CAPITAL RESOURCE PARTNERS ANNOUNCES THE PROMOTION OF PAMELA B. BLISS TO PRINCIPAL

Boston, MA, October 3, 2001 - Capital Resource Partners ("CRP") announced today the promotion of Pamela B. Bliss to Principal. Pam Bliss joined CRP in 1998 as an Investment Manager and has worked on numerous investments in a range of industries including healthcare services, business and information services, and consumer products and services.

Capital Resource Partners is a $900 million private capital firm investing mezzanine and equity capital for later-stage growth, recapitalizations, and leveraged buyouts.

Prior to joining Capital Resource Partners, Pam worked at TA Associates, a $2 billion private equity firm. At TA, Pam focused on identifying, analyzing, and structuring equity investments in healthcare and business services companies. Prior to TA, she was an Equity Research Associate at Fidelity Management & Research Company, where she followed both international and domestic stocks. Pam's educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in History and French from Dartmouth College. In addition, she earned her Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 1999. Pam currently sits on the Board of Directors of Rowland Coffee Roasters, is a former Director of Loislaw, and has observer rights on another of CRP's portfolio companies, L'Occitane.

Capital Resource Partners is a private capital firm with over $900 million under management through four funds. Its current $425 million fund, Capital Resource Partners IV, invests $5 million to $30 million of mezzanine and equity capital for growth, leveraged buyouts, and recapitalizations in a wide range of industries.