THOMSON FINANCIAL SELECTS XPEDITE TO PROVIDE MESSAGING COMPONENT FOR BROKER RESEARCH
Xpedite Service Enables First Call Subscribers Instant Access to Information

EATONTOWN, N.J. and BOSTON, Mass. (March 26, 2001) - Xpedite, a global leader in multimedia messaging and a business unit of Ptek Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK; www.ptek.com), today announced an agreement with Thomson Financial, a division of The Thomson Corporation (TSE: TOC). Xpedite will provide a back office messaging platform to FIRST CALL Full Circle, a workflow solution which streamlines the production, targeting, and distribution process of broker research. The agreement will allow brokers to select client profiles from First Call's database and deliver to them instantly through Xpedite's worldwide network and messageREACH^SM e-mail platform. This enhancement to Full Circle will enable brokerage firms to more accurately target their research distribution to institutional money managers worldwide.

"Our goal is to facilitate the two-way flow of communications between brokers and money managers - to assist clients in creating, receiving and organizing research," said Scott Rosen, Senior Vice President of Thomson Financial's Research and Analytics Group, which includes First Call. "Working with Xpedite to deliver information to our clients' electronic address of choice, whether fax or e-mail, enhances the communication solution of Full Circle."

"Xpedite has been successful in the financial industry for more than a decade, and we are excited to add such a respected company as First Call to our growing list of customers," said Max Slifer, President of Xpedite. "We currently process more than eight million messages a day, which clearly makes us the leader in the multimedia messaging market. We plan to develop similar relationships with key industry players like First Call to continue to grow our business."

About First Call
First Call is the source for real-time broker research and quantitative data serving the global financial community. Internet-based applications pioneered by First Call deliver integrated content from over 800 brokerage firms to 40,000 institutional desktops worldwide. First Call provides accurate, comprehensive coverage of more than 18,000 companies in 60 countries, and offers analyst notes, full-text research reports, analyst estimates and other quantitative data, customized to the needs of individual users.

First Call is a unit of Thomson Financial's Research & Analytics Group, which includes First Call (www.firstcall.com), Datastream (www.datastream.com), and I/B/E/S (www.ibes.com). Thomson Financial (www.thomsonfinancial.com) is a US $2 billion provider of e-information services and integrated work solutions to the worldwide financial community.

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