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FRANKLIN ELECTRONIC PUBLISHERS AND LANGENSCHEIDT VERLAG ENTER INTO GLOBAL LICENSING AGREEMENT
Agreement Provides for Franklin's Distribution of New Electronic Dictionaries under the Franklin® and Seiko® Brands
Munich, Germany and Burlington, NJ, 6 October 2005. Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. (AMEX:FEP), a world leader in handheld
information, has entered into an Omnibus Licensing Agreement with the Langenscheidt Verlag (Publisher) that provides for the
companies to cooperate in producing and marketing electronic dictionaries with content from Langenscheidt.
As a result of the strategic alliance between Franklin and Seiko Instruments Inc. (SII), a Japanese market leader, the licensed
Langenscheidt titles will be incorporated into a new Multi-Title Dictionary Line of handheld products for distribution by
Franklin and SII in the Asian and European markets.
Initially, Franklin is distributing the products under both the Franklin and Seiko brands in the German-speaking markets. The
cooperation of Franklin and Langenscheidt provides a broad range of up-to-date dictionary content, reference works, and
language guides for Franklin's new generation of e-dictionaries. Walter Schillings, Executive Director of Franklin Electronic
Publishers (Deutschland) GmbH said "We are planning a wide range of professional, bilingual translation devices in which the
technology- and design-oriented hardware know-how of SII, the linguistic, electronic reference, and language learning skills
of Franklin, and the many years of dictionary content expertise of Langenscheidt, the world class German publisher, complement
each other ideally." Hubert Haarmann, Director Electronic Business at Langenscheidt, says of the cooperation: "It is an
important step forward in our policy of cooperating with strong partners."
Over 10 years ago, Franklin pioneered the electronic dictionary market in Germany and continues to be a leading provider in
German-speaking markets. Franklin's strategic alliance with SII and the cooperation with Langenscheidt now enable Franklin to
offer a comprehensive range in the electronic dictionary sector. Franklin's range of high-quality devices cover the spectrum
from travel guides to multilingual dictionaries and other reference works for use by travelers, life-time learners, business
professionals, and students alike.
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Editorial note:
About Franklin
Franklin Electronic Publishers (AMEX:FEP) is a world leader in electronic handheld information, having sold more than 34,000,000
electronic books since 1986. Current titles available directly or through partners number more than 22,000 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, Ademco (a division of Honeywell) and Macromedia. Franklin distributes ROLODEX® Electronics branded organizers worldwide
and SEIKO branded reference products in North and South America and Australia and will begin distribution of those products in
the European Community later in 2005. Franklin's products are available at 45,000 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.
Further information is also available on the Internet at: www.franklin.com/de
About Langenscheidt
The Langenscheidt Verlagsgruppe (Publishing Group) is an internationally active family business which is rich in tradition and
incorporates numerous companies in 11 countries offering a broad program in the fields of languages, information, travel, and
cartography. The international product range includes some 10,000 titles. What began in 1856 with books and home-learning
letters today covers a broad range of printed and electronic media, including online services. The company, which has around
1,400 employees worldwide, unites the brands Langenscheidt, DUDEN, Meyer, Brockhaus, Berlitz (Publishing), Polyglott, APA,
Hexaglot, Mentor and Axel Juncker under a single roof. Langenscheidt also has American subsidiaries, international distribution
centers, and technical operations. www.langenscheidt.de
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed throughout this release, including, but not
limited to, those that are stated as Franklin's belief or expectation or preceded by the word "should" are forward-looking
statements that involve risks to and uncertainties in Franklin's business, including, among other things, the timely
availability and acceptance of new electronic books, and other electronic products, changes in technology, the impact of
competitive electronic products, the management of inventories, dependence on key licenses, titles and products, dependence
on third party component suppliers and manufacturers, including those that provide Franklin-specific parts and other risks
and uncertainties that may be detailed from time to time in Franklin's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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