VIDAR Systems Corporation is a privately held optical imaging technology manufacturing company, specializing in the medical and life sciences imaging markets. VIDAR is part of the Contex Group which is comprised of Contex Corporate (Allerod, Denmark), Z Corporation (Burlington, Massachusetts, USA), and VIDAR Systems Corporation (Herndon, Virginia, USA). The Group is owned by RATOS, a listed private equity company located in Stockholm, Sweden. Ratos' business concept is to increase value over time resulting in the highest possible return through the professional, active and responsible exercise of its ownership role in a number of selected companies and investment situations.

VIDAR is located in Northern Virginia's high-tech corridor and has been a leader in optical imaging technologies for almost a quarter of a century. Built upon a solid foundation of innovation and an unwavering dedication to quality, the company is the worldwide leader and number one manufacturer of medical film digitizers, www.filmdigitizer.com, and our goal is to gain the same status in life sciences, www.microarrayscanner.com. VIDAR's reputation is well-known for quality, reliability, and dependability resulting from our customer-driven approach to the business workplace. We work with and support over 100 global solutions providers throughout the radiology, oncology, and mammography markets, including GE, Siemens, Varian, Elekta, Hologic and iCAD, and are proud of our leadership position. We work diligently to continuously enhance our products and services in all market segments, developing excellent cost-effective products and services that anticipate and fulfill customer needs.

The employees at VIDAR comprise the backbone of the company and are a group of dedicated professionals whose goal is to provide the highest quality products and excellent support to our partners.

The VIDAR family has a unique culture which offers many opportunities for our current and future employees. The values of VIDAR's unique culture include:

• Recognition for both individual and team accomplishments -- we value diversity, tolerance and openness.
• Quality and continuous improvement in everything we do that strives to make it right for our customers, business partners, and employees.
• Business planning for both short and long-term growth and regular measurements of our team's success.
• Positive attitude and work environment are fostered where people enjoy working together, treat each other with mutual respect, and have fun.
• Positive environment that is constantly changing and charts the evolution and success for our company and employees' personal growth.
• Open, honest, accurate and timely communication led by our Leadership Team and encouraged throughout our organization.
• Teamwork and leadership built on empowerment, trust, respect and accountability.
• Education and training that provide opportunities for personal growth and professional development, and looks to promote from within whenever possible.
• Ethics that are truthful and strive to do the right thing in everything we do.
• Community awareness and support that gives back services, financial support, and direct involvement of our employees.

If you are looking for cost-effective solutions in radiology and life sciences, we encourage you to review our web site to become more familiar with VIDAR Systems Corporation. Please contact us if you have any questions, or desire more information. Thank you for your interest and support.

Sincerely,

John E. Hart
President & Chief Executive Officer