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VIENNA, Va., Dec. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Echo Healthcare Acquisition Corp. ("Echo" or the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: EHHA), a blank check company, announced at its special meeting of stockholders today that it was temporarily adjourning its meeting to provide stockholders additional time to consider and vote on the proposed merger transaction with XLNT Veterinary Care, Inc. ("XLNT") and the related matters set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus previously mailed to Echo stockholders. The Echo special meeting will reconvene on Friday, January 4, 2008 at 10:00 a.m., New York time at the offices of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, 340 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10173.

"Due to holiday schedules, we decided to extend the voting timeframe in order to allow certain institutional investors who have expressed an interest in acquiring shares of Echo common stock that would be voted in favor of the proposed merger to execute their transactions. We are continuing these discussions and believe it is in the best interest of our stockholders to provide additional time for these investors to have an opportunity to complete an investment and to vote on our proposed merger with XLNT," said Gene Burleson, Chairman and CEO of Echo.

The record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the special meeting remains the close of business on November 7, 2007.

Internet and telephone voting for shares held in street name will be available through 11:59 p.m. Thursday, January 3, 2008. Echo stockholders with questions about voting their shares or the merger should contact Thomas P. Skulski of Morrow & Co., the Company's proxy solicitor, at (203) 658-9400. Echo stockholders seeking to withdraw shares previously submitted for conversion should ensure that their bank or broker makes arrangements with Corporate Stock Transfer, Inc. to withdraw their shares by 5:00 p.m., New York time on January 3, 2008. Similarly, stockholders seeking to exercise their
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