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03/01/10 8:48 AM

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IVIT News -- Invicta Group Signs Agreement With Les Walgreen and Appoints Him Director of Product Development Heir to the Walgreen Drugstore Fortune Adds Tremendous Experience and Relationships to the Invicta Group.
CHICAGO, IL, Mar 01, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Invicta Group Inc.,
(http://www.ivitgroup.com) (PINKSHEETS: IVIT) is pleased to announce the signing
of an agreement with Les Walgreen and his appointment to Director of Product
Development. Mr. Walgreen brings over 20 years of valuable experience to help
increase the revenues and profits of the Invicta Group.

Les Walgreen is the great-grandson of Charles Rudolph Walgreen Sr (the founder
of Walgreens) and the son of Charles R. Walgreen III C.E.O. from 1971-1998 and
who recently retired from the board as Chairman Emeritus. Les worked for the
Walgreen Co. starting as a stock boy at age 16. By the age of 25, he was
involved in the store systems of the Marketing Systems & Development department.
In 1995, Les started Walgreens.com and it immediately made an impact on
recruitment and by 1996 had the very first scannable coupons for customers to
print and take to the stores. By mid 1996 Les founded Manta Media, a web, print
and multimedia design and marketing firm. Real Estate was his next passion in
the 2000's, however his foresight that the market would soon be unstable, jumped
right back into what he knows best: retail. Les is also a Partner in the Cold
Mountain Group, Maxwell Street, LLC, and Peaux Deaux Products and Peaux Deaux
Productions. His first executive producer role in film had him throwing the
biggest and best party at Sundance in 2008 at the world famous Harry O's.

Les Walgreen said, "I am very excited to work with Paul Sorkin and the Invicta
Group team. I have been working on a number of great projects recently and the
Invicta Group is the perfect partner to help me create, develop, and market the
products and projects I am developing. I have always been an entrepreneur and a
visionary and I love what the Invicta Group has put together. I have been very
impressed with their infrastructure, their ability to utilize the economies of
scale so effectively, and with what they have accomplished so quickly. I feel I
can help the company grow significantly and create a big upside for everyone
involved. 2008 was a pivotal time in my career, I partnered with Cold Mountain
Group to bring emerging products to the retail world. My career has gone full
circle, I'm still a stock boy, only difference is now I do it for 1,000's of
shelves at a time! My father built the Walgreen Co. into what it is today by
making sure to hire the brightest and best. With the Invicta Group, Paul has
done exactly that and it makes a lot more sense for me to be part of the
exceptional team that he has already built!"

CEO of the Invicta Group, Paul Sorkin, said, "Les Walgreen is an incredible
addition to our team and I'm looking forward to working with him on a number of
projects. Mr. Walgreen shares our vision and has the ability to help multiple
divisions of Invicta and add new ones. Les brings in a whole arsenal of new
clients, partners, and contacts that can immediately benefit from all of the
services we offer. We expect his experience, skill, and relationships to help us
increase our printing and packaging division tremendously, while using his
entertainment relationships to expand IMAGE Chicago Magazine in print, online,
and at events, and his ability to place products in mass retail outlets will
benefit everyone involved. We feel this is a huge turning point in our company's
ability to take things to the next level."