Credit Suisse Asset Management hires analyst to cover European

Credit Suisse Asset Management hires analyst to cover European Retailing and Luxury Goods sectors London, 13 May 2002 - Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) announced today the hiring of Jeremy Richardson who will join the equity research team to cover the European Retailing and Luxury Goods sectors effective May 13, 2002. Richardson will report to Ella Brown, Head of European Equity Research based in London. He joins Credit Suisse Asset Management after spending 5 years at Schroders Investment Management's equity research department. Prior to Schroders, Richardson spent four years with Price Waterhouse and during his time there qualified for the ACA designation. Richardson joins CSAM's 15 analyst European research team which covers all European equity sectors. This completes the coverage of all European sectors. This research team supports CSAM's portfolio management team, which includes professionals based in London, Zurich, Frankfurt, Paris, Milan and New York. Notes to editors: Credit Suisse Asset Management is the institutional and mutual fund asset management arm of Credit Suisse First Boston, part of the Credit Suisse Group, one of the world's largest financial organizations with approximately USD 851 billion in assets under management. Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) is a leading global investment bank serving institutional, corporate, government and individual clients. CSFB's businesses include securities underwriting, sales and trading, investment banking, private equity, financial advisory services, investment research, venture capital, correspondent brokerage services and asset management. CSFB operates in over 89 locations across more than 37 countries on 6 continents. For more information on Credit Suisse First Boston, please visit our Web site at http://www.csfb.com. As of December 31, 2001, Credit Suisse Asset Management employed 2,395 people worldwide and had global assets under management of approximately USD 303.7 billion. Please note that this is not an offer for advisory services by Credit Suisse Asset Management. For more information on Credit Suisse Asset Management, please visit our Web site at http://www.csam.com. Press Contacts: Mark Dailey, CSAM Global Corporate Communications 44 20 7426 2801 Louise Dolan, Financial Dynamics Business Communications 44 20 7831 3113 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/05/13/20020513BIT00470/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/05/13/20020513BIT00470/wkr0002.pdf