Creates New Unit to Provide Comprehensive International Marketing Staffing Services

CHICAGO (July 25, 2005)—Aquent, the largest creative staffing firm in the world, today announced the acquisition of Corporate Project Resources, Inc. (CPRi), the largest national firm to deliver interim marketing staffing to Fortune 500 companies. The acquisition creates the largest marketing and creative staffing firm in the world, and will allow companies to meet virtually all of their global marketing staffing needs with a single, comprehensive resource.

“Aquent and CPRi are perfect complements for one another,” said John Chuang, CEO of Aquent. “With CPRi, we will be able to provide clients with a greater breadth of marketing talent for their needs on an international basis. We can now support the marketing staffing needs of nearly any company, whoever and wherever they are.”

Aquent provides Creative Services, IT, and Healthcare staffing support. CPRi, which will be renamed Aquent Marketing Staffing, has grown to become the largest provider of marketing staffing support in the United States, deploying more than 350 contractors per year. The union of Aquent and CPRi creates the largest collection of marketing and creative talent in the world, together deploying more than 10,000 contractors per year and enabling companies to tap a single resource for both strategic and tactical marketing support.

The new Aquent Marketing Staffing unit will be headquartered in Chicago. Sean Bisceglia, CEO of CPRi, will continue to be responsible for the growth and success of the business unit, which has grown more than 350% over the past three years to annual revenue of $25 million. He will report directly to John Chuang.

“Aquent and CPRi are alike in so many ways that it makes our coming together a perfect fit,” said Bisceglia. “The reason we have grown so quickly is that marketing departments increasingly realize the value we offer—the ability to consolidate and standardize the use of interim marketing staff to lower overhead, take advantage of flexible staffing options, and ensure quality control across international marketing departments.”

Aquent has more than sixty offices worldwide. CPRi currently has offices in Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, and New York . Over the next several months, Aquent Marketing Staffing will expand to ten more cities in which Aquent is located, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Tokyo, and London . Through market expansion and deeper client relationships, Aquent Marketing Staffing is expected to double revenue by the end of 2006.

The similarities between Aquent and CPRi extend to the benefits provided to its marketing consultants. While CPRi consultants benefit from a comprehensive healthcare package with 80% payment by CPRi, matching 401(K), and training and development opportunities, Aquent was the first company in the United States to offer comprehensive benefits to temporary employees, including a company-matching 401(K) plan.

About Aquent

Aquent is a global professional services firm that delivers staffing, consulting, and outsourcing solutions for Marketing and Creative Services, IT, and Healthcare. Through a network of more than sixty offices in sixteen countries, Aquent has made over 400,000 matches of contract and full-time professionals with client companies worldwide. The company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts . Please visit aquent.com for more information.

About CPRi

CPRi is the largest national firm to deliver interim marketing and creative insourcing to Fortune 500 companies, providing clients with flexible staffing services on an individual or departmental basis. With five regional offices and thousands of qualified marketers on call, the company supplies world-class organizations with experienced, high-caliber professionals specializing in data analysis, product/brand management, research, merchandising, event planning, marketing communications, and channel strategies.

Marketing veteran Sean Bisceglia acquired majority interest of CPRi in March of 2003. Since he assumed leadership, CPRi’s number of deployed marketing professionals has increased by fifty percent, and the client base has nearly tripled. For additional information on CPRi’s services and solutions, please visit www.cpri.com or call 800.650.0550.