Shareholder.com Clients Honored at IR Magazine US Investor Relations Awards; eBay Awarded for Best IR Website: Clients Sweep the Nominee List for Best Use of Technology

Business Wire, April 3, 2006

MAYNARD, Mass. -- Shareholder.com, a leader in shareholder communications solutions, announced that 14 of its clients were honored for investor relations (IR) excellence in 2005 at the 11th Annual Investor Relations Magazine U.S. Awards, held in New York on March 30th. The companies were selected by a survey comprised of more than 3,700 portfolio managers, buy-side and sell-side analysts and retail investors.

TOP WINNING COMPANIES:

--Best IR Website: eBay

--Best Use of Technology: Hartford Financial Services

--Most Improved Investor Relations: McDonald's

--Best Investor Relations Officer - large to mega-cap: Microsoft

--Best Annual Report - mid to large cap: KLA-Tencor

--Best Financial Media Relations - mid to large cap: KLA-Tencor

"We're always very pleased for our clients when their efforts are recognized by the investment community and celebrated at this prestigious industry event, "said Doug Ventola, president of Shareholder.com. "This year, in addition to the winners, we're especially proud that our clients swept the nominee list for Best Use of Technology and, of the companies that outsource their IR website, our clients captured 75% of the nominee list for Best IR Website."

About Shareholder.com

Since 1992, Shareholder.com has facilitated communications between listed companies, their shareholders and the investment community. Shareholder.com provides a comprehensive suite of investor relations services, including creating and managing customized investor relations websites, audio/video web casts, conference call services, institutional targeting tools, annual report conversion, synchronous news dissemination, global fulfillment services, and Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower hotlines. Shareholder.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. www.shareholder.com