Company Executes a 5 Year Agreement With First School District in Texas

MARIETTA, GA--(Marketwired - Apr 7, 2014) - StudentConnect Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of East Coast Diversified Corporation (OTCQB: ECDC), today announced that it has executed a 5 year agreement with its first school district client in the State of Texas.

StudentConnect provides free school transportation technology to school districts. The technology utilizes proprietary wireless communication between GPS and RFID to detect student entry and exit from school buses or other anomalies that may occur during student's transportation. The system provides real time notification to parents and school officials about student status. StudentConnect is offered to school districts, parents no cost. The system now includes free routing software for participating schools.

"Texas is a big state with tremendous opportunity for us. We continue to expand our reach and deploying in as many schools as we can and as fast as we can. The request for StudentConnect continues to grow. We hope to have a good number of schools deployed going into the next school," said Kayode Aladesuyi, ECDC Chairman/CEO

About East Coast Diversified Corporation (OTCQB: ECDC) - ECDC is a holding corporation with a diversified group of technology companies. Its business portfolio includes companies offering technology for logistics and asset management, school transportation safety and social media applications.

For more information on East Coast Diversified and its group of companies, please visit: www.eastcoastdiversified.com or www.studentconnect.us

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