StarTek Employees Send Relief to Hurricane Evacuees

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2005--Employees of StarTek, Inc. (NYSE:SRT), a leading provider of business process outsourcing services for the customer care industry, collected over 125 boxes of donated goods for the company's first weekly shipment of items to those displaced by Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana. The over 125 boxes, containing food, personal care products and clothing donated from 17 operating facilities throughout the U.S. and Canada, equate to roughly three tons worth of items. StarTek also donated 1,500 cases of bottled water for victims.

Donations were sent to StarTek's Alexandria, La., contact center -- just over 200 miles northwest of New Orleans -- where employee volunteers distributed them to local relief services to help the anticipated 10,000 to 13,000 evacuees residing in temporary shelter facilities there.

“We greatly appreciate StarTek's efforts to aid those who are temporarily calling Alexandria home”

StarTek is coordinating the ongoing, company-wide donation drive among its employees at 17 operating locations and its headquarters to collect much-needed items such as clothing, personal care products, food, toys, games and books.

The participating customer care centers are located in the following cities:

United States: Alexandria, La.; Big Spring, Texas; Clarksville, Tenn.; Collinsville, Va.; Decatur, Ill.; Denver, Colo.; Enid, Okla.; Grand Junction, Colo.; Greeley, Colo.; Laramie, Wyo.; and Lynchburg, Va.

Canada: Cornwall, Ontario; Kingston, Ontario; Sarnia, Ontario; and Regina, Saskatchewan

In addition, StarTek donated cash to the American Red Cross' Central Louisiana Chapter, and met urgent needs of the Red Cross in Alexandria by donating computers for tracking supply shipments to local emergency shelters.

"StarTek wants to help the Alexandria community provide assistance to those affected by this disaster, so we've tried to make it easier for our employees to make both in-kind and monetary donations," said Steve Butler, StarTek's president and CEO. "We're proud of the support and spirit we've seen from employees who have offered donations as well as their personal time to help with this effort."

StarTek is going one step further to help with the implementation of its payroll deduction program. Employees can donate money directly from their payroll checks to the Red Cross through the month of October. StarTek Chairman of the Board and Director A. Emmet Stephenson, Jr., will personally match employee donations up to US$250,000.

"We greatly appreciate StarTek's efforts to aid those who are temporarily calling Alexandria home," said Alexandria Mayor Ned Randolph. "This unfortunate disaster has encouraged great outpourings of kindness from those near and far, and we could not offer services without the assistance we've received from companies like StarTek and its employees."

About StarTek

StarTek, Inc. is a leading provider of business process outsourced services, which consist of business process management and supply chain management services. StarTek provides services from 17 operating facilities, including four in Colorado, five in Canada, two in Virginia and one each in Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming. The Company's primary clients are in the telecommunications industry, and it also serves clients in the computer software and hardware, consumer products, cable TV, entertainment, internet, and e-commerce industries. Please visit the Company's website at www.startek.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

The matters regarding the future discussed in this news release include forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties.

The following are important risks and uncertainties relating to StarTek's business that could cause StarTek's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by any such forward-looking statements. These include, but are not limited to, loss of its principal clients, concentration of its client base in a few select industries, highly competitive markets, risks related to its contracts, decreases in numbers of vendors used by clients or potential clients, lack of success of StarTek's clients' products or services, considerable pricing pressure, risks relating to fluctuations in the value of StarTek's investment securities portfolio, risks associated with advanced technologies, inability to grow its business, inability to effectively manage growth, dependence on qualified employees and key management personnel, potential future declines in revenue, lack of a significant international presence, and risks relating to conducting business in Canada. Readers are encouraged to review Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations -- Risk Factors and all other disclosures appearing in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, and subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.