Michael D. Bevis Joins Edict Systems as Executive Vice President Over 15 Years of Executive Management Experience Providing Products and Services to Retailers DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advant-e Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: AVEE) announced today that Edict Systems, its wholly owned and sole operating subsidiary, has employed Michael D. Bevis as Executive Vice President effective September 29, 2003. In his new position, Mr. Bevis will lead the company's efforts in sales, marketing, strategic planning and customer relationship management. Mr. Bevis brings many years of sales, marketing and senior level management experience to Edict Systems. Most recently at Paxar Corporation, Mike headed the Servisource1 service group after being promoted from Senior Director of Marketing for the barcode printer group. Prior to this, he was with Huffy Corporation for 24 years. During his tenure at Huffy, Mike served as Vice President of Marketing and Sales for four separate divisions eventually becoming President and General Manager of Huffy Service First. Regarding his new position, Mike stated, "The Edict team have done an impressive job of becoming a leading solution provider in the vertical industries they have targeted. I look forward to joining them and assisting to drive new revenue and expansion into other markets." Commenting on the announcement, Jason K. Wadzinski, Chairman, CEO and President of Advant-e and Edict Systems stated, "Mike is an accomplished marketing and business development leader with a proven track record of building businesses and developing executive level customer relationships. His experience in strategic planning and development of new markets and customers offers much promise to the continued growth of our company. His ability to set direction and generate commitment should assist us in meeting and exceeding our goals and objectives. We are very excited to have Mike join our team." About Advant-e Corporation Advant-e, via its wholly owned and sole operating subsidiary Edict Systems, Inc., is a provider of Business-to-Business electronic commerce software and Internet-based applications specializing in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and XML-based solutions for recurring transactions. Advant-e specializes in horizontal transaction services via EnterpriseEC(R), an Internet-based Electronic Business Transaction Network, and within specific vertical industries via web-based "vortals" including http://www.groceryec.com/, http://www.retailec.com/, http://www.cpgsupplier.com/, http://www.logisticsec.com/, and http://www.mfgec.com/. Additional information about Advant-e Corporation can be found at http://www.advant-e.com/ and http://www.edictsystems.com/ or by contacting investor relations at (937) 429-4288. The company's email is . The information in this news release includes certain forward looking statements that are based upon assumptions that in the future may prove not to have been accurate and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including statements to the future financial performance of the company. Although the company believes that the expectations reflected in its forward looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations or any of its forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. Factors that could cause results to differ include, but are not limited to, successful performance of internal plans, product development and acceptance, the impact of competitive services and pricing, or general economic risks and uncertainties. DATASOURCE: Advant-e Corporation CONTACT: Investor Relations of Advant-e Corporation , +1-937-429-4288, or Web site: http://www.advant-e.com/ http://www.edictsystems.com/

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