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United Technologies Signs Exclusive Agreement with Legal, Business Information Providers
Thomson businesses Dialog and West Group to offer enterprise-wide information resource

EAGAN, Minn., September 5, 2001 — Two leading businesses within The Thomson Corporation have joined forces to bring United Technologies a total information solution. Dialog and West Group, both leading providers of Web-based information and technology resources to the corporate market, today announced that they will provide United Technologies with a comprehensive legal, business and current awareness information solution.

The agreement brings West Group's principal online research services and tools to corporate legal departments at United Technologies headquarters and to corporate counsel at its subsidiaries Pratt & Whitney, Carrier, Otis, International Fuel Cells, and Hamilton Sundstrand and Sikorsky. The agreement also expands the presence of Dialog at United Technologies, most prominently at United Technologies Research Center, a business unit that teams with other company businesses to anticipate and fulfill customer demands.

"West Group has superior content and a reputation for best-in-industry customer service," said Chuck Catania, supply manager for United Technologies. "Their proposal to team with Dialog to provide a single resource for our global information and research needs makes excellent business sense and provides a remarkable library of online content."

In the legal department, United Technologies will now use West Group's flagship legal research service, Westlaw®, which will allow its users fast and easy access to an unmatched collection of some 15,000 databases of information, including editorially enhanced cases, statutes, rules and regulations; legal periodicals; texts; and business news from around the world. West Group also will provide a customized user interface configured to put critical information at the fingertips of United Technologies attorneys. All West Group services can be individually tailored by United Technologies users to fit their research needs.

With companies worldwide and more than half of its 2000 revenues coming from outside the United States, United Technologies needs reliable legal and business information gathered from across a global marketplace. Westlaw has the legal industry's broadest collection of content from U.S. courts and also features a growing body of legal information from countries around the world. Dialog hosts more than 6 billion pages of business, scientific, engineering and financial information, accessible via the Internet or through delivery to enterprise intranets.

"We were able to approach United Technologies information needs holistically," said Jim Colantino, senior vice president of U.S. Sales at Dialog. "Working together, West Group and Dialog offered a comprehensive package of research materials and online publications, as well as the tools to serve up a total information solution."

"United Technologies' industry-leading businesses, best-of-class brands and international presence make it an excellent match for the global content and customizable user interface of Westlaw," said Tim Erblich, national director of Corporate Markets for West Group. "And West Group and Dialog together will provide a true one-stop shop for all their global research needs, bring the broadest collection of information and technology tools to support strategic decision-making, and help all United Technologies businesses keep a competitive edge."

About West Group:
Headquartered in Eagan, Minn., West Group is the foremost provider of e-information solutions to the U.S. legal market. West Group is a division of The Thomson Corporation (TSE: TOC). With 2000 revenues of approximately US$6 billion, Thomson is a leading global e-information and solutions company in the business and professional marketplace. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the Toronto and London stock exchanges. For more information, visit The Thomson Corporation at www.thomson.com. West Group was formed when West Publishing and Thomson Legal Publishing merged in June 1996. For more information, please visit West Group's Web site at www.westgroup.com.

About Dialog:
Dialog is the leading provider of online research services for business, law, finance, engineering and science professionals in more than 100 countries. Dialog has the world's premier online information collection, consisting of more than 12 terabytes, or more than 6 billion pages of text and 3 million images, all of which can be accessed via its powerful search engines in seconds.

About United Technologies Corp.:
United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Conn., provides a broad range of high-technology products and support services to the building and aerospace industries through its six subsidiaries: Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky, Otis, Carrier, Hamilton Sundstrand and International Fuel Cells. United Technologies Corp. was recently named a "Most Admired" company by Fortune magazine, based on its innovative spirit, social responsibility, employee talent and other criteria.

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Media Contact: Scott Augustin Senior Communications Specialist (651) 848-5793 scott.augustin@westgroup.com

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