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Celartem Appoints Caminova as Exclusive Worldwide DjVu® Distributor and Strategic Alliance Partner for Groundbreaking DjVu® Technology

SEATTLE, Wash. – June 10, 2009 - Celartem Technology Inc., a provider of software solutions for storage, access and distribution of rich media content, today announced that it has granted the exclusive worldwide rights to develop, distribute and manage its DjVu document imaging technology to Caminova Inc. of Japan. Caminova Inc. is a company founded by key former employees who were responsible for the development of DjVu core technology as well as sales and marketing of DjVu based products worldwide. Celartem will work with Caminova as an exclusive strategic partner to nourish and grow DjVu-related business going forward.

Caminova team will use its extensive knowledge of DjVu to continue to grow the Document Express with DjVu product line under the Caminova brand name. “This news should reassure the entire DjVu community in that Caminova can now completely focus on the needs of our loyal DjVu customers.” said Kazutaka Imai, CEO of Celartem Technology Inc. “Additionally, we are confident that the entire team at Caminova that has been servicing all of our DjVu customers for many years will continue to excel at meeting worldwide customer needs in the years to come.”

Caminova is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has a US Operations Center located in Seattle, Washington, to service the ever-growing US and European DjVu customer base. For further information or questions, please contact David Calabro, Caminova’s document imaging sales and marketing manager, at 206-919-2110dcalabro@caminova.jp or Syuichi Fujimoto atfujimoto@celartem.com.

About Celartem

Celartem Technology Inc. develops and sells innovative technologies for storage, access and distribution of rich media content. Celartem has developed technology in the areas of digital image compression, scalable image viewing and secure content distribution and management. Celartem is listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange, JASDAQ: 4330. Established in 1996, Celartem is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and has a wholly owned subsidiary, Celartem Inc. with headquarters in Portland, OR.

About Caminova

Caminova was independently founded to research and develop sophisticated technologies for the digital content and document imaging industry. Established in 2009, Caminova is based in Tokyo, Japan, and has a US Operations Center located in Seattle, WA USA.