2004 IR Global Rankings and Awards Ceremony and Investor Relations Seminar Live on the Internet - MZCAST -.

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BROOKFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2004

MZ Consult announced today that the 2004 IR Global Rankings and Awards Ceremony, including the Investor Relations Seminar, will be live on the Internet (MZCAST Platform). The event will begin tomorrow (Jan. 20) at 5 pm US ET (New York time) and can be accessed on the link below:

Webcast (live and archive): http://www.mz-ir.com/premio/webcast.htm

Event Agenda (Le Meridien Cancun, Mexico, Jan. 20 from 5 pm to 8 pm
          US ET):

Welcome - Rodolfo Zabisky, MZ Consult, CEO and Ivan Vela, AMERI,
          President

IR Web site Best Practices - Luca Biondolillo, JPMorgan - ADR
          Group, Vice President, U.S. Relationship Management

IT Governance and Strategy - Dennis Rodrigues, KPMG LLP Miami, IRM
          Partner

IR Web sites: How to Protect Your Company While Projecting Your
          Image - Gregory Harrington, Linklaters, Attorney

Harnessing the Power of Your IR Web site - Dana Voelzke, MZ
          Consult, Managing Director

Awards Ceremony and Q&A Session

Casual Cocktails/Dinner and Reception

The short-listed companies for the 5 best investor relations by technical evaluation (TOP 5 Award) are: adidas-Salomon, AmBev, Ashland, Aventis, Banco Bradesco, Banco Itau, Bayer, BBVA Bancomer, BMO, Burlington Resources, Cantv, Casas GEO, Cemex, Cisco, Colgate-Palmolive, Converium, Credicorp, E.ON, Electrolux, Embraer, Enersis, Fedex, GE, Grupo BPI, Grupo Elektra, James Hardie, Kookmin Bank, KT, Petrobras, Posco, Reuters, Santander Santiago, SCA - Svenska Cellulosa, Scottish Re, Sony, Stora Enso Oyj, Telekomunikacja, TV Azteca, Unibanco, Verizon, and Xerox.

For the RAO 1 Award (best online annual report), the short-listed companies are: adidas-Salomon, AmBev, Banco Bradesco, Banco Itau, Brasil Telecom, Cadence, CCU, Cemex, Cognos, Comcast, Durban Roodepoort Deep, E.ON, Elisa, Embraer, Fedex, GE, Kimberly Clark, Novartis, Perdigao, SAP, Shell, Stora Enso Oyj, and Wal-Mart de Mexico.

The basis for the MZ results/findings and the transparency of TOP 5 and RAO 1 evaluations was tested and evaluated by a technical committee comprised of thee members: Gregory Harrington (Linklaters); Paulo Arakaki (KPMG); and Nenette R. Co (Citigroup).

The short list for the most voted sites (POP+, best IR Web sites according to investors' choice) are: Banco Bradesco, BBVA, Braskem, Cantv, Casas GEO, Cataguazes, Coca-Cola HBC, Durban Roodepoort Deep, Econorte, Enel, Grupo BPI, Home Depot, Kookmin Bank, Lavipharm, Limited Brands, McDonald's, Novartis, Petrobras, Portugal Telecom, Sinopec, Tyson Foods, Unibanco, and Xerox. KPMG Independent Auditors was responsible for examining the procedures to ensure the reliability of the results.

Event Sponsors: JPMorgan, KPMG Independent Auditors and Linklaters

Organization: MZ Consult, AMERI and M.Goncalves

Supporting Group: Business Wire, Capital Aberto Magazine and ApimecSP

About MZ Consult:

Founded in 1999, and based in Connecticut (USA) and Sao Paulo (Brazil), MZ provides customized, creative and efficient investor relations and corporate financial services for companies aiming to interact efficiently with the capital markets. The company is going through a phase of substantial growth, having rapidly reached an outstanding position in investor relation's practices in Latin America and Europe. Its subsidiaries, MZ Corporate Communication (MZCC) and MZ Data Products (MZDP) excel in providing services such development of annual reports (content and design), investor events, IR Web sites and content, conference calls, webcasts and SEC electronic filings. We are also responsible for the coordination and organization of the Investor Relations Web sites (TOP 5 and POP+) and Online Annual Reports (RAO 1) Global Rankings and Awards. Our team comprises over 20 professionals working with more than 30 clients in 5 countries.