SANTA ANA, Calif., April 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TROY Group Inc. (OTC:TROY) today announced the election of directors at its annual meeting on April 18, 2006 and the appointment of officers. Directors elected by an overwhelmingly majority vote are Patrick J. Dirk, Brian P. Dirk, Gene A. Bier, Stephen G. Holmes and Lambert Gerhart. Officers appointed by the Board of Directors are as follows: Patrick J. Dirk Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Brian P. Dirk Vice Chairman and President Mary J. Dirk Vice President and Corporate Secretary Dennis C. Fairchild Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer About TROY Group TROY Group, Inc. ("TROY") is a worldwide provider of secure payment solutions. Our security printing solutions include application software, high security check printing hardware and specialized consumables for secure printing and payment applications. Our ACH (Automated Clearing House) software includes ACH processing and origination software and consulting services. We sell and service our products to major corporations, banks, key government accounts and distributors worldwide. Visit TROY at http://www.troygroup.com/. Forward-looking statements of TROY (statements that are not historical fact) in this news release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may be identified by terms such as believe, expect, may, will, could and should, and the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the ability to develop new products, the ability to hire and retain qualified management, technology and other personnel, the impact of competition from existing and new technologies and companies and the other factors set forth in our periodic reports and other documents that we distribute from time to time which are available in our financial statements under certain important factors on our website TROYgroup.com or pinksheets.com. Statements included in this news release are based upon information known to TROY as of the date of this release, and TROY assumes no obligation to update information contained in this news release. For More Information Contact: TROY Group Inc. 2331 South Pullman Street Santa Ana, CA 92705 (949) 250-3280 (949) 250-8972 Facsimile http://www.troygroup.com/ Contact: Dennis C. Fairchild, Vice President & CFO DATASOURCE: TROY Group Inc. CONTACT: Dennis C. Fairchild, Vice President & CFO of TROY Group Inc., +1-949-250-3280, fax +1-949-250-8972 Web site: http://www.troygroup.com/

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