To: Michael F. Donadio who wrote (638 ) 8/21/2000 1:13:24 PM From: Scrapps Respond to of 2404 Aware, Inc (ticker: AWRE, exchange: NASDAQ) News Release - Monday, August 21, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Individual Investor Magazine Ranks Aware Among Fastest-Growing Companies in U.S. BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2000--Aware, Inc., (NASDAQ:AWRE), will be recognized in the September issue of Individual Investor magazine as one of the 100 fastest growing companies in America. The publication's analysts annually rank the stocks of America's 100 top publicly traded companies based on growth in earnings per share. To be considered for this ranking, a company must have doubled its earnings growth year over year in one of the last four quarters. In addition, its revenue must have grown at least 25% year over year, and be projected to grow at least 25% per year over the next two years. "As a leading supplier of technology and software that unlocks the broadband potential of telephone lines, we are pleased to be distinguished among the fastest growing publicly traded companies in the U.S.," noted Michael Tzannes, president and chief executive officer of Aware. "This recent accolade from Individual Investor magazine speaks to the growing mass market appeal of our technology and our business model -- both of which have enabled us to deliver consistently strong EPS growth." Individual Investor magazine (circulation 500,000) is published and marketed by Individual Investor Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:INDI), an information service company. About Aware Aware, Inc. designs, develops, licenses and markets DSL technology that enables broadband communications over existing telephone networks. The company licenses its intellectual property and software to semiconductor manufacturers and equipment manufacturers who sell products incorporating Aware technology. Aware also markets to systems companies to encourage them to design its technology into their products, and to service providers to encourage them to deploy new broadband services based on its technology. More information about Aware can be found at aware.com . --30--kms/bos* CONTACT: Aware, Inc. Kristin Griffin 781/687-0500 kgriffin@aware.com