United Biscuits Selects A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions Auction, Request For Proposal and Supply Market Solutions Technology

The Follow-On, One-Year Contract Was Awarded After Competitive Pilot Program and Extends A. T. Kearney Procurement Solutions Relationship with Leading Multi-National Snack Food Company

PLANO, Texas (March 28, 2002) A.T. Kearney today announced that eSourcing technology leader eBreviate, a unit of A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions, won a competitive contract to provide online auctions, request for proposal and supply market solutions to United Biscuits, a leading name in biscuit and snack foods in Western Europe.

A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions is part of global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney, a subsidiary of services leader EDS (NYSE: EDS).

The annual contract was signed after United Biscuits simultaneously tested two separate eSourcing providers' technology – eBreviate and FreeMarkets. The pilots were used to source a variety of goods and services including communication devices, electrical services, food products and non-durable goods. The contract provides United Biscuits unlimited use of eBreviate's Auction and Request For Proposal technologies as well as access to web-enabled sourcing expertise through Supply Market Solutions. In addition, the company plans to utilize eBreviate Academy, eBreviate's computer-based training. Through pan-European education, United Biscuits will embed the eBreviate technology into its online procurement process.

“We have been extremely pleased with eBreviate's technology,” said Kevin McGurk, operational services director at United Biscuits. “After assessing the eSourcing marketplace, we chose eBreviate because their service offering provided United Biscuits with a robust, leading edge eSourcing solution which complements our Strategic Sourcing approach whether it be on a global or regional basis.”

“We are pleased to have delivered exceptional results to United Biscuits,” said Luke Saban, chief operating officer of eBreviate. “Delivering quantifiable results makes it easy for our clients to justify deepening their relationships with us.”

About A.T. Kearney
A.T. Kearney (www.atkearney.com)is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing management consulting firms. With a global presence that includes more than 60 offices in 37 countries, spanning major and emerging markets, A.T. Kearney provides strategic, operational, organizational and technology consulting and executive search services to the world's leading companies. A.T. Kearney is the high-value management consulting subsidiary of global services leader EDS.

A.T. Kearney is a market leader in strategic sourcing and procurement consulting, having helped clients save more than $12 billion annually since 1995 on more than $100 billion in annual purchases across 3,000 purchased categories. A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions augments A.T. Kearney's strategic procurement consulting by providing technology-driven services that enable companies to remove time, cost and inefficiency from the procurement cycle. An integral part of A.T.
Kearney Procurement Solutions is eBreviate (www.ebreviate.com), a leading provider of eSourcing
technology and services. eBreviate combines leading-edge technology with market-driven content and in-field services to deliver the best integrated and automated eSourcing solutions to global businesses, governments and net markets.

About EDS
EDS, the leading global services company, provides strategy, implementation and hosting for clients managing the business and technology complexities of the digital economy. EDS brings together the world's best technologies to address critical client business imperatives. It helps clients eliminate boundaries, collaborate in new ways, establish their customers' trust and continuously seek improvement. EDS, with its management-consulting subsidiary, A.T. Kearney, serves the world's
leading companies and governments in 60 countries. EDS reported revenues of $21.5 billion in 2001. The company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: EDS) and the London Stock Exchange. Learn more at www.eds.com.

# # #