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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New York, New York, 19 November 2001....Alacra, a leading global provider of business and financial information, announces that it has added Perfect Information, the leader in providing scanned company filings, to its Alacra product offering of more than 80 databases.

Perfect Information�s Pioneer database provides access to more than 3 million scanned business critical documents with an archive stretching back to 1982. Alacra customers will be able to search across a global collection of company reports and accounts, Company Circulars, Eurobond prospectuses and pricing supplements, and the London Stock Exchange regulatory news service.

�We are pleased to work with Alacra, which has a strong position within the information marketplace,� said Greg Simidian, managing director of Perfect Information. �With the addition of our service, Alacra users will now have access to the largest collection of equity and debt prospectuses with an unrivalled report and accounts collection covering more than 20,000 public companies. We will be able to deliver the comprehensive and timely data that end users have come to expect from PI.�

�The integration of Perfect Information content adds considerable value to our existing services,� said Don Roll, managing director of Alacra. �It provides Alacra Book users with access to more than 3 million scanned images using Perfect Information�s comprehensive document indexing methodology. PI is also the first company filings image database available on Alacra on a pay-per-document basis. It will be a welcome addition for our thousands of users worldwide who require this type of information.�

About Perfect Information Perfect Information (PI) is a leading online global provider of original company documents to the corporate finance and advisory sectors including investment banks, corporate stockbrokers, consulting, fund management, law and accountancy firms.

The database, Pioneer, is both a specialist corporate finance and debt capital markets tool with a unique search engine by which you can access more than three million scanned images. This service is available via the Internet, but is also delivered via dedicated links to global company intranets and can be integrated into proprietary internal company information systems. For further information regarding PI visit http://www.perfectinfo.com or contact +44 (0)20 7892 4200.

About Alacra

Alacra is a leading global provider of business and financial information. A privately held company founded in 1996, Alacra is based in New York. The company provides a diverse portfolio of fast, sophisticated online and offline services that allow users to quickly find, analyze, package and present mission-critical business information.

Alacra�s customers include more than 750 leading financial institutions, management consulting, law and accounting firms and other corporations throughout the world. For more information about Alacra, visit the company's Web site http://www.alacra.com or call customer service at (212) 363-9620.

For further press information please contact:
Annie Turn, RLM Public Relations, Inc.
(212) 741-5106 x13
[email protected]

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Annie Turn
RLM Public Relations, Inc.
(212) 741-5106 x13
[email protected]