Mainpine® Announces Appointment of New President and CEO

PORTLAND, Oregon — March 8, 2006 — Mainpine® Inc., an industry innovator in the global intelligent fax hardware arena, today announced that Lloyd Johnson has assumed the position of President and CEO of Mainpine, Inc. Johnson has twenty-five years of executive experience, fifteen of those in the fax industry.

In 1990 Johnson founded CommercePath, Inc., which launched the production fax market. Johnson played a key role in helping shape the overall strategy of CommercePath which quickly became the leading supplier of production fax servers. Under Johnson’s leadership, CommercePath won the “Best Production Fax Server” award for five consecutive years. CommercePath was acquired by AVT Corp., the parent company of RightFax, Inc. in 1997. In 1999, Johnson became Vice President of RightFax when CommercePath and RightFax merged. In 2001 AVT Corp changed its name to Captaris.

“Lloyd came to our attention because of his strong execution skills, his proven ability to lead top performing teams and his track record of success. His addition to our Mainpine team is a very important and exciting milestone," said Kevin Sharpe, Founder and Chairman of the Board. “Lloyd’s expertise will be invaluable as we continue to grow our worldwide business, expand our distribution channels and develop new products.”

“I am delighted at this opportunity and look forward to creating new growth initiatives for the company,” said Johnson. “Mainpine’s existing product line and its soon-to-be released RoHS/WEEE compliant hardware will allow us to deliver superior performance and reliability to our customers in an environmentally friendly way.”

Johnson holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington.

About Mainpine
For nearly a decade, Mainpine has been an industry innovator in the global fax hardware arena. The company has built a worldwide reputation for its line of reliable, intelligent RockForce™ fax cards that offer an affordable alternative to the traditional expensive fax boards. Along the way the company has introduced a number of innovative technologies, including Smart Port™, that focus on delivering fax communications smarter, faster, and with greater securety and reliably than ever. Mainpine’s RockForce product line is sold through more than 40 regional, national, and international distributors and is available through hundreds of resellers and integrators worldwide. For more information visit http://www.mainpine.com, call (971) 223-3684 or email info@mainpine.com.