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IRI Shareholders Urged to Tender Shares Before Expiration of Gingko's Subsequent Offering Period on November 21, 2003 Consideration for Non-Tendering Shareholders may Be Delayed 60-90 Days Until The Merger if They Fail to Tender by This Friday PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gingko Acquisition Corp. (Gingko) urged all remaining holders of shares of common stock of Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) to tender all of their shares before the expiration of the current subsequent offering period at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on November 21, 2003. All shares properly tendered during the subsequent offering period will be accepted when tendered, and tendering stockholders will be issued one CVR, and be paid $3.30 in cash, per share promptly following acceptance. This is the same consideration that Gingko paid to IRI shareholders who tendered into Gingko's original offering period. If Gingko does not own at least 90% of the outstanding IRI shares (or a sufficient number to permit Gingko to exercise its top-up option) at the expiration of the subsequent offering period, non-tendering stockholders would likely have to wait approximately 60 to 90 days to receive in the merger the same offer price described above. IRI stockholders who have not already tendered their shares, but want to be sure to receive this same offer price more quickly, should tender their shares before the expiration of the subsequent offering period. No shares tendered in the subsequent offering period may be withdrawn after having been tendered. After the expiration of the subsequent offering period, IRI and Gingko are expected to merge, and Gingko's parent corporation currently owns a sufficient number of IRI's outstanding common shares to ensure approval of this merger. Pursuant to the merger, all remaining and non-dissenting IRI stockholders who did not tender their shares in the original tender offer period would receive the same CVR and $3.30 in cash per share that were issued and paid in the tender offer. Stockholders are urged to tender their shares during the subsequent offering period, so that they need not be forced to wait approximately 60 to 90 days to receive Gingko's same offer price in the merger. For more information, please contact the Information Agent for the offer, acKenzie Partners, Inc. at 800-322-2885 or 212-929-5500, attn: Dan Burch, Bob arese or Charles Koons. About Gingko Acquisition Corp. Gingko Acquisition Corp. is a company formed by Symphony Technology II-A, .P. and affiliates of Tennenbaum & Co., LLC. About Symphony Technology Group, LLC Symphony is a leading investor in enterprise software and services ompanies. Led by entrepreneurs and executives with strong track records and eep experience in strategy and operations, Symphony invests in companies that re or can become market leaders. Symphony applies its strategic and perational expertise and capital to enable the business transformation of its ortfolio companies. Through its portfolio company, SymphonyRPM, Symphony also provides roprietary performance management solutions and software for the real-time nterprise: solutions that can help CPG manufacturers and retailers deliver he business outcomes they most care about such as revenue, margins and ustomer satisfaction by enabling and automating the analysis, and integration f enormous quantities of data from retailers and from internal ERP and legacy ystems, by making it easier to expand the use of marketing data throughout he company, and by linking marketing decisions to sales, operations and verall financial performance. More information is available at ww.symphonytg.com. About Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC is a private investment company based in os Angeles that invests across the capital structure in both debt and equity f publicly traded and private companies. The firm currently has approximately 1.7 billion in long-term capital under management and primarily invests in ompanies in transition where traditional sources of capital are not readily vailable. More information is available at http://www.tennenco.com/. About IRI IRI is a leading provider of UPC scanner- and panel-based business olutions to the consumer packaged goods and healthcare industries, offering ervices in the U.S., Europe and other international markets. IRI supplies CPG nd pharmaceutical manufacturers, retailers, and brokers with information and nalysis critical to their sales, marketing, and supply chain operations. IRI rovides services designed to deliver value through an enhanced understanding f the consumer to a majority of the Fortune 500 companies in the CPG industry. ore information is available at http://www.infores.com/. Certain Additional Information for Stockholders The solicitation and offer to purchase Information Resources, Inc. common tock is only made pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated September 8, 2003 nd related materials (including the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and reliminary prospectus dated September 8, 2003 of Information Resources, Inc. itigation Contingent Payment Rights Trust), each as amended from time to time. tockholders should read these materials carefully because they contain mportant information, including the terms and conditions of the tender offer. tockholders can obtain the Offer to Purchase and related materials at no cost rom the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/ or from MacKenzie Partners, the nformation Agent for the tender offer. Forward-Looking Statements This document contains certain forward-looking statements about IRI, ingko and/or the ACNielsen lawsuit and the CVRs. When used in this document, he words "anticipates," "may," "can," "believes," "expects," "projects," intends," "likely," and similar expressions (and any statements at all elating to CVR or lawsuit proceeds and taxes at the time of any CVR istribution) as they relate to IRI, Gingko, the management of either such ompany, the transaction, the ACNielsen lawsuit or the CVRs are intended to dentify those assertions as forward-looking statements. In making any such tatements, the person making them believes that its expectations are based on easonable assumptions. However, any such statement may be influenced by actors that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially ifferent from those projected or anticipated. These forward-looking tatements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties. There are various mportant factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from hose in any such forward-looking statements, many of which are beyond the ontrol of IRI, Gingko, and Symphony, including: the impact of general conomic conditions in regions in which IRI currently does business, industry onditions, including competition, data availability and cost and the ability o renew existing customer contracts and relationships; fluctuations in xchange rates and currency values; capital expenditure requirements; egislative or regulatory requirements, changes in the tax laws, interest ates; access to capital markets; and the timing of and any value to be eceived in connection with the ACNielsen lawsuit and the CVRs. The actual esults or performance by IRI or Gingko, and the actual proceeds (if any) to e received by IRI in respect of the ACNielsen lawsuit or the CVRs, could iffer materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these orward-looking statements. Accordingly, no assurances can be given that any f the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or ccur, or if any of them do so, what impact they will have on the results of perations and financial condition of IRI or Gingko or the outcome of the CNielsen lawsuit or the proceeds to be received in respect of the CVRs. DATASOURCE: Gingko Acquisition Corp. CONTACT: Media - Bill Chisholm for Gingko Acquisition Corp. or Symphony Technology Group, LLC, +1-650-935-9500, ; or Charlie Koons of MacKenzie Partners, +1-212-929-5500, , for Gingko Acquisition Corp. Web site: http://www.tennenco.com/ http://www.infores.com/

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