Official Partner Xerox Begins Final Countdown to the First Fully Digital Olympic Games.

Business Editors

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Sept. 8, 2000 - When Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) first supported the Olympics in 1964, it took just five plain-paper copiers - the Xerox 914 - to document the Innsbruck, Austria, Winter Games.

But for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Xerox will marshal an entire technology team of more than 2,000. More than 200 Document Centre digital multifunction systems, 1600 digital copiers and fax machines, 200 DocuPrint laser and inkjet desktop printers, and eight high-speed DocuTech publishing systems will be on hand to make the Sydney Games the first fully digitally documented Olympics in history.

Now, with just days until the opening ceremonies, the Official Olympic Partner is getting ready to set document records.

"We draw a parallel with our participation in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games to a marathon," said Vince Schaeffer, manager, Xerox Olympic Operations. "During the 17 days of competition, Xerox will provide the technology to manage more than 18,000 files. That's a long race for our people, and a race we are ready to win."

Xerox, who has participated in every Olympics event since 1964, will support the Sydney Games in several ways. The company will:

-- Produce more than 1,000 CD-ROMs with the results of every race and competition for accredited media, Olympic committees and sports federations.

-- Print, collate and bind 50,000 hardcopy Results Books - more than 8 million pages - for distribution throughout the Games.

-- Create more than 2,000 copies of daily newspapers from around the world each day, with the power of two Xerox DocuTech 6180 digital printers. The same-day newspaper content will be delivered through an alliance with global newspaper distributor PressPoint Inc. Customers can purchase Global Editions of dozens of hometown papers, including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Washington Post, The Miami Herald and the Financial Times (London).

-- Use recycled paper in support of the environmental initiatives of these Olympic Games.

-- Serve as a sponsor for the U.S.A. Track and Field team.

-- Sponsor the Xerox Breakfast with the Olympians on Sept. 30, to

honor U.S. Olympic athletes.

-- Prominently feature its new Blue Dog advertising campaign around Sydney and on television to communicate with millions of Olympic visitors and viewers. The Blue Dog promotes the benefits of Xerox personal inkjet printers and multifunction products.

To support many of these efforts, each of the 34 competition venues will be equipped with a small print shop that has integrated document publishing systems to meet all of the organizers' document needs.

In addition, about 200 Xerox engineers from the Asia-Pacific region will be on-site to ensure smooth operation of all Xerox technology and services.

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