ADVISORY/CALENDAR LISTING 3/20/03 - Arthur Levitt, NIRI's Lou Thompson and CCBN's Jeff Parker Present at Seminar 'The New Disclosure Paradigm: And The Promise of Web-Based Communications'.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ADVISORY...for Thuesday (March 20, 2003)

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Chief Financial Officers and Investment Relations Officers are facing larger regulatory demands than ever before. In the wake of new SEC regulations and exchange listing requirements, the need to effectively communicate with the investment community has never been higher, but these developments will create greater opportunities to present the full picture of their company.

WHAT: CCBN Seminar "The New Disclosure Paradigm: And The Promise of Web-Based Communications" CCBN, the leader in Internet-based investor communications services, will present a morning seminar focused on recent SEC regulation and exchange listing requirement changes, the important role of Web-based communications and resulting implications on corporate governance. The seminar is free and open to the public. WHEN: Thursday, March 20, 2003, 8:45 a.m.-12 p.m. ET WHERE: Helmsley Park Lane Hotel, 36 Central Park South, New York City The seminar will be webcast live for those who cannot attend at: www.ccbn.com WHO: The morning's activities will include a keynote speech by Arthur Levitt, former SEC Chairman and two roundtable discussions "Does the Web = Disclosure?" and "Best Practices in Corporate Governance Disclosure," moderated by CCBN CEO Jeff Parker, including panelists from influential legal, corporate and government organizations: Jeffrey Rudman, Hale & Dorr; Steven Schulman, Milberg Weiss; Hal Shear, NACD; David Smith, ASCS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

CCBN will host an informal VIP luncheon for members of the media with the panelist immediately following the event. Please contact Cindy Sullivan at 617 603-7527 or [e-mail] if you would like to attend.

About CCBN

Co-founded in 1997 by Jeffrey P. Parker, creator of First Call, and Robert Adler, CCBN is the global leader in enabling direct communications between public companies and the investment community over the Internet. CCBN builds, manages and hosts the investor relations sections of Web sites for more than 2,500 public companies, providing detailed shareholder information through interactive, multimedia solutions. In addition, CCBN hosts live and archived quarterly conference calls for more than 4,000 corporations each quarter. Through its StreetEvents institutional event management database (www.streetevents.com) and partnerships with leading retail financial portals, CCBN has created a revolutionary investor distribution network that delivers an unprecedented body of direct corporate information to the largest collective audience of institutional and individual investors online. Headquartered in Boston, MA, CCBN has additional offices in San Francisco and London. For more information, visit www.ccbn.com or call 866-228-CCBN (2226).