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Harland Analytical Services Signs Wilmington Trust to Use Stratics(TM) Stratics(TM) models chosen as a tool for helping to expand existing customer relationships. ATLANTA, Dec. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Harland Analytical Services today announced that it has signed Wilmington Trust Company to use its Stratics(TM) Purchase Potential Model (PPM) Indicators. Harland Analytical Services is part of John H. Harland Company Wilmington Trust hopes to gain strategic insight by using Stratics to help determine its retail banking clients' purchasing propensities. "We are excited by the possibilities that Stratics provides us," said Rebecca DePorte, senior vice president of Personal Financial Services for Wilmington Trust. "Today's competitive marketplace calls for advanced targeting techniques to offer our clients what they need. We believe that Stratics will give us the additional insight to help identify those needs." "We look forward to the results from Wilmington Trust's marketing campaigns using Stratics," said Paul Citarella, Harland Analytical Services general manager, "We are confident that Stratics will help Wilmington Trust achieve its marketing objectives." The Stratics suite of Retail Bank Model Indicators Stratics is a suite of highly predictive customer behavioral business intelligence tools that enable financial institutions to implement proven attrition and cross sell strategies. Harland Analytical Services' unique approach is based on a combination of proven, proprietary, universal model indicators (using Data Warehouse and MCIF data plus our 131 million record peer database), tailored to our customers' individual needs. The innovative Stratics indicators offered by Harland Analytical Services include the following: The Stratics Attrition Predictor Indicators assess the risk of significant balance diminishment or account closure, including Total Household Deposit Attrition; Total Liquid Deposit Attrition; and Revolving Credit Balance Attrition. The Stratics Purchase Propensity Indicators predict relative propensity to purchase specific banking products over a wide variety of banking products, such as traditional liquid and timed products like checking and CD, as well as non-traditional products such as insurance and bill pay. The Customer Value Segmentation Indicators provide a multi-dimensional, comprehensive assessment of customer value based on the propensity to purchase additional products, as well as the risk of attrition of deposit or revolving credit balances. For more information on Stratics products and services, contact Harland - Analytical Services at 1-800-723-2580 ext. 5199 or 770-593-5199 (inside Georgia). About Harland Atlanta-based John H. Harland Company (NYSE:JH)( http://www.harland.net/ ) is a leading provider of software and printed products to the financial and educational markets. Harland Financial Solutions, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary ( http://www.harlandfinancialsolutions.com/ ), supplies software and services, including customer relationship management, deposit and loan origination, core systems and mortgage services to thousands of financial institutions of all sizes. Harland's printed products offerings include checks, direct marketing and financial forms. Scantron Corporation ( http://www.scantron.com/ ), a wholly owned subsidiary, is a leading provider of both paper and electronic-based services and systems for the collection, management and interpretation of data to the financial, commercial and educational markets. About Wilmington Trust Wilmington Trust Corporation (NYSE:WL) is a financial services holding company that provides wealth management and specialized corporate services to clients throughout the U.S. and in more than 50 other countries, as well as retail and commercial banking services throughout the Delaware Valley region. Wilmington Trust and its affiliates have offices in California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, the Cayman Islands, the Channel Islands and London, and other affiliates in Dublin and Milan. For more information, visit http://www.wilmingtontrust.com/ . This press release contains statements, which may constitute "forward- looking statements." These statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of John H. Harland Company and members of its respective management, as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties and that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. Reference is made to the Risk Factors and Cautionary Statements in Harland's Form 10-K and Form 10-Q filed under the Securities Exchange Act. DATASOURCE: John H. Harland Company CONTACT: John Pensec, Director of Corporate Communications of John H. Harland Company, +1-770-593-5443, or Web site: http://www.harland.net/ http://www.wilmingtontrust.com/ http://www.harlandfinancialsolutions.com/ http://www.scantron.com/

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