DATA Communications Management Corp. Announces Integration of its Multiple Pakfold Operations into its Brampton, Ontario Facility

DATA Communications Management Corp. (TSX: DCM) (“DATA” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce plans to integrate DATA’s Multiple Pakfold operations into its Brampton, Ontario facility. As a result, DATA will exit Multiple Pakfold’s facility before the end of 2017 and relocate the division’s staff and production capabilities into DATA’s 269,000 square foot Brampton, Ontario facility.

Multiple Pakfold is a leading supplier of business forms, cheques and labels to the trade printing market, with approximately 100 employees operating in a 60,000 square foot facility in Mississauga, Ontario and with sales offices in Calgary, Alberta, Mississauga, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec. Multiple Pakfold specializes in “short run” printing for its clients, who include independent print brokers serving small to medium sized businesses and small buying groups, office supply companies and other printers.

DATA’s Brampton, Ontario facility is focused on the production of long-run forms, roll products and labels for DATA’s enterprise clients, and includes a total of 229,000 square feet of production and warehousing capacity, together with its head office and administration. When this move is completed, DATA will operate six “centres of excellence” across Canada.

Multiple Pakfold will continue to serve its trade printing clients as a distinct market segment. DATA expects to benefit from improved efficiencies in balancing work and staffing across its short-run and long-run forms and labels business, allowing it to absorb incremental capacity into its largest production facility in the country. In excess of $0.8 million in annualized savings is expected from this transition, primarily related to rent and facilities savings. DATA expects to incur approximately $0.8 million in restructuring expenses relating to the Multiple Pakfold move, primarily consisting of early lease exit charges and relocation of equipment in the fourth quarter of 2017. It is expected that substantially all of Multiple Pakfold’s employees will relocate to DATA’s Brampton facility.

“We continue to optimize our operations to make DATA more focused, agile and unified,” said Michael G. Sifton, Chief Executive Officer of DATA. “Together with this initiative, we are moving some work between our Drummondville, Quebec and Brampton plants to prepare for the onboarding of the large financial services client we recently announced, to improve operating margins,” Mr. Sifton added.

About DATA Communications Management Corp.

DATA is a leading provider of business communication solutions, bringing value and collaboration to marketing and operation teams across North America. We help marketers and agencies unify and execute communications campaigns across multiple channels, and we help operations teams streamline and automate document and communications management processes. Our core capabilities include direct marketing, print services, labels and asset tracking, event tickets and gift cards, logistics and fulfilment, content and workflow management, data management and analytics, and regulatory communications. We serve clients in key vertical markets such as financial services, retail, healthcare, lottery and gaming, not‐for‐profit, and energy. We are strategically located across Canada to support clients on a national basis, and serve the U.S. market through our facilities in Chicago, Illinois.

Additional information relating to DATA Communications Management Corp. is available on www.datacm.com, and in the disclosure documents filed by DATA Communications Management Corp. on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) at www.sedar.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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