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Sentry Technology Wins Texas State Contract

    RONKONKOMA, N.Y., May 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sentry Technology
Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SKVY) announced today that it has been
awarded a contract for a three-year term to supply library security
products to The Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (Cooperative) for
the state of Texas. The Cooperative is a statewide purchasing cooperative
for school districts, junior colleges, cities, counties, other political
subdivisions and eligible nonprofit entities. The Cooperative was formed by
the Texas Association of School Boards, Inc. (TASB), a non-profit
corporation of the State of Texas, and includes the Texas Municipal League
(TML), a Texas unincorporated not-for-profit association and the Texas
Association of Counties (TAC), a Texas not-for-profit association.
    The Cooperative's contract for Sentry Technology products and services
will be available to the members of TASB, TML, and TAC, other local
government and nonprofit entities. TASB will be responsible for supplying
the electronic commerce technology to facility online purchasing by
Cooperative members. There are currently 1600 members of the Cooperative.
    "We are a security supplier to both the Dallas Public Library and the
Harris County Public Library in Houston," said Peter L. Murdoch, President
and CEO for Sentry Technology Corporation. "Our agreement with The Local
Government Purchasing Cooperative will help up us add to our growing base
of public, academic and school library customers in the state of Texas. We
believe that this contract announcement will also raise our profile as a
leading supplier to libraries across America while adding millions of
dollars in revenue over the life of the agreement."
    Sentry Technology Corporation designs, manufactures, sells and installs
a complete line of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) solutions,
Electro-Magnetic (EM) and RFID based Library Management systems as well as
Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro-Magnetic (EM) EAS systems. The CCTV
product line features the SentryVision(R) SmartTrack system, a proprietary,
patented traveling Surveillance System. The Company's products are used by
libraries to secure inventory and improve operating efficiency, by
retailers to deter shoplifting and internal theft and by industrial and
institutional customers to protect assets and people. For further
information, please visit our website at http://www.sentrytechnology.com.
    This press release may include information that could constitute
forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such
forward-looking statements may involve risk and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from any future results
encompassed within the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause
or contribute to such differences include those matters disclosed in the
Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.


SOURCE Sentry Technology Corporation




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    Peter L. Murdoch, President & CEO of Sentry
    Technology Corporation, +1-631-739-2100