X-Rite Announces Registration Statement Relating to Purchase of Amazys Shares Has Been Declared Effective by the SEC

GRANDVILLE, Mich.--May 9, 2006--X-Rite, Incorporated announced that its registration statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-132669) was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2006. The registration relates to X-Rite's offer to purchase all of the outstanding registered shares of Amazys Holding AG ("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 ("Offer"). A final prospectus relating to the Offer is being mailed to Amazys shareholders and contains important information that should be read carefully by Amazys shareholders when determining whether to tender in the Offer.

In addition, X-Rite announced that it will have its special meeting of shareholders on June 30, 2006 to vote on the shares to be issued in the transaction. As a result of the date of the shareholders meeting, the anticipated settlement date of the Offer has been changed from June 23, 2006 to July 5, 2006.

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, 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. Final exchange offer materials and certain other offer documents are available to all stockholders of Amazys at no expense to them. The exchange offer materials are also available for free at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Amazys stockholders are urged to read the relevant exchange offer documents, including the final prospectus, 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 on June 30, 2006, and X-Rite has filed 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 on or about May 9, 2006. The proxy statement is also 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 is included in Part III of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the 2005 fiscal year of the company. Copies of this filing is available at the SEC's website.

Copies of the proxy statement, the registration statement and the SEC filings of X-Rite that are incorporated by reference in the proxy statement and the registration statement can also be obtained, 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.

This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of X-Rite common stock in any state or other jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.