Exhibit 99

MICROTEST, INC.
EXHIBIT 99
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
Safe Harbor Compliance Statement for Forward-Looking Statements

In passing the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the
PSLRA), Congress encouraged public companies to make forward-looking
statements1 by creating a safe-harbor to protect companies from securities law
liability in connection with forward-looking statements. Microtest, Inc. (the
Company or Microtest) intends to qualify both its written and oral
forward-looking statements for protection under the PSLRA.

To qualify oral forward-looking statements for protection under the PSLRA,
a readily available written document must identify important factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements. Microtest provides the following information in connection with
its continuing effort to qualify forward-looking statements for the safe harbor
protection of the PSLRA.

Important factors currently known to management that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include,
but are not limited to, the following: (i) changes in our product and customer
mix; (ii) introduction of new products by us or our competitors; (iii) pricing
pressures and economic conditions in the United States, Europe, Latin America
and the Asia Pacific; (iv) economic conditions of the industry, specifically
the market for storage devices and network test and measurement equipment; (v)
failure to continue to enhance our current product lines and to continue to
develop and introduce new products that keep pace with competitive product
introductions and technological advances, satisfy diverse and evolving customer
requirements, or otherwise achieve market acceptance; (vi) loss of or reduction
in purchases by certain of our distributors and VARs; (vii) any reduction in
sales of the OMNIScanner and Zerver products from which we derive substantially
all of our revenue; (viii) our inability to accurately monitor end user demand
for our products; (ix) unanticipated product returns to the extent such returns
exceed our reserves; (x) the cost, quality and availability of third-party
components used in our systems; (xi) the loss of any of our third-party
suppliers; (xii) any disruption or reduction in the future supply of key
components currently obtained from limited sources; (xiii) defects in our
products that could cause delays in product introductions and shipments, cause
loss of or delays in market acceptance, result in increased costs, require
design modifications or impair customer satisfaction; (xiv) inventory
writedowns, product returns or price protection credits that exceed our
estimates; (xv) our inability to expand our international operations in a
timely and cost effective manner, as well as other risks in conducting business
internationally, including potential effects of fluctuating currencies; (xvi)
our ability to recruit, hire and retain the services of key engineering, sales
and marketing, management and manufacturing personnel; and (xvii) failure to
protect our proprietary information and technology.

Forward-looking statements express expectations of future events. All
forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain as they are based on
various expectations and assumptions concerning future events and they are
subject to numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties which could cause
actual events or results to differ materially from those projected. Due to
these inherent uncertainties, the investment community is urged not to place
undue reliance on forward-looking statements. In addition, Microtest
undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to
reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes
to projections over time.



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| |  | 1 Forward-looking statements can be identified by use of words such as
expect, believe, estimate, project, forecast, anticipate, plan,
and similar expressions.
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