Hemisphere GPS Receives Cleantech 10 Award

"Through precisionnavigation, automated steering and application control technologies, weeliminate operator error that causes large overlaps during spraying, plantingand harvesting." The 2009 Cleantech 10 awards are chosen based on a comprehensivescreening process of the 122 Cleantech companies currently traded on theToronto Stock Exchange. A full list of the annual award recipients ispublished in the November issue of Corporate Knights Magazine whichaccompanies The Globe and Mail, Canada's most circulated national newspaper.

Other Awards In addition to the Cleantech 10 Award, Hemisphere GPS recently receivedseveral other business awards including: the Branham 300 Award; the ASTechLeadership Foundation Award; the Innovation Award for New Technology forWestern Canada; the Canadian Manufactures and Exporters (CME) Innovationaward; Alberta Venture's Fast Growth 50; the Canadian National ResearchCouncil Technology Excellence award; and the Deloitte Technology Green 15Award.About Hemisphere GPS Hemisphere GPS designs and manufactures innovative, cost-effective GPSproducts for positioning, guidance and machine control applications inagriculture, marine and other markets.

The Company holds numerous patents andother intellectual property and owns leading brand names, including OutbackGuidance(R) and BEELINE(R), two of the leading brands in precision GPS forground agriculture. The Company is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, withmajor product development, sales, and marketing facilities in Arizona, Kansasand Australia. Hemisphere GPS is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)trading under the symbol "HEM" and is one of the TSX Cleantech designatedcompanies.For more information about Hemisphere GPS, please go to www.hemispheregps.com.

For further information: John Bohlke, Director of Product Marketing, Phone:(480) 348-6328, E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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