Coppersmith Capital Files Definitive Proxy Materials to Elect Three Highly-Qualified Candidates to Alere’s Board and Sends Letter to Alere Stockholders

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Coppersmith Capital Management, LLC (“Coppersmith Capital”) and the other participants in its proxy solicitation (collectively, “Coppersmith”), the fourth-largest stockholder of Alere, Inc. (NYSE: ALR) (“Alere”), owning approximately 7% of the shares outstanding, today announced that it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission definitive proxy materials in connection with the election of Coppersmith’s three highly-qualified and independent candidates to Alere’s Board of Directors at its upcoming annual meeting of stockholders on Wednesday, August 7, 2013.