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SMART to Announce Full Year and Fourth Quarter Results

Full Year and Q4 Results for Fiscal 2012 to be Released After Close of Markets May 17, 2012

CALGARY, Alberta — April 26, 2012 — SMART Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: SMT) (TSX: SMA), a leading provider of collaboration solutions, today announced that it will report financial results for its full fiscal year and fourth quarter ended March 31, 2012, after the financial markets close in the United States and Canada on Thursday, May 17, 2012.

In conjunction with this announcement, SMART will host a conference call on Thursday, May 17, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. MT (4:30 p.m. ET) to discuss the company's financial results. To access this call, dial 877.312.5844 (North America) or 253.237.1152 (outside North America) with conference ID # 75301673. A live webcast of the conference call and supplemental slides will be accessible from the investor relations page of SMART's website at http://investor.smarttech.com/index.cfm, and a replay will be archived and accessible at http://investor.smarttech.com/events.cfm. A replay of this conference call may also be accessed through May 27, 2012, by dialing 855.859.2056 (North America) or 404.537.3406 (outside North America). The replay pass code is 75301673. 

About SMART
SMART Technologies Inc. is a leading provider of collaboration solutions that change the way the world works and learns. As the global leader in interactive whiteboards, our focus is on developing a variety of easy-to-use, integrated solutions that free people from their desks and computer screens, making collaboration and learning with digital resources more natural. Our products have transformed teaching and learning in more than 1.9 million classrooms worldwide, reaching over 40 million students and teachers. In business, our Freestorm visual collaboration solutions improve the way that people work and collaborate, enabling them to be more productive and reduce costs.

The SMART Technologies logo is available at www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=7573.

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Media contact

Public Relations

SMART Technologies Inc.

Phone 1.403.407.5128

E-mail pr@smarttech.com

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Investor Relations

SMART Technologies Inc.

Phone 1.877.320.2241

E-mail ir@smarttech.com

 

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