ATLANTA, GA – April 4, 2005 – Cadence Group® is pleased to be selected as one of the Top 500 Women-Owned Businesses in the United States by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation’s primary resource portal for small businesses and large organizational buyers.

DiversityBusiness.com recently announced the Div500, the 5th annual listing of the nation’s top 500 women-owned businesses. Ranging in revenue size from $2.5 million to over $1 billion, the companies listed on the Div500 represent the nation’s top earners and challenge the long-held notion that women-owned businesses are small or insignificant.

Cadence Group was granted a special award at the 5th Annual Multicultural Business Conference, organized by DiversityBusiness.com. This conference was held March 30 to April 1, 2005, at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

Tina Baker, President and CEO of Cadence Group says, “We are proud to receive this special award and to be part of the DiversityBusiness.com 5th Annual Listing. Cadence Group is a WBE certified as a woman-owned business and strives to promote diversity in our own workplace as well as in the community we serve.”

About Cadence Group

Cadence Group was formed in 1988 and is a 60-person information management and competitive intelligence firm that helps its clients efficiently acquire qualified information, organize it for quick retrieval and disseminate it to a targeted audience. The company is headquartered in Atlanta with a satellite office in Washington, D.C. For more information about Cadence Group, go to //cadence-group.com or go to http://www.cg-research.com for information about Cadence Group’s new on-demand research service.

Additional Info:
Chad Damerell
CMO
Cadence Group
404.874.0544 x113
cdamerell@cadence-group.com

Tina Baker
President and CEO
Cadence Group
404.874.0544 x109
tbaker@cadence-group.com