Xerox Wins Global Award for Fighting Supplies Counterfeiting.

Business & Technology Editors

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2002

Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX) received a Global Anti-Counterfeiting Award last night for its efforts to combat the counterfeiting of Xerox toner and other consumable supplies worldwide.

The award for "outstanding achievement by a company" was presented by Authentication News, an industry publication, and the Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group, a watchdog group that seeks to prevent unlawful development and distribution of goods and services worldwide.

"We have developed a comprehensive strategy to both inform and protect customers and to identify and prosecute intellectual property crimes," said Kamalakar Shenai, vice president imaging supplies business, Xerox Supplies Business Group. "Through our numerous anti-counterfeiting programs, Xerox has uncovered multimillion-dollar counterfeiting rings and worked closely with law enforcement and industry organizations to investigate and prosecute criminal activity."

Xerox participates on the boards of the Imaging Supplies Coalition and the Anti-Gray Market Alliance, key international anti-counterfeiting associations. "Counterfeiting damages our reputation and brand in our customers' eyes," said Shenai. "We do everything we can to protect customer satisfaction and Xerox brand equity."

Xerox has worked to improve supplies packaging security, audit the Internet to uncover impostor sites, and eliminate illegal use of Xerox-branded supplies.

According to Reconnaissance International, a leading authority on counterfeiting protection, counterfeiting worldwide is a $500 billion problem. Monetary proceeds from counterfeiting have been shown to fund criminal organizations and underwrite terrorism. Other major manufacturers are actively working along with Xerox to halt the flow of fake products and the theft of corporate intellectual property.

The award was presented to Xerox in Atlanta at the Authentication & Counterfeiting Protection Conference. The annual awards recognize companies, trade associations, public entities and press organizations who have excelled in the fight against product counterfeiting. This is the fourth year of the Global Anti-Counterfeiting Awards.

For a short video on Xerox anti-counterfeiting efforts, visit www.xerox.com/supplies, click on "Supplies Library," then on "Buyer Beware."

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