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                                                                       Exhibit A
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[MULTI-COLOR CORPORATION LETTERHEAD]


                                                     Contact: William R. Cochran
                                                              Vice President/CFO
                                                                    513/345/1108

             MULTI-COLOR CORPORATION ANNOUNCES ANNUAL MEETING DATE


     Cincinnati, Ohio, May 28, 1999 - Multi-Color Corporation (NASDAQ:LABL)
announced today that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on August
19, 1999. Additionally, the Company announced that it has established a Record
Date of July 8, 1999. The deadline for shareholder proposals to be included in
the Proxy Statement is June 14, 1999.

     Multi-Color is the leading IML supplier in North America for branded
consumer products. IML labels are applied to plastic containers as they are
being molded. The Company's shares are traded over the counter under the NASDAQ
National Market System symbol LABL.