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Global Data Coverage Expansion

Irving , Texas December 19, 2003 – Austin-Tetra, Inc. announces an increase in its global reach to cover over 50 million businesses inclusive of over 19 million U.S. companies. To do this in such a short amount of time, Austin-Tetra has partnered with four of the leading international business information providers in the market to aggregate and tailor business information to address their clients’ global supplier management requirements. This new comprehensive global data content includes corporate linkage, industry classification and as with domestic data, market leading business demographic information including ownership, sales, employment, and much more.

For over ten years, Austin-Tetra clients have relied on their services and comprehensive database of U.S. businesses to classify and enrich their supplier information and create spend visibility for their domestic supplier initiatives. Since the supply base of their customers is not limited to U.S. firms, the global expansion of Austin-Tetra’s database has been on the forefront of the company’s growth and development strategy.

Austin-Tetra clients will continue to rely on the Austin-Tetra Universal Supplier Identification Number (the A-T Number®) to provide unique visibility to critical supplier business information globally. Additionally, Austin-Tetra’s proprietary five-tier matching process with their 99.9% match accuracy guarantee ensures clients that their global business content is accurately matched to realize optimum results. No other company offers anything close to this market leading combination.

Austin-Tetra’s ongoing investment in global business information significantly enhances their ability to deliver more comprehensive supply base visibility and creates maximum value for their clients’ supplier management initiatives. Whether it’s spend analysis, e-sourcing, e-procurement, contract management or supplier performance, Austin-Tetra’s global supplier information management solutions and the A-T Number® are keys to achieving maximum results.

About Austin-Tetra

With headquarters in Irving, Texas, Austin-Tetra offers the most comprehensive supplier information in the market ranging from business description and corporate linkage to organizational size and creditworthiness. The company sells business information and services into the global supplier information management and strategic sourcing market. Austin-Tetra’s database covers over 20 million North American businesses and more than 50 million Global companies. Its solutions validate, enhance, and enrich information on existing suppliers and identify potential new suppliers. Company services provide customers with enterprise-wide visibility into their supply base, enabling thorough analysis and the leveraging of buying power to reduce supply costs.

For more information, visit the company’s Web site at www.austintetra.com

For media information, please contact:

Sandy Garcia
972.756.8100 (office)
972.756.8111 (fax)
sandy.garcia@austintetra.com