American Reprographics Company Announces Election of James F. McNulty as New Board Member

WALNUT CREEK, CA, Mar 17, 2009 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) --
ARP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- American Reprographics Company (NYSE: ARP), the nation's leading
provider of reprographics services and technology, today announced
that James F. McNulty was elected to its Board of Directors on March
11, 2009. Mr. McNulty is the retired Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Parsons Corporation, a $3.8 billion international
engineering, construction and management services firm based in
Pasadena, California. He fills the position left vacant by the
resignation of S. "Mohan" Chandramohan from the Board of Directors in
July 2008. Mr. McNulty's election returns the size of the board to
seven members.

"Jim is a widely-respected leader in the engineering and construction
industries and adds considerable depth to of our Board of Directors,"
said K. "Suri" Suriyakumar, Chairman of American Reprographics
Company. "We look forward to his good counsel as a business
executive, and we intend to make the most of his experience and
insight as a top-notch construction professional to help us navigate
the current business climate and plan for the future."

Mr. McNulty held a variety of key engineering and executive roles at
Parsons from 1988 forward, driving growth through acquisition,
production extension, and geographic expansion. His career with
Parsons culminated with his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in
1996, and Chairman of the Board in 1998.

"I am honored to join ARC's Board of Directors," said Mr. McNulty. "I
look forward to contributing to the Company's growth and future
success."

Prior to his experience at Parsons, Mr. McNulty served for 24 years
in the U.S. Army, retiring as a Colonel. His assignments included
training, troop command, research and development, and project
management. He is a graduate of United States Military Academy at
West Point and the Army Command and General Staff College. Mr.
McNulty also earned Masters Degrees in nuclear physics from Ohio
State University and in management from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology where he was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow.

In addition to Mr. McNulty, American Reprographics Company Board of
Directors includes K. "Suri" Suriyakumar, ARC's Chairman; Thomas
Formolo, a partner in the private equity firm of Code Hennessy &
Simmons; Manuel J. Perez de la Mesa, Chief Executive Officer of SCP
Pool Corporation; Eriberto R. Scocimara, President and Chief
Executive Officer of financial consulting firm Scocimara & Company,
Inc.; Mark W. Mealy, former Managing Director and Group Head of
Wachovia Securities' Mergers and Acquisitions business; Dewitt Kerry
McCluggage, President of Craftsman Films, Inc., and Co-Chairman of
Ardustry Home Entertainment.

About American Reprographics Company

American Reprographics Company is the leading reprographics company
in the United States providing business-to-business document
management technology and services to the architectural, engineering
and construction, or AEC industries. The Company provides these
services to companies in non-AEC industries, such as technology,
financial services, retail, entertainment, and food and hospitality,
which also require sophisticated document management services.
American Reprographics Company provides its core services through its
suite of reprographics technology products, a network of hundreds of
locally-branded reprographics service centers across the U.S.,
on-site at more than 5,000 customer locations, and through UDS, a
joint-venture company headquartered in Beijing, China. The Company's
service centers are arranged in a hub and satellite structure and are
digitally connected as a cohesive network, allowing the provision of
services both locally and nationally to more than 160,000 active
customers.

Forward-Looking Statements Disclaimer

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based
on current opinions and estimates of management regarding future
events and the future financial performance of the Company. Words
such as "forecast," "outlook," "will," and similar expressions
identify forward-looking statements. We caution you that such
statements are only predictions and are subject to certain risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Factors that
could cause our actual results to differ materially from those set
forth in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited
to, the current downturn in the economy generally and in the
architectural, engineering and construction industries specifically;
competition in our industry and innovation by our competitors; our
failure to anticipate and adapt to future changes in our industry; our
failure to complete acquisitions, or failure to manage our
acquisitions, including our inability to integrate and merge the
business operations of the acquired companies or failure to retain
key personnel and customers of acquired companies; our dependence on
certain key vendors for equipment, maintenance services and supplies;
damage or disruption to our facilities, our technology centers, our
vendors or a majority of our customers; and our failure to continue
to develop and introduce new services successfully. The foregoing
list of risks and uncertainties is illustrative but is by no means
exhaustive. For more information on factors that may affect our
future performance, please review our periodic filings with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, and specifically the risk factors
set forth in our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. The
Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.

Contact:
David Stickney
VP of Corporate Communications
Phone: 925-949-5100
Email: Email Contact

SOURCE: American Reprographics Company

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