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FROM:    Roger J. Wolf
                  Senior Vice President
                  Chief Financial Officer
                  (317) 293-5309


             HURCO ANNOUNCES EXPIRATION OF ITS ODD LOT TENDER OFFER


         INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, September 3, 2003 . . . Hurco Companies, Inc.
(NASDAQ Symbol: HURC) today announced that its tender offer for the purchase of
all shares of its common stock held by persons owning 99 or fewer shares as of
the close of business on June 2, 2003 has expired. As of 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on Tuesday, September 2, 2003, the scheduled expiration date, the
Company had accepted for purchase pursuant to the tender offer 7,171 shares of
common stock.

         The Company will pay $3.35 for each share purchased in the tender
offer.

         After giving effect to purchases pursuant to the offer, the Company
will continue to have more than 300 stockholders of record.

         Hurco Companies, Inc. is an industrial technology company that designs
and produces interactive computer controls, software and computerized machine
tools for the worldwide metal cutting and metal forming industry. The end market
for the Company's products consists primarily of independent job shops and
short-run manufacturing operations within large corporations in industries such
as the aerospace, defense, medical equipment, energy, transportation and
computer equipment. The Company is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and has
sales, application engineering and service subsidiaries in High Wycombe,
England; Munich, Germany; Paris, France; Milan, Italy; Shanghai, China and
Singapore, along with manufacturing operations in Taiwan. Products are sold
through independent agents and distributors in the United States, Europe and
Asia. The Company also has direct sales forces in the United Kingdom, Germany,
France, Italy, and Asia.



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