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<p class="main style3" style="text-align:justify;"><strong>GPA ANNOUNCES THOMAS BROOKER AS PRESIDENT & CEO </strong></p>
<p class="main" style="text-align:justify;"><strong>CHICAGO, June 14, 2010</strong> – GPA, a portfolio company of Svoboda Capital Partners, LLC (“SC”), announced today that Thomas Brooker has joined the Company as its President & CEO. In his new role, Mr. Brooker will lead GPA and will join the Company’s Board of Directors.</p>
<p class="main" style="text-align:justify;">Prior to joining GPA, Mr. Brooker served as President & CEO of Nashua Corporation, a publically-traded NASDAQ company that was sold to Cenveo, Inc. (NYSE: CVO) in 2009. Prior to joining Nashua Corporation in 2004, Mr. Brooker served as the Group President of Forms, Labels and Office Products for Moore Wallace, a company he joined as a sales representative in 1981. Throughout his career at Moore Wallace, he held a number of positions, including Vice President of the Office Products Group and Executive Vice President of Sales. Moore Wallace is a subsidiary of R.R. Donnelley & Sons (NASDAQ: RRD).</p>
<p class="main" style="text-align:justify;">“We are delighted to have a proven executive with Tom’s experience join GPA,” said John Svoboda, Senior Managing Director at Svoboda Capital Partners. “We look forward to partnering with Tom and the entire GPA team to capitalize on GPA’s market position and direct GPA for its next phase of growth.”</p>
<p class="main" style="text-align:justify;"><strong>About GPA</strong></p>
<p class="main" style="text-align:justify;">Founded in 1940, GPA is North America’s largest independent provider of specialty printable substrates solutions, supplying pressure-sensitive label paper, films, and specialty substrates to the printing industry. The Company is a value-added partner to commercial printers providing quick fulfillment of time-sensitive orders, comprehensive product knowledge, extensive product availability, and specialized converting services to over 6,400 customers throughout the United States and Canada. For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.labelexperts.com">www.labelexperts.com</a>. </p>
<p class="main" style="text-align:justify;"><strong>About Svoboda Capital Partners </strong></p>
<p class="main" style="text-align:justify;">Svoboda Capital Partners is a Chicago-based private equity firm that invests in and helps build leading value-added distribution, consumer and business services companies in the lower middle-market. Founded in 1998, SC has $250 million of capital under management. For more information, please visit <a href="./">www.svoco.com</a>.</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.katun.com/aboutkatun/news.html" target="_blank" class="subnav">Katun</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.spscommerce.com/news.shtml" target="_blank" class="subnav">SPS Commerce</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.smithbucklin.com/news/latestnews.cfm" target="_blank" class="subnav">SmithBucklin</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wdpi.com/in_the_news2006.htm" target="_blank" class="subnav">World Data Products</a></li>
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