DeMarche Announces 
Top 100 Companies in the United States for 2007

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Investment consultant DeMarche Associates, Inc., has announced their newest list of the top 100 companies for the year ending December 31, 2007. The program, launched five years ago, recognizes the "Best 100" U.S. companies for operating performance that significantly improves shareholder value.

Based on proprietary research and analysis of each company's fundamentals, these 100 organizations are recognized as the best companies - categorized by industry - for achieving regular performance within the top three percent of all major U.S. corporations. This status also recognizes the highly successful management of growth and risk factors, as measured by DeMarche's exclusive migration technique to attain consistency in fundamental shareholder value.

For a complete list of winners, please see the link on the right.

Performance of the Best 100 in 2006 was 25.3 percent vs. 10.8 percent for the DeMarche 3000, for the 3 years ending 12/31/2007, trading the Best 100 as a portfolio, it was up 26.0 percent vs. 12.5 percent.

	Average Return over last 1 YR	Average Return over last 3 YRS
Best 100	25.3%	26.0%
DeMarche 3,000	10.8	12.5

Complete List of Winners