Eichhof Holding AG Opts Not to Bid for Amazys Holding AG

GRANDVILLE, Mich.--April 11, 2006--X-Rite, Incorporated , a leading provider of color measurement solutions, has been informed by Amazys Holding AG (SWX:AMSN) that Eichhof Holding AG has abandoned their intent to make a competing public tender offer for Amazys' shares. X-Rite announced its formal tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding registered shares of Amazys for the purchase price of approximately $280 million or CHF 77 per Amazys share plus 2.11 shares of X-Rite stock per Amazys share on Friday, March 24, 2006. Amazys develops, markets and supports hardware, software and services to measure and communicate color under the GretagMacbeth brand.

X-Rite continues to move forward on the transaction and is fully committed to the completion as outlined in the tender offer. The tender offer is supported by the Boards of Directors of both X-Rite and Amazys.

About X-Rite:

X-Rite is a leading provider of color measurement solutions comprised of hardware, software and services for the verification and communication of color data. The Company serves a broad range of industries, including graphic arts, digital imaging, industrial and retail color matching, and medical. X-Rite is global, with 20 offices throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas, serving customers in 100 countries. Visit www.xrite.com for more information.

This communication is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell shares of Amazys and is not a substitute for the prospectus and proxy statement and other documents that X-Rite has filed or will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). X-Rite has filed exchange offer materials and other documents with the SEC, including a preliminary prospectus in an S-4 Registration Statement, and has also filed exchange offer materials with the Swiss Takeover Board. The exchange offer materials contain important information, which should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the exchange offer. The exchange offer materials and certain other offer documents will be made available to all stockholders of Amazys at no expense to them. The exchange offer materials are and will also be available for free at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Amazys stockholders are urged to read the relevant exchange offer documents when they become available, as well as any amendments or supplements to those documents, because they contain important information that stockholders should consider before making any decision regarding tendering their shares.

In addition, the issuance of X-Rite common stock in connection with the proposed transaction will be submitted to X-Rite shareholders for their consideration, and X-Rite will file with the SEC a proxy statement to be used by X-Rite to solicit its shareholders' approval of the proposed transaction, as well as other relevant documents concerning the proposed transaction. The definitive proxy statement will be sent to the shareholders of X-Rite seeking their approval of the proposed transaction. The proxy statement will also be available for free at the

SEC's website (www.sec.gov). Shareholders of X-Rite are urged to read the proxy statement regarding the proposed transaction and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC when they become available, as well as any amendments or supplements to those documents, because they will contain important information.

X-Rite and its directors, officers and other members of its management and employees also may be soliciting proxies from X-Rite's shareholders in connection with the vote of X-Rite shareholders referenced above. Information regarding those participants will be included in Part III of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the 2005 fiscal year of the company. Copies of this filing will be available at the SEC's website. Additional information regarding the interests of those participants may be obtained by reading the proxy statement regarding the proposed transaction when it becomes available.

Copies of the proxy statement, the registration statement and the SEC filings of X-Rite that will be incorporated by reference in the proxy statement and the registration statement can also be obtained when available, without charge, by directing a request to: Barbara Linderman at blinderman@xrite.com.

Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of the information contained in this filing.