Devcon International Corp. Announces Earnings Date & Investor Conference Call

BOCA RATON, Fla., May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Devcon International Corp. (NASDAQ:DEVC), the 12th largest electronic security services provider in the United States, announced today the Company plans to release its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008 on Monday, May 12, 2008 before market opens.

Management will host a conference call for investors on Monday, May 12, 2008 at 10:00AM EDT / 7:00AM PDT. Parties interested in listening to the conference call should call 800-366-7640 International callers should dial 303-262-2054. A replay will be available for 30 days on the Company's website http://www.devcon-security.com/

About Devcon International Corp.

About Devcon

Devcon International's wholly-owned subsidiary, Devcon Security (http://www.devcon-security.com/), is a leading provider of installation, monitoring and related electronic security services, currently serving more than 140,000 commercial and residential customers in Florida, New York City and Staten Island. Since February, 2005, Devcon has made 3 significant acquisitions of full-service electronic security services companies with significant concentrations throughout Florida and the New York Metropolitan region. Currently, Devcon Security Services Corp. is the second largest security monitoring and alarm company in Florida and the eleventh largest in the U.S.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain statements, which are not historical facts and are considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements contain projections of Devcon's future results of operations, financial position or state other forward-looking information. In some cases you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "should," "will," and "would" or similar words. You should not rely on forward-looking statements because Devcon's actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of important factors. These factors include, but are not limited to: general economic and business conditions; our business strategy for expanding our presence in our industry; anticipated trends in our financial condition and results of operation; the impact of competition and technology change; existing and future regulations effecting our business, and other risks and uncertainties discussed under the heading "Item 1A - Risk Factors" in Devcon's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other reports Devcon files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Devcon does not intend to and undertakes no duty to update the information contained in this press release.

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Source: Devcon International Corp.

CONTACT: Marilynn Meek, Financial Relations Board, +1-212-827-3773,
mmeek@frbir.com

Web site: http://www.devcon-security.com/

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