[August 11, 2011]

Electro Rent to Acquire Electronic Test Equipment Provider, Equipment Management Technology, Inc.

Electro Rent Corporation (NASDAQ:ELRC) today announced that it will acquire the assets of privately held Equipment Management Technology, Inc. ("EMT"), a provider of electronic test equipment that filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, in a private sale through the U.S. Bankruptcy court. The stated purchase price is approximately $11.1 million in cash. The purchase price will be adjusted based on certain closing and post-closing changes in EMT's net accounts receivable, equipment inventory and revenue. The transaction, which is expected to close on or about August 19, 2011, has received U.S. Bankruptcy court approval.

Electro Rent said it anticipates realizing substantial cost synergies as a result of the purchase, as it integrates EMT's equipment inventory and customer base and moves operations to Electro Rent's headquarters. The acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive to Electro Rent's earnings.

"EMT's electronic test equipment business is well matched to our own," said Daniel Greenberg, Chairman and CEO of Electro Rent. "This strategic transaction will deepen our equipment portfolio to help ensure that we are continually surpassing our mutual customers' needs and expectations, while providing them with an expanded range of cost-effective solutions. We remain committed to sharing our strong history of service excellence and responsiveness with EMT's customers.

"Our solid balance sheet povides us with considerable flexibility, allowing us to act quickly when strategic opportunities to drive growth arise. This acquisition will serve us well as we work toward becoming one of the world's most recognized test and measurement and telecommunications capital equipment business partners," Greenberg added.

Based in Las Vegas, EMT rents, sells and leases new and used electronic test equipment primarily to the aerospace/defense industry.

About Electro Rent

Electro Rent Corporation (www.ElectroRent.com) is one of the largest global organizations devoted to the rental, leasing and sales of general purpose electronic test equipment, personal computers and servers.

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