strategically competitive, global real estate information company. Stewart provides title insurance and related services through more than 8,000 issuing locations in the United States as well as several International markets. With headquarters in Houston, Texas, Stewart is an expanding global company committed to delivering state-of-the-art real estate information services, software and solutions to its clients, and shareholder value to its investors.

Stewart is committed to growth, focusing on commercial services, agency acquisitions and international markets. Stewart returned to the Forbes Platinum 400 list of America's best-performing big companies for 2001 and 2002, topping the 20 insurance companies on the list for the highest five-year average growth in earnings per share, and also was listed for 2003. In addition, Stewart again was listed in 2003 on the FORTUNE 1000, jumping from 941 to 732. Stewart is also on Standard & Poor's SmallCap 600 Index. More information about Stewart and its affiliates can be found at www.stewart.com.