ASHA Corporation Announces Plans for Teleconference

19 January 1999

ADVISORY/ASHA Corporation Announces Plans for Teleconference Monday, January 25, 1999 at 4:15 p.m. EST

    --Jan. 19, 1999--

    ASHA Corporation announces plans for a corporate teleconference beginning at 4:15 p.m. EST on Monday, January 25, 1999.
    All interested investors, brokers, analysts, and the media are invited to join the teleconference. The program is scheduled to last approximately 45 minutes with the first 15 minutes being dedicated to a management overview of the company, followed by 30 minutes of live call-in Q & A.
    Participants from ASHA Corporation will include Jack McCormack, Chairman and CEO, Lawrence Cohen, Vice Chairman, Ken Black, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Steve Sanderson, CFO, and Elliott Goldberg from Investor Relations. Representing McLaren Engines, Inc. (the recent acquisition) will be Wiley McCoy, Chief Operating Officer.
    If you wish to participate in this teleconference, please phone 415-537-1922. You should call approximately 10 - 15 minutes prior to 4:15 p.m. EST to help ensure that we begin on time. Participants who wish to ask a question of our management team will be addressed in the order their calls are received. We ask that each participant limit themselves to only one question.
    For those participants unable to take advantage of the original teleconference, a recorded rebroadcast will be available for 72 hours beginning Tuesday, January 26, 1999 at 6:00 a.m. EST on a 24-hour a day call-in basis. The toll-free number to access the recorded teleconference is 800-633-8284, and when prompted, dial 115-449-11, followed by the pound sign. The teleconference will then start at the beginning of the recording.
    "I am pleased to announce that ASHA's upcoming teleconference will be the first program in an ongoing schedule of communications with our shareholders and the investment community. This will also be our first public forum to discuss the McLaren Engines acquisition, and how it will compliment ASHA through a sharing of car product development and engineering activities," said Jack McCormack, ASHA Chairman and CEO.
    ASHA Corporation develops advanced technology products, as well as innovative automotive design and manufacturing techniques, and licenses the award winning GERODISC(TM) traction control system. The stock is traded on the NASDAQ SmallCap Market (Symbol:ASHA).
    Visit ASHA Corporation on the Internet at www.ashacorp.com.