CombineNet Announces Software License and Service Agreement with Procter & Gamble

NEW YORK, NY —November 6, 2002

CombineNet announced today that it has signed a software license and service agreement with Cincinnati- based Procter & Gamble (P&G). Although the specific terms and conditions of the transaction have not been disclosed, both parties offered that the deal involves a number of events over an extended term. CombineNet will provide P&G access to its flagship combinatorial optimization product, ClearBox™, as well as consulting services for the company's global sourcing of direct and indirect materials and transportation, with possible applications across its supply chain on planning and sourcing problems.

We are looking forward to a productive relationship with CombineNet," says Carol Rubeo, Director of Purchases Innovation. "At P&G, a number of people have evaluated this technology and we believe it will be very effective when applied against solving complex problems."

World-class organizations like P&G are looking to gain a strategic competitive advantage using combinatorial optimization technologies to improve the speed and quality of their sourcing decisions," says Tony Bonidy, CEO of CombineNet. "The problems large corporations encountersuch as determining the right allocation of business to suppliers in a reverse auction where bidders are allowed to bid expressivelymake it impossible to obtain an optimal solution by sifting through all of the potential solutions. Our decision-making technology enables corporations like P&G to solve real-world problems in seconds."

AMR Research stated in a recent Alert on November, 5, 2002 entitled, "CombineNet is Taking Sourcing Optimizationand Cost Savingsto New Highs," that:

CombineNet customers report impressive results. One customer had a previously unsolvable problem on a supercomputer that got solved in under a minute using ClearBox. Another client used the product to re-bid all its transportation modes and conservatively save 15%-20% on transportation costs. The product is also being applied in many other domain areas such as production planning/scheduling and derivatives trading."

About Procter & Gamble:

P&G is celebrating 165 years of providing trusted quality brands that make every day better for the world's consumers. We market nearly 300 brands - including Pampers^®, Tide^®, Ariel^®, Always^®, Whisper^®, Pantene^®, Bounty^®, Pringles^®, Folgers^®, Charmin^®, Downy^®, Lenor^®, Iams^®, Crest^®, Actonel^®, Olay^® and Clairol Nice `n Easy^® in more than 160 countries around the world. The P&G community consists of nearly 102,000 employees working in almost 80 countries worldwide. Please visit www.pg.com for the latest news and in-depth information about P&G and its brands.

Media Contacts:

Greg Holt
CombineNet Inc.
Director of Marketing
Phone: 412.471.8200
gholt@combinenet.com