Credit Suisse First Boston Affiliates Join Safeguard International Fund.

Business Editors

PHILADELPHIA and FRANKFURT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 2001

Safeguard International Fund, L.P., a leading international private equity firm, announced today that DLJ Strategic Partners, L.P. and DLJ Strategic Partners Parallel Fund, L.P., have become members of the fund. The two new members are affiliates of Credit Suisse First Boston.

"We are delighted that Credit Suisse First Boston has demonstrated such enthusiasm for our Fund," said Arthur Spector, Managing Director of Safeguard International. "Their participation is a clear demonstration of the confidence they place in our international portfolio, including our most recent plans to acquire a majority stake of Arthur D. Little. We anticipate that this investment, as well as others we have slated, will result in even further growth for the Fund and for all our partners, including Credit Suisse First Boston and its affiliates."

Safeguard International Fund announced this week that it, together with Whitney & Co., has entered exclusive negotiations to make an equity investment in Arthur D. Little, one of the world's premier technology and management consulting firms. Safeguard International and Whitney are now completing due diligence on an agreement that would grant them a majority stake in the Cambridge, Mass.-based consulting firm.

Safeguard International Fund L.P. (www.safeguardintl.com) is a cross-Atlantic private equity fund investing in technology-oriented industrial businesses. Based in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Frankfurt, Germany, Safeguard International invests in companies whose complex products or systems enable them to achieve industry leadership, often on a global basis.