Dear CSFBdirect Investor,

We are pleased to invite you to a live Webcast of Credit Suisse First Boston's Fourth Annual Technology Conference, November 27 - 30, 2001.

This year's conference includes four days of presentations featuring over 200 speakers discussing the current short-term and long-term status of their companies.  Keynote speakers from among the most influential names in the technology industry may include:

Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Computer Corporation
Jeff Bezos, Founder & CEO of Amazon.com, Inc.
Larry Carter, CFO of Cisco Systems, Inc.
Robert Pittman, Co-COO, AOL Time Warner Inc.
Andy Bryant, EVP & Chief Financial & Enterprise Services Officer, Intel Corporation

To access the Webcast, login to your CSFBdirect account, then select Live Fourth Annual CSFB Technology Conference Webcast from the "New at CSFBdirect" section of the Home page. An archived version of the conference will be available within two weeks of the event.

We hope you find this Webcast useful and informative.

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