WorldConnect AG, +41-41-7471203, ; or Nelda Carrizales Skevington of Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., +1-210-416-0418 , Web Site: http://www.franklin.com/

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