Salt Lake City, Utah; July 13, 1992--Franklin Quest Co., a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol FNQ), acquired NewQuest Technologies, Inc. in April of 1992. Franklin Quest Co. (formerly Franklin International Institute, Inc.) is a leading provider of training seminars and products designed to improve individual productivity through effective time management. NewQuest Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of personal productivity software and hardware products. NewQuest is best known for Ascend, a Windows and Macintosh-based personal information manager. Prior to the acquisition, Franklin owned a minority interest in NewQuest, but in April acquired 100% of the NewQuest stock for an undisclosed amount of stock and cash. Franklin has merged NewQuest into their operation as Franklin's Technology Department. Franklin has dropped the NewQuest name and will be marketing NewQuest products under the Franklin Quest Co. name. "We are very excited about the acquisition," commented Kevin Carmony, past President of NewQuest and now vice President of Technology for Franklin. "The resources of a large, publicly-traded company will help us to even more aggressively develop and market leading edge products." Robert Pedersen, Senior Vice President for Franklin stated, "Ascend and the other technology products offered by NewQuest became such an integral part of what Franklin was doing, the acquisition was extremely important to us. You will see this new Technology Department play a very important role in the future of Franklin." Franklin is based in Salt Lake City, Utah and can be reached at 1-801-975-9992. +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | From the America Online - New Product Information Services | +===============================================================+ | This information was processed from data provided by the | | above mentioned company. For additional details, contact the | | company at the address or telephone number indicated above. | | All submissions for this service should be addressed to | | BAKER ENTERPRISES, 20 Ferro Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080 U.S.A. | +---------------------------------------------------------------+