Mitek Systems Schedules Fiscal First Quarter 2002 Conference Call for January 29.

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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2002

Mitek Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:MITK), a developer of automated document recognition technology, will announce financial results for the fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2001, before the market opens on Tuesday, January

Following the release, Mitek Systems will host a conference call with a simultaneous Webcast at 11:00 a.m. Eastern (8:00 a.m. Pacific) to discuss the Company's fiscal first quarter 2002 operating performance. The conference call, featuring Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John M. Thornton, can be accessed live via the Internet at www.miteksys.com or www.streetevents.com. Please go to either Web site at least fifteen minutes early to register, download, and install any necessary audio software.

For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, the Webcast replays will be available for 90 days, or an audio replay will be available through February 5, 2002 by calling 888/266-2086 (703/925-2435 for international callers) and entering the passcode 5785834.

About Mitek Systems

Mitek Systems, Inc. is a worldwide provider of intelligent character recognition technology, products and services for the document and check imaging markets. Mitek's document imaging software engine and intelligent character recognition products and services are used in mission-critical and high volume data entry, data capture, and forms processing applications installed in many of the world's leading financial institutions, manufacturing and service companies, and government organizations. For more information about Mitek Systems, contact us at 10070 Carroll Canyon Road, San Diego, CA 92131; 858/635-5900 or visit our Web site at www.miteksys.com.