Edgewater Retains Financial Advisor to Evaluate AMERI and Lone Star Proposals

Edgewater Technology, Inc.

, a leading consulting firm that helps business leaders drive transformational change through its unique selection of business and technology services and specialized product-based solutions, today announced that its Board of Directors has retained Signal Hill Capital Group LLC to serve as financial advisor to the Company. Signal Hill, along with legal advisors, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP and Jones Day, will assist Edgewater's Board of Directors in evaluating the unsolicited all-stock proposal received from AMERI Holdings, Inc. The Board of Directors is reviewing the AMERI Holdings proposal to determine the course of action that it believes is in the best interests of the Company and all of its stockholders. The Board of Directors is also aware of the effort by a Company stockholder, Lone Star Value Investors, LP, and others to solicit stockholder consents to remove certain directors from the Board and to implement certain other proposals regarding the Company. The Board and Company management value input from all of the Company's stockholders. The Board, with advice from its financial and legal advisors, will evaluate the Lone Star proposals and provide recommendations to stockholders regarding the associated consent solicitation based on the best interests of the Company and all of its stockholders. The Board of Directors will complete its evaluation of these matters in due course and will advise stockholders of the outcome of its review at that time.