Building on Kodak's installed base of more than 100,000 kiosk order stations worldwide, the company's worldwide number one position in instant printing, and now a number one European market share position in dry labs, Kodak Systems continue to deliver on the promise of helping consumers tell their stories in minutes, bringing smiles to consumers and profit potential to retailers around the globe, the Company noted in a release.

"Kodak is strongly committed to delivering the best possible customer experience and productivity per square foot in the photo retailing 1industry, and we're very proud of our market-leading position in this rapidly-growing segment," said Nicki Zongrone, General Manager of Kodak's Retail Systems Solutions business and Vice President of Eastman Kodak Company. "The strong demand for our solutions indicates we're delivering on both the need for consumers to easily and quickly create a wide variety of high quality photo prints and photo memory items, as well as the need for retail and professional photo processing customers to generate growth and profitability from a reliable, proven and sustainable technology platform."

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How families can enter:

    --  Record a 10-second video family portrait
    --  Title the video "My (Insert Family Name) Family Portrait"
    --  Go to www.YouTube.com/KodakTube, click on the "submit" tab in the
        contest area and upload the video

    --  Families can enter as many times as they would like before November 15

"The winning family's entry will be seen by millions of people," Dance said. "Their true colors will be displayed on the YouTube homepage and on the Kodak Times Square Billboard."

The top 25 finalists will be announced on November 24, people can vote for their favorite Family Portrait from November 24 to December 2, and winners will be announced December 7.

The grand prize includes:

    --  Two tickets to a taping of NBC's "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien"
    --  KODAK Zi8 Pocket Video Camera
    --  KODAK EASYSHARE S730 Digital Frame

    --  Video will be shown on YouTube home page, Kodak's YouTube channel and
        Kodak's Times Square Billboard

For more information about the contest and to view submissions, please visit the Kodak YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/KodakTube.

About Kodak

As the world's foremost imaging innovator, Kodak helps consumers, businesses, and creative professionals unleash the power of pictures and printing to enrich their lives.

To learn more, visit http://www.kodak.com and follow our blogs and more at http://www.kodak.com/go/followus.

More than 70 million people worldwide manage, share and create photo gifts online at KODAK Gallery -- join for free today at www.kodakgallery.com

KODAK and EASYSHARE are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company.

SOURCE Eastman Kodak Company

http://www.kodak.com

The KODAK Pic Flick App features include:

    --  Dual purpose for printing and sharing: Consumers can print pictures on a
        KODAK ESP 5250 AiO Printer or share them on the wireless KODAK W1020
        Wireless Digital Frame directly from their Apple iPhone or iPod touch
        Device.

    --  Wirelessly print and share images within your WiFi network range.

    --  Print photos from 2x3 to 8.5x11 inches on the KODAK ESP 5250 AiO
        Printer.

"At Kodak, we believe pictures are meant to be shared and are committed to helping people do more with their pictures by providing solutions to make, manage and move images easily and effortlessly," continues Brody. "With the KODAK Pic Flick App, we are helping consumers to print and share moments in the time it takes to make a simple phone call."

The KODAK Pic Flick App is free and is available on the App Store.

To learn more, please visit the official KODAK Pic Flick page www.Kodak.com/go/PicFlick . KODAK Pic Flick App works on Apple iPhone and iPod touch devices using OS version 2.2 and above.

To send a print job or a file to the KODAK ESP 5250 All-in-One Printer or to the KODAK W1020 Wireless Digital Frame, consumers need to ensure that the device(s) are connected to the same LAN/WiFi connection as their iPhone or iPod touch device.

The KODAK ESP 5250 AiO Printer, available since September 2009, is the latest in Kodak's range of AiO consumer printers. Kodak printers, including the KODAK ESP 5250, produce lab-quality, long-lasting photos and documents.

The WiFi-enabled AiO printer retails for $159.99 and features a 2.4" color LCD display panel to easily view and crop images along with built-in memory card compatibility. The wireless KODAK W1020 Wireless Digital Frame can hold up to 4,000 photos and can display and play pictures, video and audio clips. The 10" W1020 retails for $229.95.

About Kodak

As the world's foremost imaging innovator, Kodak helps consumers, businesses, and creative professionals unleash the power of pictures and printing to enrich their lives.

To learn more, visit http://www.kodak.com, and our blogs: 1000words.kodak.com, PluggedIn.kodak.com, and GrowYourBiz.kodak.com.

KODAK and EASYSHARE are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company.

A(C) Kodak 2009

(1) Results based on average ink costs of leading consumer inkjet printers using average annual print volumes of 150 4x6 in. color photos (printed on KODAK Ultra Premium Paper, glossy finish & highest quality photo papers from other manufacturers), 800 black text pages and 550 mixed color graphic pages using standard cartridges available in single quantity pricing (i.e. no multi-packs, high capacity, combo packs, value packs or special promotions). Actual results may vary. For more information visit www.kodak.com/go/inkdata.

(2) As compared to leading consumer inkjet printers total ink load replacement costs using manufacturers recommended ink cartridges; excludes printers that use only one cartridge. Based on independent third party cartridge pricing survey data obtained September 2009.

SOURCE Eastman Kodak Company

http://www.kodak.com

"As a services-focused organisation with a dedicated and award-winning global services and support infrastructure, Kodak will enable Avnet to provide a comprehensive, single-source service offering covering the majority of our major document scanning brands. Avnet's vendor neutral position remains unchanged. We have taken a great deal of care in the drafting of our agreement with Kodak to ensure that our business partnerships with our other document scanner manufacturers remain both protected and unaltered. Our sales team will remain focused on creating sales opportunities for document scanners regardless of the manufacturer," Hawkins continued.

Kodak also offers service capabilities across a wide range of products, not distributed by Avnet, within the IT sector, and Avnet's channel partners will now be able to extend their portfolio to include these additional services. The ability to deliver an increased choice of service support from Kodak adds increased value to Avnet's channel partners' offering.

"This is an exciting development for Kodak, as it strengthens our existing relationship with Avnet, one of Kodak's leading distributors in EAMER by giving our joint channel partners access to a broader range of Kodak services. Like Avnet, Kodak understands what the channel is trying to achieve, and our goal is to help partners get there faster. Post-sale services help our channel partners maximise their relationship with their most valuable asset, the end user," concluded David Brown, EAMER Business Services Director, Business Solutions and Services Group, Kodak.

About Kodak

As the world's foremost imaging innovator, Kodak helps consumers, businesses, and creative professionals unleash the power of pictures and printing to enrich their lives. To learn more, visit http://www.kodak.comand follow our blogs and more at http://www.kodak.com/go/followus. More information about KODAK Document Imaging Scanners and Services is available at www.kodak.com/go/docimaging.

About Avnet Technology Solutions

Avnet Technology Solutions is an operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. As a global technology sales and marketing organization, Avnet Technology Solutions has sales divisions focused on specific customer segments and a select line card strategy enabling an exceptional level of attention to the needs of its customers and suppliers. For fiscal year 2009, the group served customers in more than 30 countries and generated US $7 billion in annual revenue. Visit: www.ts.avnet.com/emea/

About Avnet

Avnet Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology in the world. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended June 26, 2009, Avnet generated revenue of $16.23 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.

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