FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 8, 2008

York Label Begins Partnership with Diamond Castle

OMAHA, NE - LabelCorp Holdings, Inc. ("YORK Label"), a leading provider of high quality, innovative labeling and packaging solutions, announced today that the Company has formalized its partnership with Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC ("Diamond Castle") of New York. The sale transaction closed today.

In June of this year, Diamond Castle, in partnership with YORK Label's Senior Management Team, signed a definitive purchase agreement with Wind Point Partners of Chicago, Illinois. YORK Label's Senior Management Team will remain in place and maintain a significant ownership stake in the Company.

YORK Label has steadily become a leading force in the prime label market throughout North and South America. The Company is a leading provider of high quality, innovative labeling and packaging solutions to global consumer products, wine and spirits, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage companies. Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, YORK Label has 14 world-class production facilities and 15 sales and technical offices throughout the Americas.

YORK Label CEO Rich Egan comments, "We are very excited about our new partnership with Diamond Castle. This new partnership will allow YORK Label to continue to grow through investment in new technologies and strategic acquisitions to best serve the needs of our customers and core markets."

"We are extremely pleased to be partnering with Rich and the entire YORK Label Senior Management Team to continue executing upon the strategic vision of creating the premier, global provider of high quality labeling solutions," said Ari Benacerraf, a Senior Managing Director of Diamond Castle.

About YORK Label®

Omaha, NE based YORK Label® is a leading provider of high quality, innovative labeling and packaging solutions to global consumer products, wine and spirits, pharmaceutical and food and beverage companies. With over 800 associates, YORK Label has 14 world-class production facilities and 15 sales and technical offices throughout the Americas. For more information please visit www.yorklabel.com.

About Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC

Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC is a private equity firm with over $1.85 billion of committed capital under management. Founded in 2004, Diamond Castle specializes in leveraged buyouts, growth capital and equity-like investments in both public and private companies. Diamond Castle targets investments in the following industry sectors: media and communications, energy and power, financial services, healthcare and diversified industries. Diamond Castle has 25 employees located in New York, New York. For more information please visit http://www.dchold.com.

About Wind Point Partners®

Wind Point Partners® is a private equity investment firm with approximately $2 billion in capital under management. Wind Point focuses on partnering with top caliber executives to acquire under-managed middle market businesses where it can establish a path to value creation. Additional information about Wind Point is available at www.windpointpartners.com.

Contact: David E. Klotter, Vice President of Marketing
Phone: 402-829-4571
Email: dave.klotter@yorklabel.com

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