Wayne, Pennsylvania
February 13, 2002

Planalytics Inc. today announced that Dow AgroSciences LLC, has signed an agreement to use Planalytics' Impact(SM) planning technologies to better understand and plan for the effects of weather on demand for its crop pest management products.

"Planalytics is helping us to understand the probability of future weather conditions affecting our strategic plans," said Jack Mitenbuler, Business Services Manager at Dow AgroSciences. "With an improved understanding of probable market conditions, we are better able to plan ahead and better able to provide high value service to our customers."

Dow AgroSciences LLC, based in Indianapolis, IN, is a global leader in providing pest management and biotechnology products that improve the quality and quantity of the earth's food supply and contribute to the safety, health, and quality of life of the world's growing population. Dow AgroSciences has approximately 6,000 people in over 50 countries dedicated to its business, and has worldwide sales of approximately US $3 billion. Dow AgroSciences LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company.

Wayne, PA-based Planalytics is a supply chain planning and optimization technology company that helps companies make more effective and profitable decisions by forecasting weather-driven changes in supply, demand and prices for products and services. Companies in all industries use Planalytics' technologies to avoid squandered opportunities and poor financial results caused by the unanticipated impact of weather volatility. Planalytics Impact LR(TM) provides retailers and manufacturers with knowledge of how weather has and will influence their business up to one year in advance in order to support more effective planning and forecasting, product distribution and allocation, and advertising and promotion timing.