Coppersmith Capital Thanks Stockholders for Their Support to Date and Common Sense Rejection of Alere’s Desperate Attempts to Preserve the Status Quo

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Coppersmith Capital Management, LLC and the other participants in its proxy solicitation (collectively, “Coppersmith”), the fourth-largest stockholder of Alere, Inc. (NYSE: ALR) (“Alere”), owning approximately 7.3% of the shares outstanding, today issued the following letter to stockholders: