Article: Royal Mail Drives Major Cost Savings Through FreeMarkets; UK Postal Service Achieves Significant Return on Investment Using FreeMarkets Global Supply Management Solutions.

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PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 2003

FreeMarkets, Inc. (Nasdaq:FMKT), the leading provider of global supply management (GSM) solutions, today announced that it is working with Royal Mail Group plc, the United Kingdom's public mail service company. Under the terms of a recently signed agreement, Royal Mail is using FreeMarkets' GSM solutions, including FreeMarkets(R) FullSource(TM), FreeMarkets(R) QS(TM) and supporting services, to lower its costs and reduce supply risk. The agreement follows the completion of a successful pilot project.

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