Metrowerks Shares Trade in NASDAQ National Market; Metrowerks Common Stock to Begin Trading July 5, 1996
AUSTIN, Texas — July 3, 1996 — Metrowerks(R), Inc. (TSE,ME:MWK), the leading provider of software development tools for Macintosh(R), today announced that the Company's common stock has been approved for inclusion in the NASDAQ National Market and will begin trading on Friday, July 5, 1996.
"We expect that the visibility, efficiency and liquidity of the NASDAQ National Market will offer substantial benefits to our shareholders and to the Company," said Jean Belanger, chairman of Metrowerks.
Metrowerks, whose trading symbol on NASDAQ will be MTWKF, develops, markets and supports a complete line of Macintosh-hosted computer language products for building Mac(TM)OS, Windows(R) 95, Windows NT(TM), Magic Cap(TM), Be(TM)OS and Palm OS(TM) applications. Providing full support for C/C++, Object Pascal and Java(TM) under one Integrated Development Environment (IDE), Metrowerks' CodeWarrior products have become the industry standard for professional Mac-hosted software development with more than 50,000 registered users in 70 countries.
The Company's financial year end is July 31. Revenue for the nine months ended April 30, 1996 were US$ 7.1 million and earnings for the same period were US$ 283,000. Additional information on Metrowerks and its products can be obtained by sending Email to [email protected], by calling 512/873-4700, or via the Internet at http://www.metrowerks.com.
Note to Editors: Metrowerks, the Metrowerks logo and CodeWarrior are registered trademarks of Metrowerks, Inc. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Mac is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT and Windows 95 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. Magic Cap is a trademark of General Magic, Inc. Be is a trademark of Be, Inc. Palm OS is a trademark of U.S. Robotics. All other companies and products may be trademarks of their respective holders and are hereby recognized.
CONTACT:
Metrowerks, Inc.
David Perkins, 512/873-4774
[email protected]
or
Stirling & Cohan, Inc.
Neha Mirchandani, 415/513-0989
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