SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995

This press release contains certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. Words such as "expect(s)", "estimate(s)", "feel(s)", "believe(s)", "will", "may", "anticipate(s)", "intend(s)" and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about Technest's expected benefits of, and the ability to consummate, the transaction with AccelPath and its members, the receipt of the payment under the Settlement Agreement, the final amount of the payment to the holders of the Contingent Value Rights and all other statements regarding future performance.  All such information and statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, the effects of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond the control of Technest, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the forward-looking information and statements contained in this press release.  These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, whether Technest and AccelPath will be able to satisfy all closing conditions to the transaction, including the completion of the preferred stock financing; whether Technest will realize the improvements in the its operations that its expects from the transaction; whether the conditions triggering the payment to Technest under the Settlement Agreement will be achieved, the amount of expenses that will be deducted from, and reduce the amount of, payments to holders of Contingent Value Rights; general economic conditions; and those risks identified and di
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