ADVISORY/Wellman, Inc. Announces Webcast of Presentation.

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ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Feb. 26)

SHREWSBURY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2002

Wellman, Inc.'s (NYSE: WLM) Michael Dewsbury, Vice President PET Resins - U.S. will be presenting at the UBS Warburg LLC Grass Roots Chemical Conference on Tuesday, February 26, 2002.

You are invited to listen to this presentation, which will be webcast live. Below you will find instruction on how you may access the webcast.

      What:    Wellman Inc.'s presentation at the UBS Warburg LLC Grass
             Roots Chemical Conference.

      When:    4:20 p.m. EST on Tuesday, February 26, 2002.

      Where:   UBS Warburg LLC home page: www.ubswarburg.com

      How:     Log onto the UBS Warburg LLC Internet home page, at the
             above address, go to the Conference Highlights link on
             the right hand side of the page, click on the link - at
             the top of the page click on the Americas Scroll to find
             the Grass Roots Chemical Conference, go to the Audio
             Webcast. Slides for the presentation can be found on the
             Wellman, Inc. Internet website: www.wellmaninc.com go to
             the IR page and to the presentations section.

     Replays:  Replay of this Webcast will be available for one week
             starting 24 hours after the presentation until Wednesday,
             March 6th. To access the replay, follow the same
             procedure used to access the live Webcast.

Wellman, Inc. manufactures and markets high-quality polyester products, including Fortrel(R) brand polyester textile fibers, polyester fibers made from recycled raw materials and PermaClear(R) brand PET (polyethylene terephthalate) packaging resins. The world's largest PET plastic recycler, Wellman utilizes a significant amount of recycled raw materials in its manufacturing operations.

Forward-Looking Statements; Risks and Uncertainties

Statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In addition, words such as "believes," "expects," "anticipates," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are made as of the date hereof based upon current expectations, and we undertake no obligation to update this information. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to: demand and competition for polyester fiber and PET resins; the financial condition of our customers; availability and cost of raw materials; availability and cost of petrochemical feedstock necessary for the production process; changes in financial markets, interest rates, credit ratings, and foreign currency exchange rates; U.S., European, Far Eastern and global economic conditions; prices and volumes of imports; work stoppages; levels of production capacity and profitable operation of assets; changes in laws and regulations; prices of competing products; natural disasters; act of terrorism: and our ability to complete expansions and other capital projects on time and budget and to maintain the operations of our existing production facilities. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed herein. Results of operations in any past period should not be considered indicative of results to be expected in future periods. Fluctuations in operating results may result in fluctuations in the price of our common stock. For a more complete description of the prominent risks and uncertainties inherent in our business, see our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.