Exhibit 99.1
Contact: Michael J. Berthelot, Chief Executive Officer
(949) 769-3200
For Immediate Release
PRO-DEX, INC. AND AO PARTNERS GROUP JOINTLY ANNOUNCE VOTING RESULTS
IRVINE, Calif., January 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — PRO-DEX, INC. (Nasdaq: PDEX) and AO Partners Group jointly announced today the results of voting from the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on January 17, 2013.
In June 2012, AO Partners Group, whose members own approximately 22% of the Company’s outstanding common stock, nominated a slate of three director nominees to run in opposition to the Company’s slate of five director nominees, four of whom were incumbent members of the Company’s Board. At its January 17, 2013 Annual Meeting, shareholders of the Company elected AO’s three director nominees, Nicholas J. Swenson, Raymond E. Cabillot and William J. Farrell III, along with two of the Company’s nominees, incumbent Chairman William L. Healey and David C. Hovda, to fill the five seats on the Company’s new Board of Directors. Mr. Healey will be the only member of the current Board to continue onto the new Board.
Michael J. Berthelot, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are pleased to have this behind us and we look forward to working with our new board. Every member of our management team and each of our associates remain committed to designing, developing and manufacturing the best possible products for our customers and in doing so creating value for all of our stakeholders. We thank our departing board members for their service to our Company and wish them well in the future.”
Nick Swenson, member of the AO Partners Group and a newly elected director said, “We thank the shareholders for their support and we look forward to working with our management team as Pro-Dex enters a new chapter in its life.”
About Pro-Dex, Inc.:
Pro-Dex, Inc., with operations in California and Oregon, specializes in the design, development and manufacture of powered rotary drive surgical and dental instruments used primarily in the orthopedic, spine, maxocranial facial and dental markets. Its OMS division designs and manufactures embedded motion control systems serving the medical, dental, semi-conductor and scientific research markets. Pro-Dex’s products are found in hospitals, dental offices, medical engineering labs, scientific research facilities and high tech manufacturing operations around the world. For more information, visit the Company’s website atwww.pro-dex.com.
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