THE DEAL OFFERS OPENCOMPANY.INFO'S ONLINE SHAREHOLDER CONFERENCE CALLS VIA THEDEAL.COM

June 10, 2003--New York, N.Y.--The Deal LLC, a media company providing must-read news, commentary, data and services to corporate and financial executives, advisers and investors, announced today that it is offering access to online shareholder conference calls hosted by OpenCompany.info, the corporate disclosure network, via its website, TheDeal.com.

OpenCompany's full market listings of earnings calls will provide TheDeal.com subscribers with valuable financial information on public companies. The OpenCompany conference call calendar is available at no additional cost to TheDeal.com users and is housed in TheDeal.com's Private Equity Channel.

"We're pleased to provide TheDeal.com subscribers with a resource for gathering current corporate earnings information," said Tom Groppe, general manager of TheDeal.com. "Our partnership with OpenCompany is another example of our continuing efforts to develop our one-stop-shop of news, information and services for the dealmaking community."

"OpenCompany is the only channel that allows public corporations to directly reach investors, advisers and other dealmaking intermediaries with their own voice and importantly, their own guidance," said Bradley Smith, Director of Marketing Communications and OpenCompany at Shareholder.com. "This brings a valuable financial viewpoint to TheDeal.com subscribers."
Current OpenCompany leaders include the New York Society of Securities Analysts (NYSSA), The National Association of Investor Corporation (NAIC), IR Magazine, Computershare and The National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI).

About The Deal
The Deal is a diversified media company dedicated to providing must-read financial news, commentary, data and services to corporate and financial dealmakers, their advisers and investors worldwide. Through The Deal, The Daily Deal, TheDeal.com and Corporate Control Alert, the company gathers, reports and disseminates information that offers a detailed look at transactions, industry sectors and financial services, along with the personalities and players who are the central figures driving change in the global economy. Investors in The Deal, a privately held company, include majority owner U.S. Equity Partners, a private investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co. LP, and Rustic Canyon Ventures, one of the largest venture capital funds in Southern California.