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CCH Offers EDGAR Filings Easy As 1-2-3

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., December 3, 2002) – CCH INCORPORATED (CCH), a leading provider of securities law information and compliance tools now has a quick, simple and inexpensive way for anyone to prepare and file commonly used SEC forms electronically at EDGAR123.com.

"Someone who visits the EDGAR123 site can prepare and send a filing to the SEC within minutes and without ever leaving our site. EDGAR123 is an especially important tool for complying with the new two-day filing mandate for Form 4s," said Peter Berkery, Associate Publisher of the CCH Securities Group.

Visitors to the EDGAR123 site simply follow prompts to "fill in the blanks" for Forms 3, 4, 5, Schedule 13D, 13G, Rule 144 and 12b-25. Then, with a simple point-and-click, the form is relayed directly to the SEC over a secure, dedicated, proprietary system. For more information, visit the EDGAR123 web site at EDGAR123.com.

Instructions for filling in the forms are available in pop-up help windows that cite the rules and regulations as they pertain to a particular question or response. Users see on-screen proofs of their forms and can generate a PDF file that can be printed to create a hard copy. They make an unlimited number of "test filings" to check conformity of their document to SEC standards before transmitting it.

Receipt of the filing by the SEC is verified in the user’s account information shortly after each form is transmitted. Within 5-10 minutes of filing, users should receive an e-mail from the SEC indicating that the form has been accepted.

"One of the greatest benefits of using EDGAR 123 is that a database is built containing all the filings a company has transmitted," Berkery observed. "If they need to create an amendment, all they have to do is open the previous filing and just change the necessary data. It is an amazing time-saver."

EDGAR123 costs $195 per filing for all form types except Schedule 13D and 13G, which are $295. Package offerings with special pricing are available in December 2002. For more information, visit EDGAR123.com.

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 securities, tax, legal, banking, 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 cch.com. The CCH Business and Finance group web site can be accessed at businesss.cch.com.

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