WILink Reports Investor Interest in Annual Reports Surges to Record Levels in Recent Weeks; May Indicate Shift in Investment Interest From Real Estate to Equities

Business Wire, Oct 20, 2005

RICHMOND, Va. -- WILink plc (LSE: WLK), a worldwide provider of web-based communication solutions and online investor relations services, says requests for annual reports through their Annual Reports Service have been at record levels over the last three weeks. This rising trend in investor requests for annual reports suggests that interest in equities is growing as we enter the fourth quarter.

Over the last three weeks, annual reports have been requested from WILink's Annual Reports Service at levels 68% higher than the same period last year. In fact, requests for annual reports during the last three weeks are higher than they have been entering the fourth quarter in the last five years. At the same time, there has been a rise in reports of softening real estate markets in certain areas.

"The increase in demand for annual reports may be signaling the beginning of a shift of investor interest from real estate back into the equity market," said J. Patrick Galleher, chief executive officer of WILink, plc. "The year on year growth in annual report requests we've seen recently is highlighting a dramatic shift in investor interest in the market."

WILink's PrecisionIR line of investor relations services helps public companies communicate effectively with the investment community and gives investors easy access to corporate information. PrecisionIR makes corporate reports available free of charge to investors via the Annual Reports Service, which is featured in leading financial media partners including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Yahoo!Finance and The Globe and Mail.

About WILink

WILink plc (www.wilink.com) provides web-based communication solutions and online investor relations services. Since 1989, WILink has helped clients such as Hewlett Packard, Deutsche Telecom and BP improve the effectiveness of their investor communications. WILink's services include PrecisionIR(TM) (www.precisionir.com) and PrecisionFM(TM) (www.precisionfm.com) investor-communication programs that enable publicly traded companies and mutual funds to deliver compelling communications to a targeted audience of investors. WILink's Vcall(R) (www.Vcall.com) webcasting and web conferencing provides innovative technology and professional service that enables organizations to create compelling and influential web events.