SNL IR Solutions Launches New Conferencing Platform

Partnership with Chorus Call and TalkPoint adds a variety of innovative services to SNL’s communications resource for investor relations

Charlottesville, Va. (April 23, 2008) — SNL IR Solutions, the premier provider of sector-focused investor relations Web sites, today announced the launch of a powerful new platform to manage IR communications. In partnership with leading vendors Chorus Call and TalkPoint, SNL now offers a centralized source for conference calls, Web casts, video casts, and reservationless conferencing.

SNL’s new communications platform provides a range of conference call services, including on-demand conference monitoring, digital recording and replay, conference call transcription and reservationless conferencing. Utilizing the latest in interactive communication technology, SNL IR Solutions also offers Web casting and video casting with highly customizable options: news release and PowerPoint downloads, Q&A chat, podcasts, video roll-ins, custom corporate skins and even options for surveys/polls.

“We are excited to enter into this new era of managing all of the conferencing needs for our investor relations clients and are extremely confident that our partnership with TalkPoint and Chorus Call offers our clients the undisputed best-in-class conferencing solutions available in the IR market today,” said Chuck Williams, Product Manager of SNL IR Solutions. “Our platform is further enhanced by our experienced IR customer support team, who provide the highest level of client satisfaction and service that really sets us apart from our competition.”

Additional services offered by SNL IR Solutions include stock performance graphs, interactive annual reports, bank branch locators and much more.

About SNL IR Solutions

SNL IR Solutions specializes in building and managing investor relations Web sites for companies in the industry sectors covered by parent company SNL Financial: banking, financial services, insurance, real estate, energy and media & communications. SNL manages over 400 Web sites for companies across the market cap spectrum. For more information, visit www.snl.com/irsolutions.

About TalkPoint

TalkPoint’s technology is built on a reliable internally-built system providing the most robust and versatile Web casting solution on the market. In 2007 TalkPoint’s team offered their expertise to top companies around the world, delivering over 14,000 presentations for more than 1,000 companies. For more information, visit www.talkpoint.com.

About Chorus Call

Chorus Call is a world-class teleconferencing service provider with headquarters in Pennsylvania and international offices in six different continents. As a pioneer of high quality conferencing, Chorus Call offers a broad spectrum of audio, video and Web-based conferencing services. For more information, visit www.choruscall.com.

SNL Contact
Monica Jenkins
Marketing Manager
Tel. 434.951.6951
mjenkins@snl.com

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