Ken Michaud/Jack Rowe
George H. Dean Company
781-356-4100

Braintree, Mass. -- May 1, 2006  The George H. Dean Company, a Braintree, MA based financial printing and graphic communication company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of R.S. Rowe & Company, Inc., financial printers of Braintree, MA. R.S. Rowe & Company is a leading supplier of financial printing and typesetting services and has served the business and investment community for over 37 years.

"Jack Rowe and his team bring years of experience and dedication serving the banking and financial communities," said Ken Michaud, president of George H. Dean. "Jack’s business is a natural fit with ours and the mix will further the diversification of our customer base as we continue to offer more integrated services."

R.S. Rowe’s services include typesetting, Edgar filing and printing of Corporate Annual, Semiannual and Quarterly Reports, Proxy Statements and Official Statements. Their customers include commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, financial service companies and both publicly and privately held companies.

"The decision to partner with George H. Dean Company was based on two very important groups of people--my employees and my clients," said Jack Rowe, president of R.S. Rowe & Company. "George H. Dean Company has welcomed my very loyal employees into their family. That fact, along with their total commitment to personal service and their added resources, will be a big win for my clients."

George H. Dean Company is a privately held graphic services company that provides typesetting, digital and offset printing, binding, mailing and fulfillment services to customers nationwide. By building a business model to provide services that reduce both the cost and total time it takes to get products to market, Dean has been able to continue it’s strong growth. We have added a number of vertically integrated services to offer our customers true in-house full-service capability. In addition to Dean’s digital prepress, CTP, web and six color presses and in-house lettershop, the Company provides variable content and color on-demand printing, data processing, data management and laser and ink jet addressing. Dean serves customers in the banking, insurance, financial, legal, fundraising, healthcare, college, retail, real estate, sporting, design and direct mail industries.