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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONVINCER SCORES EX-95

DEFOREST, WISCONSIN -- October 11, 2002 - 29 H8343 Wa-Del CONVINCER-ET was recently scored at EX-95 at 8 years 7 months.

"On a committee bull, first impression is everything and CONVINCER's first impression was his extreme dairy quality and overall he is a well balanced bull," says John Connor, Executive Director of Classification for Holstein Association USA, Inc. "I let my staff of classifiers know the day I scored CONVINCER that they can share with confidence that he is a bull that lives up to his impressive reputation."

Thirteen other ABS bulls were also classified with an average score of VG-86. Most impressive of that group was 94HO10848 DISTRIGENE, a 94HO8410 RED MARKER son, who classified VG-88 at 2 years 4 months. Other bulls scored for the first time were 29HO9917 TREVY-P-ET at EX-90, 29HO9685 OZZIE at VG-88, and 94HO10276 DUNDEE at VG-87.

"CONVINCER's elite classification score of EX-95 and his strong second crop proof gives us real confidence in his ability to sire long life daughters with appealing type," states Scott Bentley, Dairy Product Manager. "He is easily one of the most impressive bulls in the ABS barn today."

Headquartered in DeForest, Wisconsin, ABS Global is the world-leading provider of bovine genetics, reproduction services, technologies and uddercare products. Marketing in more than 70 countries around the globe, ABS has been at the forefront of animal genetics and technology since its founding in 1941. ABS Global is part of Genus Breeding, a division of Genus plc.

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