Handleman Company Elects P. Daniel Miller to Its Board of Directors

Handleman Company Elects P. Daniel Miller to Its Board of Directors

TROY, Mich., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Handleman Company (NYSE:HDL), http://www.handleman.com/ , today announced that P. Daniel Miller has been elected to the Company's Board of Directors at the Company's annual meeting of shareholders on September 7, 2005.

Mr. Miller has served as Executive Vice President of Kimball International and as President of Kimball International's Furniture Brands Group since August 2000. Mr. Miller's prior experience includes positions in executive management, sales and marketing, manufacturing operations and multi-billion dollar branded sales and distribution strategies, both domestically and internationally, at International Knife and Saw, Overhead Door Corporation and Whirlpool Corporation.

Stephen Strome, Handleman Company Chairman and CEO said, "We are pleased to welcome Dan Miller to our Board of Directors. His extensive experience and consistent success in sales and marketing along with domestic and international distribution strategies will strengthen our Board as we grow our category management and distribution of entertainment products."

The addition of Mr. Miller increases the number of Handleman Company Board members to ten.

About Handleman Company

Handleman Company is a category manager and distributor of prerecorded music to mass merchants in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. As a category manager, the Company manages a broad assortment of titles to optimize sales and inventory productivity in retail stores and also provides direct-to-store shipments, marketing and in-store merchandising.

Source: Handleman Company

CONTACT: Handleman Company Contact: Greg Mize, Vice President, Investor Relations of Handleman Company, +1-248-362-4400, extension 211; or Media Relations Contact: David Bassett of Marx Layne & Company, +1-248-855-6777, extension 132

Web site: http://www.handleman.com/

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