Upper Deck Distributes Annual Employee Trading Card

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Latest version features MJ, Kobe, LeBron and Durant

Carlsbad, CA (Jan. 11, 2008) – On Monday, January 14, the Upper Deck Company will follow an annual tradition of awarding its hard-working employees with yet another unique “Upper Deck Employee Card.” The newest version, which thanks employees for a terrific year in 2007, features a vertical presentation and boasts the company’s four exclusive NBA spokesmen – Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Kevin Durant – along with three game-used jersey swatch pieces from each of the veterans and one NBA Rookie Photo Shoot jersey swatch from Durant, the newly arrived Sonics star. Although the cards are limited to Upper Deck employees only, they are not sequentially numbered.



Previous Upper Deck employee cards have featured Jordan; Bryant; Tiger Woods; Mark McGwire (bat piece); a dual-bat card spotlighting Derek Jeter and Mickey Mantle; and a four-player swatch card spotlighting LeBron James, Sidney Crosby, Reggie Bush and Jeter.

“This is a creative way of rewarding our employees with something that represents what we do in the marketplace,” said Upper Deck President and CEO Richard McWilliam. “And this latest version is a testament to Upper Deck’s unique advantage in the NBA market as we have the most collectible and highly valued players in the league.”