CCH Offers Customized Capital Changes Coverage

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., February 1, 2001) – Keeping current with specific corporate actions information is now easier and faster with CAP Watch, a new customized capital changes service from CCH INCORPORATED (CCH). CCH is the leading provider of authoritative and comprehensive information to securities, tax and investment professionals who need to compute a security holder’s gain or loss from capital changes. (For more information or to order, contact your CCH Sales Representative at 1-888-224-7377, call 800-449-6435 or visit the CCH Business and Finance Group web site at http://business.cch.com.)

With CAP Watch Internet service, subscribers receive fast, focused capital changes information about only the companies they select, with a single personalized e-mail delivered to the desktop daily.

Fast Access, Focused Information

The CAP Watch e-mail notice directly links to a custom summary list of transactions covering selected companies. Subscribers can then drill down for further coverage, accessing complete information by clicking on each company name to link to the full transaction story.

"The focus, authority and speed of delivery that CAP Watch offers is unparalleled. It provides a high-level of value-added service for professionals who rely on capital changes information," said CCH Business and Finance Group marketing manager Peggy Hayner.

To ensure that subscribers always receive only the information they need, customers can easily change the companies they have selected to monitor.

Within the CAP Watch Internet site, subscribers set up and maintain their company list as well as specify their e-mail notification user preferences. Subscribers input and maintain the list of companies to watch via a simple file download process. The list can be updated as often as needed through one of two ways: either by downloading a complete replacement file or modifying the portfolio list by simply adding or deleting individual companies.

Service Further Expands CCH’s Comprehensive Capital Changes Offerings

The new customized service is part of CCH’s comprehensive Capital Changes product line, which includes a range of services available via print, the Internet, Lotus Notes and direct data feed.

Subscribers to CAP Watch who also subscribe to CCH Capital Changes Daily on the Internet can link directly to that comprehensive service. The Capital Changes product line provides the facts and figures to compute a security holder’s gain or loss from capital changes. It covers federal tax consequences resulting from stock dividends, stock splits, reorganizations, exchanges, rights and other changes in capital structure in a database that spans over 100 years and 58,000 companies.

Pricing and Availability

For more information or to order, contact your CCH Sales Representative at 1-888-224-7377, call 800-449-6435 or visit the CCH Business and Finance Group web site at http://business.cch.com. CAP Watch is offered as a stand-alone service, or is available at a small additional cost for subscribers to CCH Capital Changes Daily on the Internet.

About CCH INCORPORATED

CCH INCORPORATED, founded in 1913, has served four generations of business professionals and their clients. The company produces approximately 700 print and electronic products for tax, legal, securities, human resources, health care and small business markets. CCH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer North America. The CCH web site can be accessed at www.cch.com. The CCH Business and Finance Group web site can be accessed at http://business.cch.com.

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