Ad-hoc | 18 January 2001 15:49

Ad hoc-Service: Brainpower N.V.

Ad hoc-announcement edited and send by DGAP. The sender is responsible for the contents of this announcement. —————————————————————————— Brainpower announces order from HSBC Investment Bank and from ABN Amro Management Services Brainpower (Neuer Markt code BPW), provider of investment analysis and decision-support software tools for professional investors, has announced an order for FINEST from HSBC Investment Bank and from ABN Amro Management Services. “These orders are a further confirmation of the top quality of Brainpower’s products” comments Rocco Pellegrinelli CEO of Brainpower. “By adding clients of the calibre of HSBC Investment Bank and of ABN Amro Management Services to our blue chip client list we continue to demonstrate that Brainpower is becoming more and more the standard for investment decision support software amongst the leading players of the asset management world”. For further information see: www.brainpowerweb.com Or contact: Lorella Nani BRAINPOWER SA (Lugano) Tel.: + 41 91 980 09 46 Fax : + 41 91 980 03 35 End of Message