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28 Jun 2007 13:30

Danka Business Systems PLC28 June 2007 For Immediate Release 28 June 2007 Danka Business Systems PLC ("Danka" or "the Company") Danka Named First National U.S. Distributor of HP Edgeline Colour Printers Breakthrough Printing Technology Offers SMBs High-Quality, High-Volume Colour Prints at Significantly Lower Cost Danka Business Systems PLC (LSE: DKN; NASDAQ: DANKY), one of the largestindependent suppliers of office business solutions in the United States,underscored its sector leadership today with the announcement it has beenselected as the initial national distributor of HP's new line of advanced colourmultifunction printers (MFPs) with Edgeline Technology. Danka believes Edgeline Technology, when coupled with Danka's highly-ratedservice and digital support, will enhance office-imaging productivity byenabling business customers to migrate from black and white as well as colourdevices to a single platform that offers both colour and black and whiteprinting with a lower total cost of ownership. The new HP CM8060/CM8050 Colour MFPs with Edgeline Technology work by passingpaper underneath a stationary print head to produce a high-quality image. Thisincreases the speed of colour printing by distributing ink across paper in onepass, while producing superior colour depth and image. "We are pleased that HP has selected Danka as the first national distributor ofits innovative, Edgeline Technology printers," said A.D. Frazier, chairman andchief executive officer, Danka. "This demonstrates the confidence HP has inDanka's world-class sales, service and business engineering capabilities. Italso speaks to our unique ability to build strong relationships with ITdecision-makers, who are playing an increasingly critical role in theoffice-solutions decision-making process." "Today's mid-market customers need a complete printing workflow solution thathelps them save money and improve productivity," said Scott Anderson, vicepresident, imaging and printing channels, North America, HP. "Danka offers HPthe right service and sales coverage, technical knowledge, and a proven trackrecord interfacing with customers nationwide in the mid-market space." Danka has provided extensive, organization-wide training on the new EdgelineTechnology products and is currently rolling out this new offering to 55 marketsacross the United States. - ends - For further information please contact: Danka Business Systems PLCCheley Howes, Danka Investor Relations +1 727 622 2760Louis Kritzinger, Danka London 0207 605 0150 Weber Shandwick FinancialGeorgia Dempsey 0207 067 0749 About Danka Business Systems PLC Danka is one of the nation's largest independent providers of office systemssolutions. For 30 years Danka has provided its customers with the equipment,supplies, software and integrated services and support they need to addresstheir print, copy and document workflow requirements. Danka delivers thesecomprehensive document solutions through a consultative model designed toimprove business processes, reduce costs and increase productivity that drivescustomer value and satisfaction. Danka services customers directly in 50 U.S.markets. For more information, visit www.danka.com. Certain statements contained in this press release, including statements relatedto Danka's future business and financial performance, are forward-looking. Suchstatements reflect the current views of Danka with respect to future events andare subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could causeactual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-lookingstatements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forwardlooking statements, which reflect management's analysis only as of the date theyare made. Danka is a registered trademark. All other trademarks are the propertyof their respective owners. # # # This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange