NEW YORK, Aug. 5, /PRNewswire/ -- RCG Starboard Advisors, LLC, a subsidiary of Ramius LLC (collectively, "Ramius"), today announced that, based on a preliminary vote count, the stockholders of Tollgrade Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: TLGD) have overwhelmingly voted to elect all three of Ramius's nominees -- Scott Chandler, Ed Meyercord and Jeffrey Solomon -- at Tollgrade's 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held today.

"We thank Tollgrade's stockholders for their strong endorsement of our director nominees," said Peter A. Feld, a Managing Director at Ramius. "The election of Messrs. Chandler, Meyercord and Solomon will add valuable experience to the Board to help drive positive change and improved financial performance at Tollgrade. Our director nominees look forward to working constructively with the other members of the Board and management."

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Ramius LLC is a registered investment advisor that manages assets in a variety of alternative investment strategies. Ramius LLC is headquartered in New York with offices located in London, Luxembourg, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Munich.

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