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METROCALL SHAREHOLDERS OK ACQUISITION

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced its shareholders have approved the company’s acquisition of AT&T Wireless Inc.’s Advanced Messaging Division and set the stage for a series C convertible preferred stock offering needed to complete the deal.

The series C preferred stock will be convertible to Metrocall common stock at $10.40 a share to fund $95 million of the acquisition cost.

Metrocall shareholders also approved increasing the authorized common stock total from 80 million to 100 million shares to provide for the series C preferred stock conversion.

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