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Nelson Information, Inc.

FILE-NAME: NELSON

FREQUENCY: Varies by source, see individual source descriptions.

CONTENT-SUMMARY:

Who's who?  Who's where?  Which analyst covers which stocks?  Nelson's
Investment Research gives you a research edge on over 22,000 stocks worldwide.
No one has more coverage than Nelson!

Complete analyst coverage assignments of over 7,500 research firms --
representing 1,000 offices and over 9,000 security analysts.

Profiles of over 9,000 U.S. and 13,000 non-U.S. public companies including
business description, 5-year operating summary, complete address, phone, and fax
numbers, plus over 100,000 key corporate executives.

NELSON is a group file containing all data also available in the following
files:

* NELCOM (Nelson's Public Company Profiles)
* NELRF  (Nelson's Research Firm Profiles)
* NELANC (Nelson's Analyst Company Coverage)
* NELERN (Nelson's Consensus Earnings Estimates)
* NELREP (Nelson's Research Report Headlines)
* NELSPE (Nelson's Speciality/Regional/Analyst Coverage)

The NELCOM, NELANC, NELREP and NELSPE files contain internal links to take the
user to data contained within other files.

NELCOM file contains 3 internal links which include:

<Analyst Coverage Rpt> which will link the user to the NELANC file and retrieve
the single document showing the names and firms of all analysts who cover this
stock.

<Research Report Headlines> which will link the user to the NELREP file and
retrieve the report headlines (containing selected pieces of information)
written by analysts who cover the stock.

<Consensus Earnings Statement> which will link the user to the NELERN file
and retrieve the consensus earnings statement for this stock.

NELREP contains an additional link which:

<Get other Industry Headlines> will link the user to additional headline reports
in the same file but these expand to cover the industry, specialty or
region instead of being limited to a specific company or stock.  NOTE:
Returned headlines appear in CITE mode.

NELANC contains 3 internal links (although the link to the NELRF file may
contain one or more) which include:

<Specialty/Regional Coverage> will link the user to the NELSPE file and
retrieve a listing of all analysts and firms that cover stocks for a
particular industry, specialty or region.

<All Industry Reports> will link the user to the NELREP file and will
display all headline reports for a particular industry, specialty or
region.

<Research Firm> will link the user to the NELRF file and will display the
company information on the research firm, broker or banking institution
that this analyst works for.  Note:  a link will appear for each analyst,
even if there is another analyst listed for the same firm.

NELSPE contains a single link to the the NELRF file.

<Research Firm> will link the user to the NELRF file and will display the
company information on the research firm, broker or banking institution that the
listed analyst works for.  NOTE: A link will appear for each firm.

NOTE: If you have questions about the Nelson's data or want to report changes,
please email data@nelnet.com or call 1-800-333-6357. Outside of the U.S., please
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COMPLETE FILE:
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Nelson's Company Research Reports
Nelson's Consensus Earnings Estimates
Nelson's Public Company Profiles
Nelson's Research Firm Profiles
Nelson's Specialty/Regional Coverage


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The following are codes and text used in the NELSON-CODE and INDUSTRY segments:

EC01 - U.S. Common Stocks
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EC07 - Convertibles/Preferreds
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EI26 - Footwear & Leather Products
EI27 - Restaurants/Hotels/Gaming
EI28 - Generalist
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EI35 - Jewelry & Watches
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EI38 - Metals & Mining
EI39 - Financial Svcs-Other
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EI44 - Packaging/Containers
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EI68 - Utilities-Natural Gas
EI69 - Utilities-Telephone
EI70 - Utilities-Water
EI71 - Waste Management
EI72 - Transportation-Shipping
EI73 - Trading Companies
EI74 - Small-cap ($50-$300 mil) Cos
EI75 - Micro-cap (under $50 mil) Cos
EI76 - Underfollowed Cos. (<3 Analysts)
EI77 - Trucks
EI78 - Financial Svcs-Equipment Leasing
EI79 - Energy-Alternative Sources
EI80 - Retail-Supermarkets
EI81 - Retail-Department Stores
EI82 - Retail-Drug Stores
EI83 - Retail-Discount & Variety Stores
EI84 - Retail-Other
ES05 - Large-cap
ES07 - Growth
ES17 - Quantitative Equity
FC01 - Cash/Equivalents
FC02 - Industrials
FC03 - GICs/BICs
FC04 - Treasuries
FC05 - Transportation Bonds
FC06 - Private Placements
FC07 - Agencies
FC08 - Utility Bonds
FC09 - Fixed Income Mutual Funds
FC10 - Asset-backed
FC11 - High Yield Bonds
FC12 - Mortgage-backed
FC13 - Floating Rate
FC14 - Municipal Bonds
FC15 - Yankees/Euros
FC16 - Banking/Finance
FC17 - Non-dollar Bonds
FC18 - General Fixed Income
FC19 - OTHER
FS03 - Quantitative Fixed Income
FS04 - Active Duration Management
FS05 - Interest Rate Forecasting
FS06 - Short Duration
FS08 - Intermediate Duration
FS11 - Long Duration
FS14 - Fixed Income Market Timing
FS16 - Non-U.S. Fixed Income Management
GE10 - United States
GE20 - Canada
GE30 - Asia - Developed Markets
GE31 - Australia
GE32 - Hong Kong
GE33 - Japan
GE34 - New Zealand
GE35 - Singapore
GE40 - Asia - Emerging Markets
GE41 - China
GE42 - India/Sri Lanka
GE43 - Indonesia
GE44 - Korea
GE45 - Malaysia
GE46 - Pakistan
GE47 - Philippines
GE48 - Taiwan
GE49 - Thailand
GE50 - Europe - Developed Markets
GE51 - Austria
GE52 - Benelux
GE53 - France
GE54 - Germany
GE55 - Italy
GE56 - Scandinavia
GE57 - Spain/Portugal
GE58 - Switzerland
GE59 - United Kingdom/Ireland
GE60 - Europe - Emerging Markets
GE61 - Bulgaria
GE62 - Czech Republic
GE63 - Greece
GE64 - Hungary
GE65 - Poland
GE66 - Romania
GE67 - Russia
GE68 - Slovakia
GE69 - Slovenia
GE70 - Latin America
GE71 - Argentina
GE72 - Belize
GE73 - Brazil
GE74 - Chile
GE75 - Colombia
GE76 - Mexico
GE77 - Panama
GE78 - Peru
GE79 - Venezuela
GE80 - Africa/Middle East
GE81 - Bahrain
GE82 - Botswana
GE83 - Israe
GE84 - Saudi Arabia
GE85 - South Africa
GE86 - Turkey
GE87 - Zambia
GE90 - Other Regions
GE91 - Global
GE92 - Bermuda
GE99 - OTHER
MC01 - All Asset Classes
MC16 - Defined Contribution
OR01 - Derivatives
OR02 - Economics
OR03 - Quantitative/Technical
OR04 - Portfolio Strategy
OR05 - Geopolitical Analysis
OR06 - Convertibles
OR07 - Currencies

Options for the PUBLICATION segment:

NELCOM - Nelson's Public Company Profiles
NELERN - Nelson's Consensus Earnings Estimates
NELREP - Nelson's Research Report Headlines OR
NELREP - Nelson's Industry/Region Research Report Headline
NELANC - Nelson's Analyst Company Coverage
NELRF - Nelson's Research Firm Profiles
NELSPE - Nelson's Specialty/Regional Analyst Coverage

Options for the PUB-TYPE segment:

NELCOM - Company Profile
NELERN - Earning Estimates
NELREP - Research Report or Research Report Headline (not company specific)
NELANC - Analyst Coverage Report
NELRF - Research Firm Profile
NELSPE - Specialty/Regional Coverage Report

SAMPLE-SEARCH:

COMPANY (ROYAL DUTCH PETRO!)

DOC-DESCRIPTION:


Search began by following the stock for Royal Dutch Petroleum. Navigated to the
Analysts Research Report Headlines (NELREP) and back; then on to the Consensus
Earning Statement (NELERN) and back; then on to the Analyst coverage document
(NELANC). From the Analyst coverage document, navigate to the Research Firm
Profile (NELRF) and back and finally to the Specialty/Regional/Analyst Coverage
document (NELSPE)

USE-TIPS:

Files are linked so it may be easier to start with a stock and navigate the
other files using the links.

HIER-LOC:
Area of Law - By Topic/Corporate/Search Industry & Company Reports/Analysts & Brokerage Research
Area of Law - By Topic/Financial Services Industry - Critical Issues/Related Industries View/M&A/Evaluate Risks & Conduct Due Diligence/Find Industry & Company Reports/Analysts & Brokerage Research
Area of Law - By Topic/Mergers & Acquisitions/Find Industry & Company Reports/Analysts & Brokerage Research
Area of Law - By Topic/Securities/Search Industry & Company Reports/Analysts & Brokerage Research
Company & Financial/Analysts & Brokerage Research

SAMPLE-DOC:


Step 1:

                           LEVEL 1 - 2 OF 2 RECORDS

<=1>  Return  <=2>  Analyst Coverage Rpt <=3>  Research Rpt Headlines

                  Copyright 1998 Nelson Information, Inc.
                       Nelson's Public Company Profiles

                 Royal Dutch Petroleum  Co. (New York Shares)
                         TICKER: RD  - EXCHANGE: NYSE

                          30 Carel van Bylandtlaan
                              The Hague 2596 HR
                                 Netherlands

                Telephone: 31 70 377-3395 Fax: 31 70 372-3115

LENGTH: 156 words

PUB-TYPE: Company Profile

****************************COMPANY INFORMATION*****************************

CUSIP: 780257804

SP500: YES

ADR-CO: YES

EMPLOYEES: 101,000

DESCRIPTION: Royal Dutch Petroleum owns 60% of the Royal Dutch/Shell group of
companies, which are involved in petroleum exploration, production, and
delivery.

NO-RESEARCH-FIRMS: 39

*************************** FINANCIAL INFORMATION ***************************

MARKET CAPITAL $: 115,663,326,000

LAST YEAR REVENUE $: 84,336,200,000

5-YEAR SALES/NET INCOME:

Year                        Sales $           Net Income $       $EPS

Last Year                    N/A                  N/A              N/A
2 years ago           84,336,200,000        3,409,431,000         1.59
3 years ago           64,848,600,000        1,081,425,000         4.90
4 years ago           79,173,700,000        3,821,700,000        17.98
5 years ago           74,368,200,000        2,664,000,000        12.53

<=4>  GO TO CONSENSUS EARNINGS ESTIMATES

***************************** PERSONNEL INFORMATION **************************

EXECUTIVES:
                                                       Age    Yrs with Firm
Sr. V. President: C.A.J. Herkstroter                    N/A          N/A
Invstr Relations: James C. Grapsi                       N/A          N/A

****************************** STOCK INFORMATION *****************************

NO-SHAREHOLDERS: N/A

SHARES OUTSTANDING: 2,144,296,000

****************************** OTHER INFORMATION *****************************

NELSON-ID: 391328

NELSON-CODE: 510 - Energy-Oil & Gas

LANGUAGE: English

LOAD-DATE: March 31, 1998


Step #2:


<=1>  Return

                  Copyright 1998 Nelson Information, Inc.
                      Nelson's Research Report Headlines

                        Royal Dutch Petrol. (NY Shrs)
                         TICKER: RD  - EXCHANGE: NYSE

LENGTH: 131 words

PUB-TYPE: Research Report

****************************** REPORT INFORMATION ****************************

REPORT-TYPE: Research Report

REPORT-DATE: 08/30/97

TITLE-HEADLINE: Evolution (not revolution) of the monster mollusk

NO-PAGES: 25

INDUSTRY: Energy-Oil & Gas
<=2>  Get other industry headlines

RESEARCH-FIRM: Lehman Brothers

ANALYSTS:
Shawn Reynolds
Wendy Anderson

ANALYST COVERAGE INITIATED WITH REPORT: NO

****************************** CURRENT INFORMATION *************************

CURRENT QUARTER: 4
CURRENT FISCAL YEAR: 98
NEXT FISCAL YEAR: 99

RECOMMENDATION REVISION: NO

EARNINGS ESTIMATE REVISION: YES

                         CURRENT QUARTER    CURRENT YEAR     NEXT YEAR

EPS ESTIMATE:                    N/A                3.05           3.61
CONSENSUS ESTIMATE:              N/A                2.48           2.81

******************************* RECOMMENDATIONS ******************************

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATION: Weak Buy (2.38)

CURRENT RECOMMENDATION: Neutral (3.0)

# OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN CONSENSUS: 20

BUY (1): 4
ACCUMULATE (2): 6
HOLD (3): 8
AVOID (4): 2
SELL (5): 0

****************************** OTHER INFORMATION *****************************

NELSON-ID:  391328

NELSON-CODE:  510  - Energy-Oil & Gas

NELSON-FIRM-ID: 107794

LANGUAGE: English

LOAD-DATE: April 3, 1998

Step #3

<=1>  Return

                  Copyright 1998 Nelson Information, Inc.
                    Nelson's Consensus Earnings Estimates

                        Royal Dutch Petrol. (NY Shrs)
                         TICKER: RD  - EXCHANGE: NYSE

                          30 Carel van Bylandtlaan
                              The Hague 2596 HR
                                 Netherlands

LENGTH: 240 words

PUB-TYPE: Earnings Estimates

FILING-DATE: 03/27/98

****************************COMPANY INFORMATION*****************************

CUSIP: 780257804

SP500: YES

ADR-CO: YES

US-CO: YES

CURRENCY: US$ (Netherlands)

FISCAL YEAR END DATE: 12/97

****************************** STOCK INFORMATION *****************************

HIGH: $ 59.44

LOW: $ 42.00

CLOSE: $ 58

SHARES OUTSTANDING: 2,144,296

LAST EPS REPORTED: 2.50e

CURRENT PRICE/EPS RATIO: 23.39

CURRENT INDUSTRY PRICE/EPS RATIO: 33.45

*************************** ESTIMATES BASED ON YEAR **************************

                                 CURRENT YEAR         NEXT YEAR
HIGH EPS:                              3.05               3.61
LOW EPS:                               2.10               2.30
MEAN EPS:                              2.48               2.81
MEAN OF LAST 3 ESTS.:                  2.57               2.72
MEDIAN EPS:                            2.47               2.78

CHANGE IN MEAN                   CURRENT YEAR         NEXT YEAR

OVER 1 MONTH:                        N/A                 N/A
OVER 3 MONTHS:                       N/A                 N/A
OVER 6 MONTHS:                       N/A                 N/A
OVER 1 WEEK:                         N/A                 N/A

NUMBER OF NEW ESTIMATES: N/A

NUMBER OF EPS ESTIMATES: 21

ESTIMATES:                   CURRENT YEAR          NEXT YEAR

REVISED UP (1 MONTH):                N/A                   1
REVISED DOWN (1 MONTH):                5                   2
UNCHANGED (1 MONTH):                  15                   5

************************ ESTIMATES BASED ON QUARTER **************************

QUARTER END: 3/98

ACTUAL EPS FROM PRIOR YEAR: N/A

NO. EPS ESTIMATES: 5

                             CURRENT QUARTER       NEXT QUARTER
HIGH EPS:                            N/A                N/A
LOW EPS:                             N/A                N/A
MEAN EPS:                            N/A                N/A
MEAN OF LAST 3 ESTS.:                N/A                N/A
MEDIAN EPS:                          N/A                N/A

CHANGE IN MEAN:            CURRENT QUARTER       NEXT QUARTER
OVER 1 MONTH:                         N/A                 N/A
OVER 3 MONTHS:                        N/A                 N/A
OVER 6 MONTHS:                        N/A                 N/A
OVER 1 WEEK:                          N/A                 N/A

******************************* RECOMMENDATIONS ******************************

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATION: Weak Buy

RECOMMENDATIONS TO BUY: 4
RECOMMENDATIONS TO ACCUMULATE: 6
RECOMMENDATIONS TO HOLD: 8
RECOMMENDATIONS TO AVOID: 2
RECOMMENDATIONS TO SELL: 0

****************************** OTHER INFORMATION *****************************

NOTICE:  Nelson's quarterly and annual consensus EPS is the mean (or straight
average) of all brokers' projected fully diluted EPS from continuing operations
issued or reconfirmed within the last 90 days for that quarter or year.

NELSON-ID:  391328

LANGUAGE: English

LOAD-DATE: March 31, 1998

Step # 4

<=1>  Return  <=2>  Retrieve specialty/region coverage  <=3>  Retrieve reports

                  Copyright 1998 Nelson Information, Inc.
                      Nelson's Analyst Company coverage

                        Royal Dutch Petrol. (NY Shrs)
                         TICKER: RD  - EXCHANGE: NYSE

LENGTH: 1590 words

PUB-TYPE: Analyst Coverage Report

************************* ANALYST COVERAGE INFORMATION ***********************

EQUITY-COVERAGE:


<=4>  A.G. Edwards, 314 955-3000
      http://www.agedwards.com
      Subash Chandra

<=5>  ABN AMRO, 44 171 601-0101
      http://www.abnamro.com
      Rod MacLean *

      Last Report: February 05, 1998

<=6>  ABN AMRO Incorporated, 212 314-1000
      http://www.abnamro.com
      Nobel Gulati

<=7>  Argus Research, 212 425-7500
      Gary F. Hovis

<=8>  Bear, Stearns, 212 272-2000
      http://www.bearstearns.com
      Frederick P. Leuffer *

      Last Report: August 14, 1997

<=9>  Bear, Stearns, 212 272-2000
      http://www.bearstearns.com
      Michelle D. Marlow

      <text deleted because of length of example>

<=49>  Williams de Broe, 44 171 588-7511
      Peter Hitchens

FIXED INCOME COVERAGE:


<=50>  Citicorp Securities, 212 559-1000
      James C. Gibbons

****************************** OTHER INFORMATION *****************************

NELSON-ID:  391328

NELSON-CODE:  510  - Energy-Oil & Gas

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LOAD-DATE: March 30, 1998


Step #5

<=1>  Return

                  Copyright 1998 Nelson Information, Inc.
                       Nelson's Research Firm Profiles

                           Citicorp Securities Inc.

                               399 Park Avenue
                              4th Floor/Zone 15
                              New York NY 10022
                                United States

                  Telephone: 212 559-1000 Fax: 212 793-4764

LENGTH: 111 words

PUB-TYPE: Research Firm Profile

************************* RESEARCH SERVICE INFORMATION ***********************

FIXED-INCOME: Company/Credit Research, Fundamental Research, High Yield,
Industry Research, Ind/Sect Comparisons, Quantitative, Bankruptcy/Distress

OTHER: Currency/FX, Futures/Options

RESEARCH-TOPICS: Economic Research

GEOGRAPHIC-AREAS: Canada, Mexico, United States, Russia, United Kingdom, Eastern
Europe, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Argentina, Peru, Egypt, Morocco,
South Africa, Turkey

FORMATS-AVAILABLE: Print/Hard Copy, Consultation, Fax, On-line

COMPENSATION-METHODS: Directed Commissions

***************************** PERSONNEL INFORMATION **************************

EXECUTIVES:
Margaret Cannella, Head of Fixed Income Research
Gordon Clancy, Head of Fixed Income
Edward Mangiarotti, Head of Inst'l Fixed Income Sales

****************************** OTHER INFORMATION *****************************

NELSON-FIRM-ID:  341269

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LOAD-DATE: March 30, 1998

Step #6

<=1>  Return

                  Copyright 1998 Nelson Information, Inc.
                 Nelson's Specialty/Regional Analyst Coverage

LENGTH: 9564 words

PUB-TYPE: Specialty/Regional Coverage Report

INDUSTRY:  Energy-Oil & Gas



<=2>  A.G. Edwards
      Mr. Ronald F. Londe
      Mr. Subash Chandra
      Mr. Joseph M. Culp
      Mr. Daniel M. Fidell

<=3>  AB Asesores
      Mr. Luis Prota

<=4>  ABN AMRO
      Ms. Rachel Beaver
      Mr. Marco Cipelletti
      Mr. John Bessant-Jones
      Ms. Elena Clarici
      Dr. Irene Himona
      Mr. Garry Duncan
      Mr. Myles McDougall
      Mr. Rod MacLean
      Mr. Thomas P. Lloyd
      Mr. Brendan Wilders
      Mr. Andrew Whittock
      Mr. Thierry Lefrancois

      <text deleted because of length of example>

<=289>  Williams de Broe
       Mr. Barney Gray
       Mr. Peter Hitchens

<=290>  Worldsec International Ltd.
       Mr. Ravind Thanabalasingam
        G. Wanida

<=291>  Yorkton Securities
       Mr. J. Timothy Bowes
       Mr. Brian L. Ward
       Mr. Jeffrey Fiell

****************************** OTHER INFORMATION *****************************

NELSON-CODE: EI42 - Energy-Oil & Gas

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LOAD-DATE: April 2, 1998