TEXTRON AWARDS ACTIO CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS CONTRACT

MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR GLOBAL GIANT SELECTS ACTIO’S SAAS SOLUTIONS FOR MANAGING COMPLIANCE THROUGHOUT THE ENTERPRISE

Hampton, NH—November 10, 2004—Actio Corporation today announced that Providence based Textron, has selected Actio to provide chemical management solutions to Textron and their subsidiaries. Under the five year agreement, Actio will provide MSDS management services, regulatory reporting services and inventory tracking with their portfolio of chemical management solutions. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

“Textron undertook a comprehensive analysis of all service providers in the chemical management sphere and selected Actio because of the breadth of applications, and quality of our hosted content. MSDS Vault is the only database driven MSDS solution that lets customer’s leverage the data contained in the MSDS, for a variety of purposes,” stated Chris Nowak, business development manager for Actio Corporation. “Textron’s adoption of Actio technology continues to validate our model of outsourced chemical management services delivered as an ASP.”

About Textron, Inc.

Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) is a $10 billion multi-industry company with more than 43,000 employees in 40 countries. The company leverages its global network of aircraft, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell Helicopter, Cessna Aircraft, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO and Greenlee, among others. More information is available at www.textron.com.

About Actio Corporation

Since 1996, Actio has been helping companies and millions of their employees, in a wide range of industries, cost-effectively manage the complexities surrounding the use of chemicals in the workplace. Actio is a leading business service provider for chemical lifecycle management. Our chemical management portfolio manages all phases of the chemical life cycle, enables corporations to use a "best practices" approach to chemical handling and manages the regulatory requirements surrounding the use of chemicals in the workplace. For more information about Actio Corporation, visit www.actiocms.com.

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