Press Release

ESOP Association Recognizes Cisco-Eagle Communications Efforts

MAY 14, 2007 (Washington, DC) - Cisco-Eagle has won two prestigious Annual Awards for Communications Excellence from the National ESOP Association. The AACE Awards are sponsored annually by the association to recognize outstanding member communications and educational programs.

(RIGHT: Cisco-Eagle's Joe Jackson accepts the AACE Award)

Cisco-Eagle won first place in the External ESOP Advertising, Web Sites category. The company was runner up in External Advertising, Print Advertising. Awards are presented each May at the Association’s Annual Conference in Washington, DC to companies that have excelled in communicating the ESOP (employee stock ownership plan) and its value to employees.

Cisco-Eagle is an employee owned company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The company provides material handling systems, equipment and services to distribution, industrial, commercial, and governmental customers throughout the United States. Cisco-Eagle became an employee-owned company in 2000.

“It’s an honor have been selected as a 2007 AACE Award winner,” said Cisco-Eagle President Steve Strifler. “We’re proud to be an ESOP company and strongly believe in the power of employee ownership. We’ve seen firsthand the excellence of committed and dedicated employee-owners.”

AACE Award winners are chosen by a panel of five judges made up of both managers and non-management employee-owners, each of whom has demonstrated active experience and interest in the field of ESOP’s and employee ownership communications. Awards are based on: overall quality and quantity of employee owner education, contributions of employee owners, and integration of the ESOP into company culture.

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