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Shareholder.com Continues Transition of Former CCBN Clients

"I have used both CCBN and Shareholder.com, and my preference is Shareholder.com."

MAYNARD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 2004--

Shareholder.com, the leading independent provider of shareholder communications services for publicly traded companies, today announced that over 150 new clients have chosen Shareholder.com communications services since the start of 2004. Included among the new clients are additional participants in the Shareholder.com program for former CCBN clients who wish to seamlessly transition to Shareholder.com's award-winning services. Former CCBN clients ADC, Questar, Shurgard and others have taken advantage of the program and made the move to Shareholder.com.
"Working with Shareholder.com has been a great decision for ADC," said Mark Borman, Vice President - Treasurer and Investor Relations at ADC. "The Shareholder.com people are responsive to our needs, proactive on recommending ways to improve our IR web site, have great working relationships with our IR and IT personnel and perform high-quality work with rapid implementation times. Based on these proven qualities, ADC's decision to use Shareholder.com was an easy choice."

"I have used both CCBN and Shareholder.com, and my preference is Shareholder.com," said John A. Stiles, Former Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications for Laser Vision Centers, Inc. and current President John A. Stiles & Associates, L.L.C.. "They were extremely responsive to my needs as an in-house investor relations practitioner and are equally responsive to me and my clients as an IR consultant. Shareholder.com provides superior customer service."

Shareholder.com continues to add significant numbers of existing public companies as well as new IPOs to its client roster. Since the beginning of 2004, over 150 new clients are taking advantage of Shareholder.com's comprehensive suite of award-winning services including customized IR Websites, audio and video Webcasts, annual report services and turnkey Sarbanes-Oxley compliant Whistleblower Hotlines.

Shareholder.com first announced the program for former CCBN clients March 12, 2004, in response to The Thomson Corporation's (NYSE: TOC: TSX: TOC) acquisition of shareholder communications services provider CCBN. The program provides CCBN clients a risk-free migration path to Shareholder.com's services, and allows clients to take advantage of Shareholder.com's superior page performance, uptime reliability and professional services. The program features a 90-day money-back satisfaction guarantee, along with other incentives for clients to convert to Shareholder.com.

"Our mission is to help clients increase the value of their companies by enhancing the way they communicate with shareholders," said Ronald Gruner, President of Shareholder.com. "As consolidation potentially adversely affects service levels at other providers, companies need to know there's a better choice. Our clients like what we're doing for them."

About Shareholder.com

Since 1992, Shareholder.com has facilitated communications between listed companies, their shareholders and the investment community. Shareholder.com provides a comprehensive suite of investor relations services, including creating and managing customized investor relations websites, audio/video webcasts, conference call services, on-site live event management, institutional targeting tools, annual report conversion synchronous news dissemination, global fulfillment services turnkey Sarbanes-Oxley compliant Whistleblower Hotlines. Over 1000 companies around the world, including ABN AMRO, Coca-Cola Enterprises, eBay, IBM, KLM, Legal & General, Merrill Lynch, Microsoft, Nike, Prudential Financial and Yahoo! have relied on Shareholder.com for vital communications with investors and analysts. The company, based in Maynard, Mass., has offices in Amsterdam, London and San Francisco, has been profitable since 1994 and is privately held. For more information, please visit www.shareholder.com.

Contacts


Shareholder.com
Bradley Smith, 978-461-3153
bradley@shareholder.com

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