Richmond, VA—July 28, 2003- WILink, Inc., a global leader in providing investor relations and investment information services, today announced 104 North American public companies have become PrecisionIR™ clients during the second quarter of 2003.   New PrecisionIR™ clients include Ethyl Corp. (NYSE: EY), BCE Emergis (IFM:TO), Cirrus Logic (NasdaqNM: CRUS), Performance Food Group (NasdaqNM: PFGC), United Dominion Realty Trust (NYSE: UDM), and United States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X). The PrecisionIR™ suite of services combines retail and institutional investor targeting and communication services for Investor Relations professionals.   

PrecisionIR^™ helps companies identify and reach the target audience that best matches their investor relations objectives by providing profiled databases of institutional and high net-worth investors for targeting and communication. PrecisionIR^™ clients choose from a range of services including investor marketing, investor analysis, webcasting, targeted investor communications, investor conferences, conference call transcript database, and advanced institutional targeting programs.

“Companies want to communicate effectively with investors, and we are pleased that they continue to choose the PrecisionIR^™ suite of services to meet their evolving communication needs,” said Patrick Galleher, chief operating officer of WILink, Inc.  “PrecisionIR^™ gives our clients tools to effectively convey their corporate message to a broad investor audience and provides a level of accuracy in reaching the investors these companies have identified as interested prospective shareholders. Each month more companies select PrecisionIR^™ for investor outreach through our premiere distribution channels and our tailored and dynamic communication mediums.”

About WILink: 

Since 1992, WILink plc (www.wilink.com) has been a leading provider of global investor relations and investment information services that attract and retain investors for public companies and mutual funds. WILink’s PrecisionIR™ (www.precisionir.com) and PrecisionFM™ custom investor-marketing programs enable publicly traded companies and mutual funds to deliver tailored and compelling communications to a precisely targeted audience of investors.  This year WILink will make more than 8 million investor introductions for over 3,750 corporate clients through PrecisionIR™ and PrecisionFM™ programs, which include the Annual Reports Service, the Fund Info Service, Informed Investors Forums (www.informedinvestors.com), Vcall® webcasting (www.vcall.com), InstitutionalReach™ and PeerEvents. WILink’s partnerships with over 240 leading financial channels in 14 countries including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Barron's and Yahoo! Finance ensure clients targeted visibility within the investment community.  WILink, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of WILink plc (WLK: LSE) began operations in Richmond, Va. in 1993.