Date: August 10, 2009

To: Financial Community

From: Investor Relations (Caren Holtby – Canada and Adam Lowensteiner – US)

Re: Norsat International Inc. (TSX: NII and OTC BB: NSATF) mentioned on BNN

Knowing of your interest in Norsat International, Inc., we would like to inform you that Norsat was mentioned on Business News Network (BNN) this past Friday, August 7, 2009 as a top pick by Benj Gallander, President of Contra The Heard Investment Letter. To access the interview, use the following link:
http://watch.bnn.ca/market-call/august-2009/market-call-august-7-2009/#clip201278

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at:
choltby@norsat.com or adam@wolfeaxelrod.com (or 212-370-4500)

Thank you.