ABN AMRO Partners With FIRST CALL Interactive to Develop a Customized Internet Site Integrating Content On One Platform.

Business Editors

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2000

FIRST CALL Interactive, a division of Thomson Financial's First Call Corp., has developed a customized, password-protected Internet site to meet ABN AMRO's distribution needs. FIRST CALL Interactive offers a broad range of Internet applications and content, as well as development services. This division of First Call is also a vertically focused application service provider, offering numerous hosting, remote applications management, and other outsourcing solutions.

Employees and institutional customers of ABN AMRO in the U.S. are now able to access a vast array of information in real-time via their customized site, including:

-- Equity research notes and reports generated by ABN AMRO analysts

-- Earnings estimates - detailed and consensus

-- Recommendations - consensus only

-- Company press releases available on FIRST CALL Corporate Release

-- Fundamental data

-- Quantitative reports generated by First Call

"We are very excited about the customized Internet site that FIRST CALL Interactive has developed for us," said Susan Walton, global head of electronic commerce at ABN AMRO. "The First Call team worked very closely with us to identify our needs. The solution that they developed for us targets each of those needs."

The Internet-based solutions developed by FIRST CALL Interactive enable financial services firms to manage and use strategic information to increase investment return, generate sales and build closer relationships with their clients. These solutions, which can be easily integrated into a company's existing Internet effort, increase the value of the Internet-based initiatives of buy- and sell-side firms worldwide through better content, design, strategy, and technology.

"We continuously strive to provide our customers with the most efficient and cost-effective Internet-based solutions available in the marketplace," said Tim Duncan, First Call's executive vice president, heading the FIRST CALL Interactive division. "Every client is different and it's important for us to identify and understand each of our customers' needs. We are very pleased with the positive feedback we have received from ABN AMRO regarding their customized Internet site. ABN AMRO is a highly valued customer and we are excited to have expanded our relationship with them."

FIRST CALL Interactive clients now can access the content on First Call's services, content from other Thomson Financial companies, their own internal information, and select content from the Web via their intranet, extranet or password-protected sites on the Internet. The display of this integrated data may be customized for each user. The wealth of content and the integrated data capability offered by First Call are unparalleled in the industry. First Call has more than 70 individuals supporting its Interactive division.

First Call Corp. is the global financial community's leading Internet provider of real-time broker-sourced research, earnings estimates, equity and fixed income ownership information, insider trading information, and corporate news releases. More than 5,800,000 research documents are available on the FIRST CALL Network. First Call's distribution capabilities, research services, competitive intelligence product, usage reports and customized business solutions provide value-added links between the institutional buy-side and the sell-side worldwide. For more information, visit First Call's Web site at www.firstcall.com.

Thomson Financial is a US$1.2 billion provider of information services and work solutions to the financial and corporate communities worldwide. Through the widest range of products and services in the industry, Thomson Financial helps clients in more than 70 countries make better decisions, be more productive and achieve superior results. Thomson Financial is part of The Thomson Corporation, a leading e-information and solutions business with annual revenues of more than US$6 billion. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the Toronto and London stock exchanges. For more information on Thomson Financial, visit www.thomsonfinancial.com.