Utix Shipped Orders up over 800%

Business Wire,  Dec 12, 2006  

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BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Utix Group, Inc. (OTCBB:UTIX) announces product order increases this quarter are up in excess of 800% versus same quarter 2005. Utix CEO, Tony Roth, stated, "We are on track to delivering well over $1.2 million in shipped tickets this quarter for sell-through into our corporate and consumer driven programs. That's an increase of over 800% versus the same quarter last year."

Utix has repositioned its operation as a Patented and Proprietary Prepaid Operating System and Platform for its gift ticket products. Since its patent was granted six months ago in June, Utix has signed a 5 year exclusive Cobrand License with the PGA TOUR, a 3 year co-brand deal with Red Door, Elizabeth Arden, and Mario Tricoci Spas. In an article by The Tower Group Inc. and Stored Value Systems outlining prepaid gift card product growth, it was reported that "gift card sales grew from $16 billion in 2000 to $45 billion in 2005 and are forecasted to exceed $89 billion in 2007, with more than 76% of adult consumers purchasing gift cards during the holiday season."

The Company has also executed marketing and distribution contracts in the last three months with the largest prepaid and stored value gift card sales companies in the world such as: Blackhawk Network, Carlson Marketing Worldwide, Maritz Travel & Incentive and various promotion and reselling organizations, all in addition to shipping nationwide holiday programs to COSTCO and CVS Drug Stores.

Roth further stated: "Our pipeline of sales proposals and revenue building contracts with major marketing and affinity partners is providing Utix with high growth expectations for Calendar 2007. The scalability of our platform and unique attributes are being adopted by the marketplace in major shift toward non-dollar denominated gift products. We see the future for Utix in many areas of growth that incorporate the use of our patented system for sports, leisure, entertainment, dining and general recreation ticket products."

About Utix Group

Based in Burlington, Massachusetts, Utix issues its proprietary technology and co-branded prepaid experience products, including Golf, Bowling, Ski, Spa and Movie Tickets to the business-to-business industry and retail marketplace. As an authorized DISCOVER Network Issuer, Utix offers prepaid experience tickets nationwide, allowing recipients to enjoy a specific experience using a durable plastic card product rather than paper at more than 12,000 nationwide locations of their choosing. For more information about the Company, please visit our website at http://www.utix.com.

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" and information relating to our business that are based on our beliefs as well as assumptions made by us or based upon information currently available to us. When used in this press release, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "project," "should" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. This press release reflects our current views and assumptions with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual and future results and trends could differ materially from those set forth in such statements due to various factors. Such factors include, among others: general economic and business conditions; industry capacity; industry trends; competition; changes in business strategy or development plans; project performance; the commercial viability of our retail gift card platform and offerings; availability, terms, and deployment of capital; availability of qualified personnel; and ability to generate new markets for our products.

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