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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LONG TIME ABS REP PASSES AWAY

DEFOREST, WISCONSIN - September 04, 2003. - Albert Lesta, a long-time ABS Representative from Michigan , passed away recently in St. Petersburg, FL. He was 76 years old.

Albert began his tenure with ABS in 1968 and retired in the early 1992. Those who knew him remember him as a tenacious sales person and an extremely hard worker. He sold over 200,000 units of semen during his years as an ABS Rep and bred over 5,000 cows per year.

Our condolences to Mr. Lesta’s family from everyone at ABS.

Headquartered in DeForest, Wisconsin, ABS Global is the world-leading provider of bovine genetics, reproduction services, technologies and uddercare products. Marketing in more than 70 countries around the globe, ABS has been at the forefront of animal genetics and technology since its founding in 1941. ABS Global is part of Genus Breeding, a division of Genus plc.

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