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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                   FORM 10-K
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(MARK ONE)
      [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                  FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000

      [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                         COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-27555
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                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

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          (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION                           (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
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      4501 INTELCO LOOP, LACEY, WASHINGTON                            98503
    (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE)                         (ZIP CODE)
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                                 (360) 493-6000
              (REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)

      Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act: None

         Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:

                         COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE
                                (TITLE OF CLASS)

     Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes [X]  No [ ]

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K.  [ ]

     Based on the closing price on January 31, 2001 of $26.38 per share, the
aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the
Registrant was $680,422,479 for Common Stock.

     At January 31, 2001, 32,163,301 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per
share, were outstanding.

                      DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

     PART III, Items 10, 11, 12 and 13 are incorporated by reference from the
Illuminet Holdings, Inc. Proxy Statement related to the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be held on May 4, 2001.

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                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

                                   FORM 10-K
                      FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000

                                     INDEX

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                                   PART I

Item 1.   Business....................................................    3
Item 2.   Properties..................................................   21
Item 3.   Legal Proceedings...........................................   21
Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.........   21

                                  PART II

Item 5.   Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related
          Stockholder Matters.........................................   22
Item 6.   Selected Consolidated Financial Data........................   23
Item 7.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
          and Results of Operations...................................   25
Item 7A.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
          Risk........................................................   31
Item 8.   Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.................   31
Item 9.   Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting
          and Financial Disclosure....................................   31

                                  PART III

Item 10.  Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant..........   32
Item 11.  Executive Compensation......................................   32
Item 12.  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
          Management..................................................   32
Item 13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions..............   32

                                  PART IV

Item 14.  Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form
          8-K.........................................................   32
Signatures............................................................   33
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.....  F-1
Exhibit Index.........................................................  E-1
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                                     PART I

ITEM 1: BUSINESS

     In this annual report, "we," "us" or "Illuminet" refers to Illuminet
Holdings, Inc., together with its predecessors and subsidiaries, including
National Telemanagement Corporation, unless the context requires otherwise.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

     We have made forward-looking statements in this document, including the
section entitled "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations," based on our management's beliefs and assumptions
and on information currently available to our management. Forward-looking
statements include the information concerning our possible or assumed future
results of operations, business strategies, financing plans, competitive
position, potential growth opportunities and the effects of competition.
Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts
and can be identified by the use of forward-looking terms such as the words
"believes," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "estimates" or similar
expressions.

     Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions.
Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in these
forward-looking statements. You should not put undue reliance on any
forward-looking statements. We will not update forward-looking statements.

     You should understand that many important factors could cause our results
to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. These
factors include our ability to provide reliable services, the impact of any
network outages, the ability of third party communications infrastructure
suppliers to maintain operational integrity of our connections and to continue
to provide and expand service to us, our ability to effectively and cost
efficiently acquire and integrate complimentary businesses and technologies,
continued acceptance of our SS7 network and the telecommunications market's
continuing use of SS7 technology, our ability to attract and retain employees
with requisite skills to execute our growth plans, intense competition in the
market for SS7 services and pricing pressures caused by competition and industry
consolidation. All written and oral forward-looking statements made in
connection with this Form 10-K which are attributable to Illuminet or persons
acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by "Risks and
Uncertainties" and other cautionary statements and disclosures regarding our
business included herein.

OVERVIEW

     We operate the largest unaffiliated SS7 network in the United States and
are a leading provider of complementary intelligent network and SS7 services to
telecommunications carriers. Connection to our network gives carriers access to
the system of signaling networks of nearly the entire U.S. public-switched
telecommunications infrastructure through a single source. The provision of SS7
network services is our primary focus and we are not affiliated with any
telecommunications carrier. Additionally, we operate a separate IP-based network
that we use for the delivery of some of our wireless services.

     SS7 is the industry standard used by almost every switched telephone
network operator in the United States and Canada to identify available network
routes and designate the circuits to be used for each individual telephone call.
SS7 networks also provide access to intelligent network services, such as caller
identification, calling card validation and other specialized database access
functions, all of which are performed in the seconds it takes to complete a
call. SS7 networks are specialized packet-switched data networks that provide
these control functions and services in parallel with separate voice networks.
Recently, we have taken the initial steps to integrate Internet-protocol network
functionality with our SS7 network capabilities to serve Internet protocol-based
carriers.

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     Through our networks, we provide:

     - SS7 connectivity, switching and transport;

     - intelligent network services, including calling name delivery, local
       number portability and support for roaming between wireless carriers and
       various other specialized database services; and

     - prepaid wireless account management and unregistered wireless roaming
       services.

     Also, we serve the telecommunications industry with:

     - clearinghouse services to facilitate payment among telecommunications
       carriers; and

     - network usage software applications.

     Our SS7 network is composed of specialized SS7 switches, sophisticated
computers and databases strategically located across the country. These elements
interconnect our customers and all of the largest U.S. telecommunications
carriers through leased lines. Our network serves incumbent local exchange
carriers, competitive local exchange carriers, long distance companies, wireless
telecommunications providers and Internet service providers

     Our SS7 network today consists of 13 mated pairs of SS7 signal transfer
points, which are specialized switches that manage SS7 signaling, and into which
our customers connect via leased lines. We own six pairs and lease capacity on
seven pairs of SS7 signal transfer points from regional partners. The
combination of these regional partner signaling transfer points with our own
provides us with one of the most extensive inter-carrier SS7 networks in the
United States.

     Our wireless account management network has over 200 locations at our
customers' mobile telephone switching offices in over 900 markets in the United
States. In locations where we do not have equipment servicing a mobile telephone
switching office, we utilize remote switching units to link to our network.

     Overall, we provide services, including intelligent network services and
wireless account management services, to over 800 customers.

COMPETITIVE STRENGTHS

     Our competitive strengths include:

     - Single source to SS7 network and intelligent network services. We provide
       our customers cost-effective connectivity to the signaling networks of
       nearly the entire U.S. public-switched telecommunications infrastructure
       and an array of network-enabled services through a single source. We
       believe most of our customers choose not to build in-house SS7 networks
       due to the significant capital and technical expertise required to
       install and manage necessary SS7 connections with the largest U.S.
       telecommunications carriers.

     - Established customer relationships based on independence and
       neutrality. As the largest non-carrier affiliated SS7 network provider,
       we have fostered business relationships with AT&T, WorldCom, Sprint, all
       of the regional Bell operating companies, many major competitive local
       exchange carriers and a significant number of wireless operators,
       independent telephone companies and interexchange carriers. Our customers
       consider the subscriber information we manage for them to be
       confidential, and we believe that our independence and neutrality
       significantly enhance our attractiveness as a provider of outsourced SS7
       services. In addition, our established relationships provide us with the
       opportunity to sell additional services to a broad base of customers
       while limiting our dependence on any single customer. We believe that the
       need for such broad relationships poses a significant barrier to entry
       for other potential SS7 service providers.

     - Proven business model with stable and recurring revenue streams. Our
       networks provide us with a profitable base of recurring service revenue.
       We believe this recurring revenue stream gives us greater clarity as to
       our projected financial performance and future capital needs and
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       planning processes. We also believe that the costs incurred by a carrier
       in moving to a competitor's SS7 network are relatively high, further
       strengthening the stability of our revenue base.

     - Ability to leverage our existing SS7 network platform to offer new and
       innovative services. Our SS7 network design is advanced and flexible,
       which enables us to rapidly add services to our existing offerings with
       limited service disruptions or additional costs. We have added and expect
       to continue to add new services which we believe will complement the
       services we currently provide to existing customers, and therefore
       increase revenues per customer, as well as help us add new customers.

     - Ability to leverage our OSS interconnection services platform to provide
       additional services. We believe our OSS interconnection services platform
       and established interfaces with multiple carriers to facilitate
       communication among their back office or operational support systems
       ("OSS"), will enable us to provide additional services to existing
       customers and to attract new customers. Because of the complexity of
       establishing intercarrier interfaces, we believe there is a growing need
       for outsourced OSS mediation and that we are well equipped to provide
       these services. The platform is currently being tested by certain
       potential customers.

     - Positioned to be the SS7 service provider of choice to Internet
       protocol-based carriers. As one of the largest providers of outsourced
       SS7 and intelligent network services in the United States, we are
       strategically positioned to provide those services to emerging Internet
       protocol-based carriers who must access existing public-switched
       telecommunications networks to serve their rapidly growing customer
       bases. Emerging packet-based carriers need access to the signaling-based
       services that are used by traditional circuit-based telecommunications
       providers. By working with manufacturers, such as Cisco, Lucent, Tachion,
       IPCELL, Telica and ipVerse, to test the interoperability of their
       equipment with our SS7 call set-up and tear down service (ISUP), we have
       positioned ourselves to provide these signaling-based services to these
       new communications providers. Our SS7 expertise also allows us to offer
       services to Internet service providers who choose to use SS7-based
       signaling to offer more efficient and cost-effective service to their
       customers.

GROWTH STRATEGY

     Our growth strategy consists of the following key elements:

     - Broaden our customer base by targeting emerging carriers. We intend to
       continue to aggressively grow our customer base by targeting new
       telecommunications carriers as they enter the market. These carriers
       include competitive local exchange carriers, integrated communications
       providers, wireless carriers and Internet service providers. We expect
       continued growth in the number of telecommunications providers entering
       the market. We believe we will be the SS7 service provider of choice to
       these emerging entrants who are unlikely to risk outsourcing their
       critical SS7 services to one of their competitors.

     - Provide new services to help differentiate our customers from their
       competitors. The competitive nature of the telecommunications industry
       requires providers to offer enhanced services to maintain existing or
       attract new customers. Many of these enhanced services are implemented
       through the SS7-based intelligent network. We intend to continue to
       deliver new and enhanced services and applications that will enable our
       customers to broaden their service offerings and improve their market
       position.

     - Generate additional revenue through our SS7 network usage measurement
       capabilities. We will seek to use our proprietary network usage software
       applications and related expertise to develop services to monitor usage
       of customers' networks and capture usage pattern data. The hardware and
       software investments we have made to capture data elements contained in
       SS7 signaling messages give us the ability to gather valuable information
       about telephone calls facilitated by our network. In many cases, we can
       obtain more information about calling patterns and interactions with
       other networks from our SS7 network than any single carrier can on its
       own. We are developing services that will enable our

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       customers to use this information to more efficiently operate their
       networks and develop targeted marketing plans.

     - Become the preferred provider of SS7-based services to emerging Internet
       protocol-based carriers. We believe that providing carrier-class
       intelligent network capabilities is one of the biggest challenges facing
       emerging Internet protocol-based carriers. We have worked with hardware
       providers, including Cisco, Lucent, Tachion, IPCELL, Telica and ipVerse,
       to test the interoperability of new SS7-related equipment with our ISUP
       service for emerging Internet protocol-based carriers. Our core
       competencies of database management and signaling-based communications
       position us well to offer services similar to our existing offerings in
       an Internet protocol-based network. As one of our initial steps in
       developing services for these Internet protocol-based network providers,
       we offer signaling capabilities to Internet service providers that help
       them to improve service quality by reducing congestion on their networks
       while lowering their costs. Additionally, we have acquired and will
       deploy Tekelec's IP7 Secure Gateways that will provide signaling for call
       routing and intelligent services across and between SS7 and IP networks,
       and allow IP-based telecommunications carriers to connect to our SS7
       network via IP connections rather than over SS7-based A-links. We also
       have implemented ipVerse's ControlSwitch in our network that will allow
       our customers to take advantage of IP-based signaling services that we
       will develop in the future. We intend to pursue additional opportunities
       to provide intelligent network capabilities using emerging Internet
       protocol-based technologies.

     - Develop and market interconnection services. We are currently testing
       with certain potential customers our OSS interconnection service that is
       planned to meet the growing demand for interface between carriers to
       execute complex transactions. We intend to initially focus on existing
       customers before expanding to new customers. We believe that our
       interconnection service will be more attractive to carriers than the
       alternative of developing their own interfaces with other carriers.

     - Strengthen our market presence through select acquisitions. We will
       actively seek to acquire companies that possess complementary service
       offerings. Companies that have developed signaling-based services or
       services that can be improved through the use of SS7-based signaling can
       provide us incremental revenues and net income. Through select
       acquisitions, we believe we can combine new, complementary services with
       our existing product line and extensive network. This will increase our
       market reach and allow us to quickly broaden our service portfolio.

OUR HISTORY

     We were formed as U.S. Intelco and began operations in 1981. Our original
mission was to maintain the independent telephone company customer records for
AT&T. Throughout the 1980s, we expanded our service portfolio with the addition
of clearinghouse and revenue administration services for telecommunications
carriers.

     In the late 1980's the industry began to transition to SS7 technology. We
capitalized on this shift to SS7 in 1989 by forming a subsidiary to develop and
maintain an SS7 network for independent telephone companies that needed SS7
capabilities but lacked the expertise or resources to develop their own network.
We continued to develop intelligent network services that use SS7 technology,
including line information database services, toll-free number database services
and local number portability.

     Illuminet Holdings, Inc. is a Delaware corporation. Our principal executive
offices are located at 4501 Intelco Loop, S.E., Lacey, Washington 98503.

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THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY

     Historically, telecommunications carriers operated in a highly regulated
environment with little or no competition. Recently, governments worldwide have
begun to deregulate the telecommunications industry in order to reduce costs and
improve service. Deregulation has encouraged the emergence of many new
telecommunications carriers and increased competition. New entrants to the
global telecommunications landscape include:

     - competitive long distance and local exchange carriers;

     - competitors to government post, telephone and telegraph companies outside
       the United States;

     - wireless carriers;

     - resellers, such as calling card providers; and

     - Internet service providers.

     Deregulation has also opened specific service opportunities to competition,
such as the provision of toll-free number database services, line information
database services, local number portability and intercarrier mediation services.

     Increased competition in the telecommunications industry is forcing
carriers to differentiate themselves by providing advanced, value-added
services. Examples of these services include personal toll-free numbers, prepaid
calling cards, caller identification, real time billing validation, customized
routing and billing and voice messaging. Carriers in a growing number of markets
are also being required to provide local number portability, which enables a
customer to change local telephone service providers without changing its
telephone number. Providing these services requires SS7 connectivity and
simultaneous database access through an SS7 network.

     Telecommunications networks have also significantly increased in complexity
in order to accommodate the functionality requirements of these value-added
services, such as local number portability, which was mandated in 1996 by the
FCC to be implemented beginning in 1999 for wireline carriers and in 2002 for
wireless carriers. These intelligent networks allow for various functions to be
distributed flexibly throughout the network. For example, intelligent network
functions enable carriers to deploy advanced services on computer systems
separate from the switching systems that connect their customers. The computer
system is accessed through the SS7 network, reducing cost and increasing quality
of customer service.

     The growth of intelligent networks, coupled with a significant increase in
demand for telecommunications and Internet-related data services, has resulted
in corresponding demand for telecommunications infrastructure and advanced
networking technologies. Telecommunications carriers must provide the very
highest quality and reliability of service to remain competitive.

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

     The majority of our products and services is directly related to our SS7
network, as either part of the connectivity, switching and transport function of
the SS7 network or as intelligent network services delivered over our SS7
network. In addition, we provide clearinghouse services and license specially
designed software for measuring network usage.

NETWORK SERVICES -- CONNECTIVITY, SWITCHING AND TRANSPORT

     Our network services provide carriers with:

     - connectivity to SS7 networks throughout the United States via access to
       our network at any of thirteen signal transfer point mated pairs located
       throughout the country;

     - the ability to deliver a full range of services, via SS7 connectivity, to
       the incumbent local exchange carriers who serve 230 of the 237 local
       access and transport areas and major independent local exchange carrier
       regions in the United States; and
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     - the opportunity to save time and resources on establishing and
       maintaining SS7 links. We provide complete engineering, installation,
       testing and activation of all links to our network and work closely with
       carriers to ensure configurations meet their specific requirements.

     SS7 Connectivity, Switching and Transport. These are all component parts of
our basic SS7 trunk signaling service. Trunk signaling reduces post-dial delay,
allowing call connection almost as soon as dialing is completed. This enables
carriers to deploy a full range of intelligent network services more quickly and
cost effectively. By using our trunk signaling service, carriers simplify SS7
link provisioning by outsourcing this to us and can:

     - increase trunk efficiency through faster call completion and disconnect;

     - reach all local, interexchange and wireless carriers' networks through
       our access to hundreds of carriers;

     - maximize network reliability by having us monitor the performance of
       their SS7 connections 24 hours a day, seven days a week;

     - facilitate custom local area signaling services, such as caller
       identification; and

     - lower access costs for local delivery of interexchange and wireless
       calls.

     Database Access Messaging. We provide the SS7 functions that enable
carriers to find and interact with network databases and conduct the database
queries that are essential for many advanced services. Combined with
connectivity to our SS7 network, we provide access to the database information
that enables carriers to deliver a full range of custom local area signaling
services to their customers.

NETWORK SERVICES -- INTELLIGENT NETWORK SERVICES

     Intelligent network services encompass a number of database query
functions, the most significant of which are local number portability, line
information database access and transport, toll-free database access and
transport and caller identification or calling name delivery access and
transport. Each of these services uses our SS7 network to access our databases
and others maintained by third parties.

     Local Number Portability. In 1996, the FCC mandated that incumbent local
exchange carriers implement wireline number portability in all major U.S.
markets beginning in 1999. Local number portability allows a telephone
subscriber to switch local service providers while keeping the same telephone
number. It substantially complicates the process of completing an ordinary
telephone call, since the destination telephone number in an area where local
number portability has been implemented no longer bears any direct relationship
to its actual physical location on the network. In order to complete a call to a
telephone number in an area where local number portability has been implemented,
a carrier must conduct a simultaneous database query to route the call
correctly. We manage interactions with number portability databases and provide
database queries on a call-by-call basis, thereby allowing carriers to deploy
local number portability without the high cost of building their own
infrastructure.

     Wireless carriers have not been mandated to port telephone numbers between
carriers until November 2002. Today they are responsible for routing ported
telephone numbers when completing calls to ported areas. Our local number
portability solution provides wireless carriers with this routing information
today.

     Our local number portability services include:

     - service order administration, which gives carriers online access to
       manage portability information, send that information to the appropriate
       national Number Portability Administration Center and retrieve
       information about what actions other service providers may have taken;

     - a local service management system that is the hardware and software
       database platform necessary to manage customer call routing information;

     - data access to the appropriate local number portability service control
       point for the information necessary to complete a call; and
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     - wireless number portability.

     We believe our local number portability services are highly competitive
because we provide integrated, turnkey management of sophisticated and
time-consuming local number portability databases, a single interface to all of
the seven Number Portability Administration Centers in the United States and 24
hour a day, seven day a week technical support.

     Line Information Database Access and Transport. Line information databases
are developed and maintained by telecommunications carriers to store information
about their subscribers necessary to provide enhanced services such as
validating telephone numbers and billing information. For example, when a caller
tries to bill a call with a calling card, the local carrier where the call is
initiated sends a query over the SS7 network. The SS7 network then determines
the appropriate database to validate the card number, routes the information to
the switch that analyzes the response and determines how to treat the call.

     Through our SS7 network, we offer high-speed access to all of the line
information databases in the United States for seamless, nationwide access to
subscriber information. We also manage and operate our own database containing
over 32 million line information records. Our SS7 network and database access
allow carriers to deliver, in fractions of a second, seamless access to
subscriber information through our access agreements with all databases in the
country, for purposes such as validating calling card, collect and third party
billed calls.

     Key features of our line information database services include:

     - fraud protection features, such as usage monitoring, auto-deactivation,
       lost and stolen card service and domestic restrictions to fight
       international calling card fraud; and

     - high capacity and reliability, fully meeting industry standards for call
       processing throughput, storage volume capacity, fault tolerance and
       redundancy.

     Toll-Free Database Access and Transport. Our SS7 network provides access to
all toll-free numbers in the country for call routing. When a caller dials a
toll-free number from one of our customers' areas, our customer launches a query
over our SS7 network. Our network routes the query to a national toll-free
database, retrieves information and identifies the appropriate carrier and other
routing information as necessary. Our network returns the response to our
customer for call routing.

     Calling Name Delivery Access and Transport. Caller identification or
calling name delivery service has become an increasingly popular value-added
offering for telephone subscribers. Most local exchange carriers provide a
caller identification service that displays a caller's telephone number. The
originating caller's telephone number is part of the SS7 signaling message that
sets up a telephone call; however, providing the caller's name requires the
ability to obtain the name that matches that telephone number from a line
information database. We develop and offer calling name database access,
allowing carriers to query many regional Bell operating companies and major
independent telephone carriers and reduce the "name not available" messages that
customers receive. We also manage and operate a database for storage of
incumbent local exchange carrier, competitive local exchange carrier and
wireless calling name records.

     Key components and features of our calling name database include:

     - a high capacity calling name database that consistently meets applicable
       industry standards for queries per second and data storage volumes;

     - a city/state database in addition to our main calling name database. If a
       caller's name is not accessible, a carrier can deliver the caller's city
       and state location, giving subscribers a better indication of who is
       calling and reducing "name not available" messages; and

     - automatic dual updating of our calling name database and our line
       information database.

     Other Services. We also provide other intelligent network services to our
customers. For example, in addition to network access, we provide a centralized
database of IS-41 messages that enables a wireless carrier

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to manage and monitor its roamer activities more efficiently while also
providing protection against cloning fraud.

     OSS Interconnection Services. We have developed and are currently testing
with certain potential customers, an OSS interconnection service to enable our
customers to overcome the significant complexities of ordering local service
elements from other carriers, such as directory services, emergency 911 service
and other local connections. We believe that this interconnection service will
simplify and manage the interfacing of operational support systems such as
provisioning and element management among carriers that are our customers. The
platform we have developed will enable us to provide additional services to our
existing customers and to attract new customers. In order to establish an
efficient and competitive entry point in this market we plan to phase in the
implementation of this service with a number of our existing customers. We will
initially focus on local service request transactions, such as pre-ordering and
ordering the elements required for provisioning basic telephone service for a
carrier's new customers.

     We believe that our mediation services will be more attractive to
competitive local exchange carriers than the alternative of developing multiple
interfaces with other carriers on their own. Negotiating and implementing an
interface with another carrier can be difficult and time consuming, as a
competitive local exchange carrier may need to establish an interface with
several other carriers. Although there are industry efforts to standardize
carrier interfaces, they vary substantially from each other and place a
significant burden on competitive local exchange carriers seeking to establish
these interfaces. We believe our mediation services will reduce the costs and
complexities of interconnection between carriers.

     In order to complement the OSS interconnection service we have developed
and are testing, we have formed an alliance with Quintessent(TM)Communications,
Inc. to introduce the first full-service interconnection software and services
package to deliver outsourced OSS mediation and e-commerce functionality. We
believe Quintessent is a leader in developing software that makes efficient
inter-carrier trading networks possible and that Quintessent's Tele.Commerce(TM)
solution will allow us to provide a more complete OSS mediation service for
carriers.

NETWORK SERVICES -- WIRELESS SERVICES

     Seamless Roaming. In 1993, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry
Association endorsed us, for a period of five years, as the nationwide provider
of IS-41 signaling in support of seamless roaming. We remain a nationwide
provider of seamless roaming support using the IS-41 signaling protocol. IS-41
allows carriers to provide support for roamers visiting their service area, and
for their customers when they roam outside their service area. It enables number
validation inside and outside carriers' service areas by accessing our SS7
network. All U.S. wireless carriers providing subscribers with automatic call
delivery and autonomous registration while roaming use IS-41 or the recently
introduced GSM-MAP protocol, which we also support.

     SmartPay. SmartPay is a network-based prepaid wireless account management
service offered to wireless carriers for their subscribers. SmartPay is unlike
most prepaid services currently offered because it employs an "account card" in
addition to a debit card. This account card allows providers to automatically
debit a customer's account and to calculate how much a customer has used on his
account. It also allows the customer to automatically replenish his account. The
account card is a permanent account. Therefore, it reduces fraud and retail
inventory risks associated with the management of traditional prepaid cards and
establishes a relationship between the carrier and the wireless user. With
SmartPay, wireless carriers can offer customers flexible rate plans, features
and enhancements, which are comparable with postpaid plans, while eliminating
credit risk and bad debt expense. SmartPay enables:

     - replenishment over the phone using a credit card or bank debit card;

     - real-time replenishment at over 6,000 retail outlets in the United
       States;

     - replenishment outside a carrier's home market;

     - flexible replenishment amounts; and

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     - a complete record of all cash transactions and details of calls including
       roaming and long distance charges via the Internet.

     Due to the ease of replenishment and the ability to allow wireless carriers
to offer popular and economical "bundled minutes" plans on a prepaid basis, we
believe that SmartPay can increase retention in comparison to prepaid debit
cards. Furthermore, wireless carriers using SmartPay can provide a larger
roaming presence for their prepaid customers and establish their own roaming
rates in conjunction with their "home" marketing initiatives. SmartPay utilizes
our wireless account management network.

     American Roaming Network Services. Our American Roaming Network services
provide wireless carriers with a solution for handling calls originated from
unregistered wireless phones users. We designed this service so that
unregistered users can debit their personal prepaid account while roaming or use
an alternative payment method such as a credit card for calls without live
operator intervention. This significantly reduces call set-up time, resulting in
higher call completion rates. The American Roaming Network service provides an
appealing source of additional revenue to wireless carriers from calls that
could not otherwise be completed by unregistered users. Our American Roaming
Network services utilize our wireless account management network.

CLEARINGHOUSE SERVICES

     Our clearinghouse services include serving as a distribution and collection
point for billing information and payment collection for services provided by
one carrier to customers billed by another. For example, we receive a monthly
report from a carrier that provides long distance services detailing the long
distance calls made by the customers of another carrier. We prepare statements
to each billing carrier of the customers' usage, which the billing carrier then
uses to bill its customers. The billing carrier remits the payments received
from its customers to us. We aggregate these payments and remit them to the
carrier providing the long distance service, net of our servicing fee.

     With our clearinghouse services, carriers can:

     - bill and collect messages in a simple consolidated invoice that other
       providers may otherwise bill separately to the local carrier's customers;

     - bill and collect operator-assisted and calling card calls made through
       WorldCom, Sprint and other interexchange carriers; and

     - bill and collect direct dialed long distance calls for selected
       interexchange carriers.

NETWORK USAGE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

     Our network usage software was developed as a commercial derivative of
software originally developed to measure and monitor the usage of our own SS7
network. Using our AMAT7 software, in conjunction with equipment provided by
Agilent Technologies, Inc., SS7 network operators can measure network usage to
allow them to bill other carriers for the use of their SS7 network. Our CDR7
software captures call record detail directly from SS7 signaling links and
provides this information in a format that allows for billing to, and
verification of invoices received from, other carriers.

OUR NETWORK

OUR SS7 NETWORK

     A telephone call involves two types of information: the call content
(voice, computer data or video) and the signaling information about the call
(such as the party initiating the call and the number being called). This
signaling information is required to connect, manage and bill for the call.
Therefore, modern telecommunication networks not only must convey information
between points, but also must identify the best routes for connections, control
the allocation of resources used to transfer the information and keep
transaction records for billing and measurement purposes.

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     The call transmission portion of the U.S. public-switched
telecommunications network uses voice switches located in the offices of local
and long distance service providers. These switches gather traffic from homes
and businesses over local loops and direct it over trunks through the mesh of
different carriers' networks across the country and around the world. Finally,
the traffic is passed onto a local loop for termination at the distant end.

     The SS7 network directs calls through carriers' networks and provides
advanced functions such as completing toll-free calls, identifying calling party
name and tracking telephone numbers transferred between local telephone
companies, also known as local number portability. SS7 is a standardized set of
protocols and architecture that has been implemented by telecommunications
carriers worldwide beginning in the mid-1980s. SS7 uses packet-switching
technology and transmits signaling messages on data circuits that are
independent of the call circuits it controls. Because SS7 messages travel on
discrete circuits, SS7 is often referred to as "out-of-band" signaling. SS7
networks are designed to be reliable, flexible and scalable and have high
capacity, enabling telecommunications carriers to provide new services quickly
and to enhance the network bandwidth used for trunk connections.

     Whenever a call originates in a phone network with intelligent network
services, a message signal unit is generated by the originating switch and sent
to the proper destination switch over the SS7 network. All signaling used for
establishing a call, disconnecting a call, database query and response and SS7
network management is carried by these message signal units. As the message
signal unit is routed by the signaling system, the appropriate switches in the
local and, if necessary, long distance telephone networks reserve the circuits
needed to complete the telephone call. Finally, the message signal unit reaches
the destination switch and the destination switch processes the dialed number
stored in the message signal unit to connect the call to the dialed party.

     The SS7 network consists of three basic network and software components:

     Service Switching Points: "SS7-enabled voice switches." Service switching
points are carriers' voice switches (for example, a Lucent 5ESS switch) that use
SS7 technology. In addition to originating, terminating and switching calls,
service switching points exchange messages with other service switching points,
signal transfer points and service control points throughout the network.

     Signal Transfer Points: "data switches for SS7 traffic." Signal transfer
points are packet switches that provide access to the SS7 network and route SS7
messages among service switching points and service control points. These are
the traffic controllers of the SS7 network. Signal transfer points typically
consist of highly reliable computers running special software.

     Service Control Points: "intelligent SS7 databases." Service control points
are computers that house databases containing customer and network information.
This information is used by the SS7 network for call routing, billing and
intelligent network database services.

     Our SS7 network consists of 13 mated pairs of signal transfer points
strategically located across the United States. We own six pairs of signal
transfer points and currently lease capacity on seven pairs of signal transfer
points owned by our regional partners. We are planning to purchase and install
an additional mated pair within the next 12 months to service the southeastern
region of the United States.

     Our leases generally have renewable two year terms which are normally
renewed. If a signal transfer point lease is terminated, we may continue to use
the capacity for up to one year until we are able to move our affected customers
to another signal transfer point.

     Our SS7 network is connected to 230 of the nation's 237 local access and
transport areas and major independent local exchange carrier regions, either
through a direct connection to the local access and transport areas or through a
gateway switch belonging to the regional Bell operating company. We have over
400 dedicated connections to local access and transport areas. As of December
31, 2000, we provided signaling for approximately 23,657 trunk groups providing
customers with local access and transport areas access.

     We connect our customers to our nationwide SS7 network through links to our
signal transfer points. As of December 31, 2000, we had approximately 2,212
access links in service.
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     In addition to signal transfer points and associated equipment, we maintain
a network operations center in Overland Park, Kansas. We also maintain our
intelligent network services databases, related computers and storage devices in
our headquarters building in Lacey, Washington and in our regional signal
transfer point offices in Mattoon, Illinois and Rock Hill, South Carolina.

OUR WIRELESS ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT NETWORK

     We have hardware installed in over 200 locations at our customers' mobile
telephone switching offices serving over 900 markets in the United States. In
locations where we do not have equipment servicing a mobile telephone switching
office, we utilize the public switched telephone network to transport the call
to our switching center in Dallas.

     Our wireless account management network consists of a switching matrix, a
database server and interactive voice response units utilizing the Windows
NT(TM) operating system. These network components are connected via both a local
and a wide area network for credit validation/approval, pre-validated roaming
inquiries, account replenishment activities and customer service
interconnection. We internally developed all call management and product
services software used by our network.

     Dedicated circuits conduct communication and signaling between the mobile
telephone switching offices and our on-site equipment. This equipment can accept
dual tone multi-frequency, SS7 or IP signaling protocols. It also serves as the
platform for our SmartPay wireless account management services and our American
Roaming Network services for unregistered users.

SALES AND MARKETING

     Our sales force is made up of 20 direct salespeople and two telemarketers.
Eleven of these salespeople are located in our Overland Park office, five in
Dallas, with four regional account managers located strategically throughout the
United States. In addition to our direct sales force, we maintain a customer
care center with 16 customer service representatives in our Lacey office to
handle customer requests and updates.

     Our marketing and sales division identifies customer needs for network
services and promotes our large, reliable network, our competitively priced
services and our neutrality in dealing with carriers. The number and complexity
of our products and services increase the required training and specialization
of our sales force and support staff.

     We believe strong account management is our key to a successful sales
effort. We use a consultative sales approach, working with carriers to establish
and maintain relationships that identify and serve customer needs proactively.
We also pursue opportunities to develop custom solutions to meet large customer
requirements.

     We provide incentives for our direct sales staff to further develop their
consultative relationship with our customers by offering bonuses in addition to
salary and commissions. These bonuses are based on a number of factors,
including customer satisfaction, customer retention and new business
development.

     We retain an independent consulting company annually to gauge our customer
satisfaction. This consulting company, in conjunction with our review team,
identifies recent successes and plans improvements for the next year. The
results of these surveys show a high level of customer satisfaction.

CUSTOMERS

     Our customer base is diversified across the many different types of
facility-based and reseller carriers in the United States. Our top ten customers
accounted for approximately 49% of our revenues for the year ended December 31,
2000, and no customer represented more than 12% of our revenues in that year. As
of December 31, 2000, in addition to 352 independent telephone companies, our
customer base includes 140 wireless carriers, 251 competitive local exchange
carriers and 96 interexchange carriers, 10 ISP customers and 26 other customers.
In 2000, we earned approximately 12% of our revenues from AT&T and its
affiliates, with

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no single affiliate contributing more than 8% to our total revenues. Each of our
products and services serves multiple customer types as described below:

     - Network Services -- Connectivity, Switching and Transport: The customer
       focus for these services includes long distance carriers, operator
       service providers, independent telephone companies, competitive local
       exchange carriers, Internet protocol-based carriers, and wireless
       carriers. Our signaling services customers include AT&T, WorldCom,
       BellAtlantic Mobile, U.S. Cellular and Winstar.

     - Network Services -- Intelligent Network Services: The customer focus for
       these products includes long distance carriers, operator service
       providers, regional Bell operating companies, independent telephone
       companies, competitive local exchange carriers, Internet protocol-based
       carriers, and wireless carriers. Our intelligent network services
       customers include Frontier (a Global Crossing company), Alltel,
       BellSouth, AT&T and WorldCom.

     - Clearinghouse Services: The customer focus for these services includes
       long distance carriers, operator service providers, regional Bell
       operating companies, independent telephone companies and competitive
       local exchange carriers. Our clearinghouse services customers include
       AT&T, WorldCom and ZeroPlus Dialing, Inc.

     - Network Usage Software Applications: The user focus for these products
       includes regional Bell operating companies and other large carriers.
       Users of our network usage software applications include SBC, Qwest,
       BellSouth, Telecom Malaysia and Deutsche Telekom.

COMPETITION

     The market for SS7 network access and related services is relatively new,
but intensely competitive. It is subject to rapid technological change, evolving
industry standards and regulatory developments. We expect competition to
increase in the future. We compete with a number of U.S. and international
companies that vary in size and in the scope and breadth of the products and
services they offer. Our competitors for SS7 network access and intelligent
network services include subsidiaries of AT&T, WorldCom, Southern New England
Telephone, a unit of SBC Communication, Sprint, TSI (the company resulting from
the combination of GTE-INS and GTE-TSI) and regional Bell operating companies,
as well as other companies. Many of our competitors are small business units of
very large companies, that currently do not actively market their SS7 networks
or services. It is possible that new competitors or alliances among competitors
could emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share. As a result, those
competitors may be able to more quickly develop or adapt to new or emerging
technologies and changes in customer requirements, or devote greater resources
to the development, promotion and sale of their products. Increased competition
could result in price reductions, reduced margins and loss of market share. We
compete with Boston Communications Group, Priority Call, TSI and to a lesser
extent InterVoice-Brite in the provision of prepaid wireless account management
services. Our primary competitor for our unregistered user services is Boston
Communications Group. We currently compete with only one other significant
company, National Exchange Carrier Association -- Independent NECA Services,
with respect to our clearinghouse services. INET, Inc. is our main competitor
for network usage software applications.

     We believe that our ability to compete successfully depends on numerous
factors, both within and outside our control, including:

     - our responsiveness to telecommunications service providers' needs;

     - our ability to support existing and new industry standards;

     - the development of technical innovations;

     - our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel;

     - our response to regulatory changes; and

     - the quality, reliability and security of our products and services.

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REGULATION

     We are not subject to the direct regulation of the FCC or any state utility
regulatory commission. Some of our customers, however, may be subject to federal
or state regulation that could have an indirect effect on our business. Because
we do not provide voice-grade or data services that are deemed to be common
carrier telecommunications services, we do not anticipate that our services will
be subject to regulation by the FCC or state public utility commissions.

EMPLOYEES

     As of December 31, 2000, we had 470 employees, of whom 283 were engaged in
operations, 100 were engaged in sales and marketing, and 87 were engaged in
administrative and other business support functions. We believe our relationship
with our employees is good. We have no collective bargaining agreements and no
unionized employees.

RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

     The risks described below are not the only ones facing our company.
Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we
currently believe to be immaterial may also impair our business operations. If
any of the following risks occurs, our business, financial condition or
operating results could be materially adversely affected. In such case, the
trading price of our common stock could decline and you may lose all or part of
your investment.

     SYSTEM FAILURES, DELAYS AND OTHER PROBLEMS COULD HARM OUR REPUTATION AND
BUSINESS, CAUSE US TO LOSE CUSTOMERS AND EXPOSE US TO CUSTOMER LIABILITY.

     Our success depends on our ability to provide reliable services. Our
operations could be interrupted by any damage to or failure of:

     - our network;

     - our connections to third parties; and

     - our computer hardware or software or our customers' or suppliers'
       computer hardware or software.

     Our systems and operations are also vulnerable to damage or interruption
from:

     - power loss, transmission cable cuts and other telecommunications
       failures;

     - fires, earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters;

     - computer viruses or software defects;

     - physical or electronic break-ins, sabotage, intentional acts of vandalism
       and similar events; and

     - errors by our employees or third-party service providers.

     Any such damage or failure or the occurrence of any of these events could
disrupt the operation of our network and the provision of our services and
result in the loss of current and potential customers.

     From time to time, we experience outages of service. For example, on two
occasions, once in 1997 and once in 1998, flaws in third-party software caused
network outages that disrupted the ability of our customers to connect through
our network to other parts of the U.S. telecommunications system. As a result of
these outages, some of our customers reduced their usage of our network. More
recently, in June 2000, several of our customers in the Northeast region of the
United States experienced a similar disruption when a road maintenance crew cut
a carrier's fiber cable bundle that contained multiple links servicing our two
pairs of signal transfer points to our SS7 network in that region. Because
several of these links were routed by the carrier through the severed cable
bundle, the redundant design of our network did not prevent a service
interruption. Our emergency response procedures were immediately activated. To
date, no customers have indicated that this outage will affect their continued
relationship with us, although they may do so in the future. At other times we
have experienced minor, customer specific outages which have not had a material
adverse impact on our customer relations.
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     Our contracts with customers generally contain provisions designed to limit
our exposure to potential product liability claims. These provisions include
disclaimers of warranties and limitations on liability for special,
consequential and incidental damages. In addition, our agreements generally
limit the amounts recoverable for damages to the amounts paid by the customer to
us for the product or service giving rise to the damages. However, a court or
arbitrator may not enforce these contractual limitations on liability, and we
may be subject to claims based on errors in our software or mistakes in
performing our services. Any of those claims, including any relating to damages
to our customers' internal systems, whether or not successful, could harm our
business by increasing our costs and distracting our management.

     OUR RELIANCE ON THIRD PARTY COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE, HARDWARE AND
SOFTWARE EXPOSES US TO A VARIETY OF RISKS WE CANNOT CONTROL.

     Our success will depend on our network infrastructure, including the
capacity leased from telecommunications suppliers. In particular, we rely on
AT&T, WorldCom, Sprint and other telecommunications providers for leased
long-haul and local loop transmission capacity. These companies provide the
dedicated links that connect our network components to each other and to our
customers.

     Our business also depends upon the capacity, reliability and security of
the infrastructure owned by third parties that is used to connect telephone
calls. Specifically, we currently lease capacity from regional partners on seven
of the 13 mated pairs of SS7 signal transfer points that comprise our network.
We have no control over the operation, quality or maintenance of a significant
portion of that infrastructure and whether or not those third parties will
upgrade or improve their equipment.

     We depend on these companies to maintain the operational integrity of our
connections. If one or more of these companies is unable or unwilling to supply
or expand its levels of service to us in the future, our operations could be
severely interrupted. In addition, rapid changes in the telecommunications
industry have led to the merging of many companies. These mergers may cause the
availability, pricing and quality of the services we use to vary and could cause
the length of time it takes to deliver the services that we use to increase
significantly.

     We rely on links, equipment and software provided to us from our vendors,
the most important of which are gateway equipment and software from Tekelec and
Agilent Technologies, Inc. We cannot assure you that we will be able to continue
to purchase equipment from these vendors on acceptable terms, if at all. If we
are unable to maintain current purchasing terms or ensure product availability
with these vendors, we may lose customers and experience an increase in costs in
seeking alternative suppliers of products and services.

     THE COSTS AND DIFFICULTIES OF ACQUIRING AND INTEGRATING COMPLEMENTARY
BUSINESSES AND TECHNOLOGIES COULD IMPEDE OUR FUTURE GROWTH AND ADVERSELY AFFECT
OUR COMPETITIVENESS.

     We may make investments in complementary companies, technologies or other
assets, exposing us to several risks, including:

     - greater than expected costs and management time and effort involved in
       identifying, completing and integrating acquisitions;

     - potential disruption of our ongoing business and difficulty in
       maintaining our standards, controls, information systems and procedures;

     - entering into markets and acquiring technologies in areas in which we
       have little experience;

     - acquiring intellectual property which may be subject to various
       challenges from others in the telecommunications industry;

     - the inability to successfully integrate the services, products and
       personnel of any acquisition into our operations;

     - a need to incur debt, which may reduce our cash available for operations
       and other uses, or issue equity securities, which may dilute the
       ownership interests of existing stockholders; and

     - realizing little, if any, return on our investment.
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     OUR BUSINESS DEPENDS ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF OUR SS7 NETWORK AND THE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET'S CONTINUING USE OF SS7 TECHNOLOGY.

     Our future growth depends on the commercial success and reliability of our
SS7 network. Our SS7 network is a vital component of our intelligent network
services, which have been an increasing source of revenue for us. Our business
will suffer if our target customers do not use our SS7 network. Our future
financial performance will also depend on the successful development,
introduction and customer acceptance of new and enhanced SS7-based products and
services. We are not certain that our target customers will choose our
particular SS7 network solution or continue to use our SS7 network. In the
future, we may not be successful in marketing our SS7 network or any new or
enhanced products or services.

     IF WE DO NOT ADAPT TO RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
INDUSTRY, WE COULD LOSE CUSTOMERS OR MARKET SHARE.

     Our industry is characterized by rapid technological change and frequent
new product and service announcements. Significant technological changes could
make our technology obsolete. We must adapt to our rapidly changing market by
continually improving the responsiveness, reliability and features of our
network and by developing new network features, services and applications to
meet changing customer needs. We cannot assure you that we will be able to adapt
to these challenges or respond successfully or in a cost-effective way to
adequately meet them. Our failure to do so would adversely affect our ability to
compete and retain customers or market share.

     We sell our products and services primarily to traditional
telecommunications companies. Many emerging companies are providing convergent
Internet protocol-based telecommunications services. Our future revenues and
profits, if any, could depend upon our ability to provide products and services
to these Internet protocol-based telephony providers.

     THE MARKET FOR SS7 NETWORK SERVICES AND RELATED PRODUCTS IS COMPETITIVE AND
MANY OF OUR COMPETITORS HAVE SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGES THAT COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT
OUR BUSINESS.

     We compete in markets that are intensely competitive and rapidly changing.
Increased competition could result in fewer customer orders, reduced gross
margins and loss of market share, any of which could harm our business. We face
competition from large, well-funded regional providers of SS7 network services
and related products, such as regional Bell operating companies, TSI and
Southern New England Telephone, a unit of SBC Communication. Our prepaid
wireless account management and unregistered user services face competition from
Boston Communications Group, Priority Call, InterVoice-Brite, and TSI. We are
aware of major Internet service providers, software developers and smaller
entrepreneurial companies that are focusing significant resources on developing
and marketing products and services that will compete with us. We anticipate
continued growth of competition in the telecommunications industry and the
entrance of new competitors into our business. We expect that competition will
increase in the near term and that our primary long-term competitors may not yet
have entered the market. Many of our current and potential competitors have
significantly more employees and greater financial, technical, marketing and
other resources than we do. Our competitors may be able to respond more quickly
to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements than we
can. Also, many of our current and potential competitors have greater name
recognition and more extensive customer bases that they can use to their
advantage.

     OUR ACQUISITION OF NTC, OUR ONLY ACQUISITION TO DATE, MAY NOT RESULT IN THE
BENEFITS WE EXPECT AND MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS IF WE DO NOT
SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATE NTC.

     On June 30, 2000, we acquired National Telemanagement Corporation ("NTC")
which is our only acquisition to date. We cannot guarantee that we will realize
the benefits, strategic objectives, operating advantages, new product and
service enhancements or cost savings that we expect. The integration of two
businesses requires substantial management time and other resources, and the
combined entity is not always more successful than the businesses would have
been if they had remained independent. For example, we could find it difficult
to combine the management teams and operations of the two businesses. In
addition, the efforts we expend to integrate the two businesses may detract from
the day-to-day operation of our core business which could have an adverse impact
on our financial condition.
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     OUR FAILURE TO ACHIEVE OR SUSTAIN MARKET ACCEPTANCE AT DESIRED PRICING
LEVELS COULD IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN PROFITABILITY OR POSITIVE CASH FLOW.

     Competition and industry consolidation could result in significant pricing
pressure and erode market share. Pricing pressure from competition could cause
large reductions in the selling price of our services. For example, our
competitors may provide customers with reduced communications costs for Internet
access or private network services, reducing the overall cost of solutions and
significantly increasing pricing pressures on us. We may not be able to offset
the effects of any price reductions by increasing the number of our customers,
generating higher revenues from enhanced services or reducing our costs. We
believe that the business of providing network connectivity and related network
services will likely see increased consolidation in the future. Consolidation
could decrease selling prices and increase competition in these industries,
which could erode our market share, revenues and operating margins.

     THE INABILITY OF OUR CUSTOMERS TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT OUR SERVICES WITH
THEIR EXISTING SYSTEMS COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS.

     Significant technical challenges exist in our business because many of our
customers:

     - purchase and implement SS7 network services in phases;

     - deploy SS7 connectivity across a variety of telecommunication switches
       and routes; and

     - integrate our SS7 network with a number of legacy systems, third-party
       software applications and engineering tools.

     Customer implementation currently requires participation by our order
management and our engineering and operations groups, each of which has limited
resources. Some customers may also require us to develop costly customized
features or capabilities, which increase our costs and consume a
disproportionate share of our limited customer service and support resources.
Also, we typically charge one-time flat rate fees for initially connecting a
customer to our SS7 network and a monthly recurring flat rate fee after the
connection is established. If new or existing customers have difficulty
deploying our products or require significant amounts of our engineering service
support, we may experience reduced operating margins. Our customers' ability to
deploy our network services to their own customers and integrate them
successfully within their systems depends on our customers' capabilities and the
complexity involved. Difficulty in deploying those services could reduce our
operating margins due to increased customer support and could cause potential
delays in recognizing revenue until the services are implemented.

     WE MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY ATTRACTING AND RETAINING EMPLOYEES WITH THE
REQUISITE SKILLS TO EXECUTE OUR GROWTH PLANS.

     Our success depends, in part, on the continued service of our existing
management and technical personnel. If a significant number of those individuals
are unable or unwilling to continue in their present positions, we will have
difficulty in maintaining and enhancing our networks and services. This may
adversely affect our operating results and growth prospects.

     In addition, we have experienced, and we expect to continue to experience,
some difficulty in hiring and retaining highly skilled employees. Specifically,
we centralize a large portion of our technical operations in geographic areas in
which competition for technical talent is intense, due to the existence of
competing employers seeking employees with similar sets of skills. Our continued
success depends on our ability to attract, retain and motivate highly skilled
employees, particularly engineering and technical personnel. Failure to do so
may adversely affect our ability to expand our network and enhance our products
and services.

     CAPACITY LIMITS ON OUR TECHNOLOGY AND NETWORK HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE MAY BE
DIFFICULT TO PROJECT AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXPAND AND UPGRADE OUR SYSTEMS TO
MEET INCREASED USE.

     As traffic from our customers through our network increases, we will need
to expand and upgrade our technology and network hardware and software. We may
not be able to accurately project the rate of increase in usage on our network.
In addition, we may not be able to expand and upgrade, in a timely manner, our
systems and network hardware and software capabilities to accommodate increased
traffic on our network. If
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we do not appropriately expand and upgrade our systems and network hardware and
software, we may lose customers and revenues.

     WE MAY NEED ADDITIONAL CAPITAL IN THE FUTURE AND IT MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE ON
ACCEPTABLE TERMS.

     We may require more capital in the future to:

     - fund our operations;

     - finance investments in equipment and corporate infrastructure needed to
       maintain and expand our network;

     - enhance and expand the range of services we offer; and

     - respond to competitive pressures and potential strategic opportunities,
       such as investments, acquisitions and international expansion.

     We cannot assure you that additional financing will be available on terms
favorable to us, or at all. The terms of available financing may place limits on
our financial and operating flexibility. If adequate funds are not available on
acceptable terms, we may be forced to reduce our operations or abandon expansion
opportunities. Moreover, even if we are able to continue our operations, the
failure to obtain additional financing could reduce our competitiveness as our
competitors may provide better maintained networks or offer an expanded range of
services.

     REGULATIONS AFFECTING OUR CUSTOMERS AND FUTURE REGULATIONS TO WHICH WE MAY
BE SUBJECT MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS.

     Although we are not subject to telecommunications industry regulations, the
business of our customers is subject to regulation that indirectly affects our
business. The U.S. telecommunications industry has been subject to continuing
deregulation since 1984, when AT&T was required to divest ownership of the Bell
telephone system. We cannot predict when, or upon what terms and conditions,
further regulation or deregulation might occur or the effect of regulation or
deregulation on our business. Several services that we offer may be indirectly
affected by regulations imposed upon potential users of those services, which
may increase our costs of operations. In addition, future services we may
provide could be subject to direct regulation.

     FLUCTUATIONS IN OUR QUARTERLY OPERATING RESULTS MAY NEGATIVELY IMPACT AND
CAUSE VOLATILITY IN OUR STOCK PRICE.

     Our revenues and operating results may vary significantly from quarter to
quarter due to a number of factors. In future quarters, our operating results
may be below the expectations of analysts and investors and, as a result, the
price of our Common Stock may fall or become volatile.

     Factors that could cause quarterly fluctuations include:

     - seasonal fluctuations in consumer use of telecommunications services;

     - varying rates at which telecommunications companies, telephony resellers
       and Internet service providers use our services;

     - loss of customers through industry consolidation, or customer decisions
       to deploy in-house technology;

     - the timing and execution of individual contracts, particularly large
       contracts;

     - significant lead times before a product or service begins generating
       revenues;

     - volatile economic conditions specific to the telecommunications industry;
       and

     - an inability to collect our accounts receivable.

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     WE USE A STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP TO IMPLEMENT AND SELL OUR NETWORK USAGE
SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS. WE COULD LOSE REVENUES OR INCUR SIGNIFICANT COSTS TO
RETAIN REVENUES IF THIS RELATIONSHIP IS TERMINATED.

     We have a non-exclusive agreement with Agilent Technologies, Inc. to sell
our network usage software applications. The agreement may be terminated with
limited notice by either party without cause or penalty. In the past, we have
received significant revenues under this agreement. There is no guarantee that
Agilent will continue to market our network usage software applications. If this
relationship is terminated or materially changes, we would be required to devote
substantial new resources to the distribution, sales and marketing,
implementation and support of our network usage software applications and our
efforts may not be as effective as those of Agilent.

     THERE IS A LIMITED MARKET FOR OUR EXISTING NETWORK USAGE SOFTWARE
APPLICATIONS.

     We derive only a small portion of our revenues from sales and maintenance
of our network usage software applications. Current users of these software
products include most of the regional Bell operating companies, as well as other
large telecommunications carriers. With initial market sales essentially
completed, our ability to derive continued revenue from our network usage
software applications is limited, unless we can develop new derivative products.

     OUR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, BYLAWS, STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN AND
DELAWARE LAW CONTAIN PROVISIONS THAT COULD DISCOURAGE A TAKEOVER.

     Provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and Delaware law
may discourage, delay or prevent a merger or acquisition that a stockholder may
consider favorable. These provisions of our certificate of incorporation and
bylaws:

     - establish a classified board of directors, of which only a portion of the
       total number of directors will be elected at each annual meeting;

     - authorize the board to issue preferred stock with substantial voting
       rights; and

     - prohibit cumulative voting in the election of directors.

     In addition, we have a stockholder rights plan that could significantly
discourage, delay or prevent a merger or acquisition. The rights become
exercisable if a person or group acquires or makes a tender offer for more than
20% of our outstanding Common Stock. If any of those events occurs, each right
entitles the holder (other than the acquiror) to purchase for $150 our Common
Stock or, in some instances, stock of the acquiring entity, that would be worth
$300. The rights expire on November 20, 2008, unless we redeem them earlier.

     We have also chosen to be subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, which prevents a stockholder of more than 15% of a company's
voting stock from entering into certain business combinations with that company.

     OUR COMMON STOCK PRICE MAY BE VOLATILE.

     In recent years, the market for stock in technology, telecommunications and
computer companies has been highly volatile. Since our initial public offering
in October 1999, our stock price has been at a low of $14.00 and a high of
$94.00 per share. The price of our Common Stock may be volatile and may continue
to fluctuate due to factors such as:

     - actual or anticipated fluctuations in quarterly and annual results;

     - announcements of technological innovations;

     - introduction of new services;

     - consolidation, mergers and strategic alliances in the telecommunications
       industry;

     - changes in government regulation; and

     - shifts in investor preference among investment choices and industries.
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     FUTURE SALES BY EXISTING STOCKHOLDERS COULD CAUSE THE PRICE OF OUR COMMON
STOCK TO DECLINE.

     Sales of a large number of shares of our Common Stock in the public market
could adversely affect the price for our Common Stock and impair our ability to
raise capital. The 1,888,944 shares of Common Stock issued in the NTC
transaction are subject to certain registration rights. Pursuant to these
registration rights, we registered in December 2000 under a Form S-3
Registration Statement 944,460 Shares of our Common Stock that may be offered by
the selling stockholders through March 7, 2001. The remaining shares of Common
Stock issued in the NTC transaction may be sold in compliance with Rule 144
after June 30, 2000 and are eligible for registration in late October 2001. The
remainder of our shares are freely tradable without restriction or further
registration under federal securities laws. We also have outstanding as of
December 31, 2000 options to purchase 3,281,860 shares of our Common Stock
which, if exercised, would also be available to be sold in the public market. An
additional 1,887,219 shares are reserved for issuance under our 1997 Equity
Incentive Plan.

ITEM 2: PROPERTIES

     Our headquarters and a portion of our operations center are located in
Lacey, Washington, where we own our facility. The building, approximately 13.5
acres of land on which the building is constructed, and some of our computer
hardware and software are financed by Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative
("RTFC"). RTFC has a first priority lien on our building and land in Lacey.

     We also lease office space, constructed to suit our specifications, in
Overland Park, Kansas, where, in addition to sales and administrative functions,
we have our network surveillance and control center that operates 24 hours a
day, seven days a week. The lease expires January 1, 2006, subject to an option
in 2004 to extend the lease for an additional five years. We lease space for our
prepaid wireless account management and other advanced wireless services in
Dallas, Texas and entered into a new lease at a new location in February 2001
which expires at the end of 2007. We are in the process of moving from our
existing Dallas location to the new facility and have terminated the lease at
our current facility. We sublease space for our signal transfer point facilities
at Mattoon, Illinois. The sublease expires on July 31, 2001 and we are in the
process of exercising the first of two five year extensions. We lease space for
our signal transfer point facilities at Rock Hill, South Carolina. The lease
expires April 30, 2001 and we are in the process of renewing the lease.

ITEM 3: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

     We are a party to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course
of business. We do not believe that those claims, individually or combined, will
have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or operating
results.

ITEM 4: SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

     No matter was submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth
quarter of 2000.

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                                    PART II

ITEM 5: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

MARKET INFORMATION

     At December 31, 2000, Illuminet had 32,108,297 shares of Common Stock
outstanding. Illuminet's Common Stock trades on The Nasdaq Stock Market
("NASDAQ") under the symbol "ILUM". The following table reflects the range of
the high and low closing prices for the period from October 7, 1999 (the closing
of Illuminet's initial public offering at $19 per share) to year end, as
reported by NASDAQ. This table reflects inter-dealer prices, without retail
mark-up, mark-down or commission.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999                           HIGH      LOW
-----------------------------------                          ------    ------
<S>                                                          <C>       <C>
October 7, 1999 to December 31, 1999.......................  $57.25    $28.50

FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000
-----------------------------------
First quarter..............................................  $94.00    $43.00
Second quarter.............................................   58.50     30.63
Third quarter..............................................   52.38     25.88
Fourth quarter.............................................   29.75     14.00
</TABLE>

STOCKHOLDERS

     As of January 31, 2001, there were 251 stockholders of record of Illuminet
Common, excluding shares held in street name by various brokerage firms.
Illuminet estimates that there are approximately 6,500 beneficial owners of
Illuminet Common Stock.

DIVIDEND POLICY

     To date, no dividends have been declared. Illuminet currently intends to
retain its earnings for future growth and, therefore, does not anticipate paying
any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

     When authorized by the Illuminet Holdings, Inc. Board of Directors,
payments of dividends would require approval by RTFC, under long-term debt
arrangements with RTFC, if our ratio of equity to total assets is less than 40%.
Our ratio at December 31, 2000 exceeded 40%.

USE OF INITIAL OFFERING PROCEEDS

     We expect to use the remaining $57.8 million of net offering proceeds from
our October 1999 initial public offering, Registration Statement No. 333-85779,
effective October 7, 1999, to fund potential acquisitions, to develop new and
improved services, to maintain and expand our network and for general corporate
purposes. To date, we have used net proceeds from the initial public offering to
purchase $8.9 million of network equipment to expand and improve our SS7
network, $6.7 million to develop new services and $4.9 million to retire NTC
debt in connection with the NTC transaction.

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ITEM 6: SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

     We derived the following selected consolidated financial data as of and for
the years ended December 31, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 from our
consolidated financial statements. You should read this summary information in
conjunction with "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations", and our consolidated financial statements for the
years ended December 31, 1998, 1999 and 2000 and the notes to those financial
statements included in this report. Other data are unaudited.

     You should read the following information with the data in the table on the
next page:

     - In February 1996, we merged with Independent Telecommunications Network,
       Inc. We accounted for the merger as a purchase business combination.
       Accordingly, the operating results of Independent Telecommunications
       Network, Inc., including carrier costs, are only included in our
       operating results since the merger.

     - The 1996 income tax provision and the 1997 income tax benefit reflect the
       benefits of using net operating loss carryforwards of $1.0 million and
       $2.4 million, respectively. In addition, the 1997 income tax benefit
       includes a benefit of $0.9 million attributable to the reversal of
       substantially all of the remaining previously recorded deferred tax
       valuation allowance due to improved operating results.

     - Long-term obligations, less current portion includes (1) obligations
       under capital leases, less current portion, and (2) long-term debt, less
       current portion.

     - Earnings per share-basic is based on net income divided by the
       weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Earnings per
       share-diluted includes the dilutive effect of outstanding Series A
       Preferred Stock, convertible debentures using the as if converted method,
       and Common Stock options and Class A Common Stock options calculated
       using the treasury stock method. Effective with Illuminet's initial
       public offering on October 7, 1999, all existing common stock immediately
       prior to the initial public offering was renamed to Class A Common Stock.
       Each share of Class A Common Stock automatically converted into four
       shares of Common Stock on April 5, 2000. All share and per share amounts
       for the periods presented reflect amounts that would have been reported
       had the conversion of the Class A Common Stock into Common Stock occurred
       on January 1, 1996.

     - Capital expenditures includes purchases and capital leases of property
       and equipment.

     - Customers is the number of entities that received a bill from us,
       including, in some cases, subsidiaries of consolidated groups and
       individual locations of a single company.

     - Signaling points represents the number of connections to our network.
       These points may be either individual switches or connections to other
       companies' signaling transfer points with networks attached to them.

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                  -------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     1996          1997          1998          1999          2000
                                  -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
                                        (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE, PER SHARE AND OTHER DATA)
<S>                               <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
STATEMENT OF INCOME DATA:
Revenues:
  Network services..............  $    30,692   $    52,829   $    70,577   $   109,317   $   143,604
  Clearinghouse services........        7,896         6,723         6,232         5,851         5,333
  Network usage software
     applications...............          558         3,468         5,406         1,532         4,204
                                  -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
          Total revenues........       39,146        63,020        82,215       116,700       153,141
Expenses:
  Carrier costs.................        9,358        17,893        25,506        28,004        27,687
  Operating.....................       13,093        18,857        23,288        36,623        39,818
  Selling, general and
     administrative.............        7,774        10,382        12,882        16,656        21,716
  Depreciation and
     amortization...............        5,714         7,622        10,131        13,610        16,023
  Merger costs..................           --            --            --            --         3,353
                                  -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
          Total expenses........       35,939        54,754        71,807        94,893       108,597
                                  -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
Operating income................        3,207         8,266        10,408        21,807        44,544
Interest and other income,
  net...........................        1,248           501           767         2,020         7,516
Interest expense................       (1,432)       (1,770)       (1,966)       (2,060)       (1,288)
                                  -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
Income before income taxes......        3,023         6,997         9,209        21,767        50,772
Income tax provision
  (benefit).....................          112          (676)        3,826         8,132        20,490
                                  -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
Net income......................  $     2,911   $     7,673   $     5,383   $    13,635   $    30,282
                                  ===========   ===========   ===========   ===========   ===========

PER SHARE DATA:
Earnings per share -- basic.....  $      0.13   $      0.33   $      0.22   $      0.52   $      0.95
Earnings per share -- diluted...  $      0.13   $      0.30   $      0.19   $      0.45   $      0.89
Weighted-average common
  shares -- basic...............   21,901,919    23,073,310    23,027,833    24,630,095    31,555,529
Weighted-average common
  shares -- diluted.............   25,810,687    27,477,934    27,798,781    29,246,941    33,587,598

OTHER FINANCIAL DATA:
Capital expenditures............  $     8,073   $    12,639   $    19,678   $    17,346   $    29,677

OTHER DATA:
Customers.......................          311           417           544           735           875
Signaling points................          388           533           686           765           836

BALANCE SHEET DATA (AT END OF
  PERIOD):
Cash and cash equivalents.......  $    12,622   $    11,412   $    13,589   $    24,223   $    32,358
Available-for-sale securities...           --            --            --        79,738        84,531
Property and equipment, net.....       33,246        37,364        46,783        51,095        65,279
Total assets....................       75,637        84,947        98,471       197,130       231,361
Long-term obligations, less
  current portion...............       21,437        18,945        21,519        16,579         8,555
Convertible Redeemable Preferred
  Stock.........................           --            --         3,243         4,071            --
Stockholders' equity............  $    21,748   $    30,058   $    34,935   $   135,516   $   176,674
</TABLE>

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ITEM 7: MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS

OVERVIEW

     We operate the largest unaffiliated SS7 network in the United States and
are a leading provider of complementary intelligent network and SS7 services to
telecommunications carriers. Connection to our network gives carriers access to
the system of signaling networks of nearly the entire U.S. public-switched
telecommunications infrastructure through a single source.

     SS7 is the industry standard used by almost every switched telephone
network operator in the United States and Canada to identify available network
routes and designate the circuits to be used for each individual telephone call.
SS7 networks also provide access to intelligent network services, such as caller
identification, calling card validation, local number portability and other
specialized database access functions, all of which are performed in the seconds
it takes to complete a call. SS7 networks are specialized packet-switched data
networks that provide these control functions and services in parallel with
separate voice networks.

     Our SS7 network is composed of specialized SS7 switches, sophisticated
computers and databases strategically located across the country. These elements
interconnect our customers and all of the largest U.S. telecommunications
carriers through leased lines. Our SS7 network serves incumbent local exchange
carriers, competitive local exchange carriers, long distance companies, wireless
telecommunications providers and Internet service providers. Overall, we provide
services, including intelligent network services and wireless account management
services to over 800 customers.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

     On June 30, 2000, we completed our transaction with NTC which was accounted
for as a pooling of interests. NTC is a developer and provider of advanced
applications for the wireless communications industry, including prepaid
wireless account management and unregistered wireless roaming services. NTC's
account management and services enable wireless network providers to offer a
wide variety of features intended to control costs and manage usage, including
roaming management, multiple rate plans, call blocking, account history and
calling pattern monitoring. These services also allow wireless providers to
instantly calculate a customer's account balance, while providing for automatic
debiting and replenishment of customer accounts.

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

     Our products and services can be grouped into three general categories:

     - network services, which includes (1) SS7 connectivity, switching and the
       transport of messages used to route calls and query databases, (2)
       intelligent network services, such as database access, including local
       number portability and support for roaming between carriers, and (3)
       prepaid wireless account management and unregistered wireless roaming
       services;

     - clearinghouse services that facilitate payments among telecommunications
       carriers; and

     - network usage software applications.

     Our SS7 network connectivity, switching and transport services provide
telecommunications carriers access to the signaling networks of nearly the
entire U.S. public-switched telecommunications infrastructure through a single
source. Once connected, customers use our SS7 network to route and complete
voice and data transmissions and access related and complementary services and
applications available from us or from third-party vendors. Once a customer is
connected to our SS7 network, we continue to provide support services to
maintain and upgrade its connection on a 24 hours a day, seven day a week basis.

     Intelligent network services encompass a number of database query
functions, including caller identification, toll-free calling, calling card
validation, local number portability and seamless wireless roaming. Each of
these services uses our SS7 network to access databases, some maintained by us
and others maintained by third parties.

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     Prepaid wireless account management and unregistered wireless roaming
services include providing a prepaid wireless billing service that charges and
replenishes the customer's personal prepaid account and services that provide
access to roaming for unregistered users which allows such users to debit their
personal prepaid account while roaming or use an alternative payment method such
as a credit card for calls without live operator intervention.

     Our clearinghouse services include serving as a distribution and collection
point for billing information and payment collection for services provided by
one carrier to customers billed by another. For example, we receive a monthly
report from a long distance carrier detailing the long distance calls made by
the customers of another carrier. We prepare statements to each billing carrier
of its customers' usage, which the billing carrier then uses to bill its
customers. The billing carrier remits the payments received from its customers
to us. We aggregate these payments and remit them to the long distance carrier,
net of our servicing fee.

     Network usage software applications are commercial applications derived
primarily from software we developed to create billing data for the use of our
SS7 network and services. This software is licensed to carriers and allows them
to create billing data to bill another carrier for use of their signaling
network or their underlying public-switched telecommunications network.

REVENUES

     Our revenues primarily come from the sale of network services, including
SS7 connectivity, switching and transport, the provision of intelligent network
services, and the provision of prepaid wireless account management and
unregistered roaming services. To a much lesser extent, we derive revenues from
our clearinghouse services and network usage software applications.

     Customers generally are charged for connections to our SS7 network on a
monthly "per link" basis. If we provision the network facilities that provide
their connections to our network, they pay us for establishing the initial
connections that link them to our network and pay a separate monthly fee to
maintain those links. We generally price these connectivity links on a cost-plus
basis based on our facility lease costs. In addition, customers are charged on a
monthly recurring flat-fee basis for network signaling route sets based on the
number of switches to which they signal.

     Our intelligent network services are delivered through our SS7 network and
a substantial majority of our customers purchase both SS7 network connections
and intelligent network services. Our intelligent network services fall into two
general categories: database administration and database query services. In
addition to paying monthly fees for SS7 connectivity, our customers pay a
per-use or per-query fee for database services. For example, we price local
number portability service order administration on a per-ported number basis,
and obtain volume-based revenue for accessing the local number portability
database on a per-query basis.

     Our prepaid wireless account management services revenues are based on
either a per minute basis, where we make a percentage of every minute paid for
and used, or on a percentage of monthly access fees regardless of usage. The
unregistered wireless roaming service revenue is based on the number of
completed calls times a rate per call plus a per minute rate for call duration,
net of carrier charges.

     Clearinghouse services are provided on a per message billed basis. Our
revenues vary based on the number of messages provided to us by
telecommunications companies and other message providers for aggregation and
distribution by us to the carrier who will bill to and collect from its
customers. Clearinghouse services are relatively mature, are showing a decline
in the number of messages processed, and are experiencing competitive pricing
pressures.

     Revenues from network usage software applications are derived from licenses
of our software products and continuing software maintenance fees. These
products have a long sales cycle, with each individual license normally
contributing significant revenue to the product line. Therefore, these revenues
may change significantly from period to period. However, new sales opportunities
for these products in their current form are limited, as many of the customers
in the top tier market, consisting primarily of regional Bell operating
companies, have already licensed our product.

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     The table below indicates the portion of our revenues attributable to
network services, clearinghouse services and network usage software applications
in the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999, and 1998, together with the
percentage change in revenues.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                        -------------------------------------------------------
                                          2000        1999      % CHANGE     1998      % CHANGE
                                        --------    --------    --------    -------    --------
                                                           ($ IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                     <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>        <C>
Network services......................  $143,604    $109,317       31%      $70,577       55%
Clearinghouse services................     5,333       5,851       (9)        6,232       (6)
Network usage software applications...     4,204       1,532      174         5,406      (72)
                                        --------    --------                -------
                                        $153,141    $116,700       31%      $82,215       42%
                                        ========    ========                =======
</TABLE>

EXPENSES

     Our costs and expenses, which we do not attribute directly to individual
product lines, consist generally of the following:

     - Carrier costs for our SS7 and IP-based networks, which include recurring
       payments to telecommunications carriers for leased lines and signal
       transfer point ports. These lines and ports provide connections (1)
       between our customers and our network, (2) among our own network
       locations and (3) between our network and nearly all other SS7 networks
       in the United States. Cost of links and ports to our customers is
       variable, relating directly to the number of links and ports we provide
       to our customers. Cost of links and ports among our own network locations
       and to other SS7 networks is primarily fixed. We generally lease lines
       and ports under tariffs with volume discounts;

     - Operating expenses, which include the cost of providing network services,
       clearinghouse services and network usage software applications. Such
       costs primarily include personnel costs and hardware and software
       maintenance costs to monitor and maintain our network 24 hours a day,
       seven days a week, maintain and operate our databases, process our
       clearinghouse messages, and develop and maintain our network usage
       software applications;

     - Selling, general and administrative, which consist primarily of
       executive, sales and marketing and administrative personnel and
       professional services expense;

     - Depreciation and amortization, which relate primarily to our installed
       network equipment, our computer hardware and software, our corporate
       facilities and our network usage software applications; and

     - Merger costs reflect the direct expenses associated with the NTC
       transaction.

     The table below indicates our expenses in the years ended December 31,
2000, 1999, and 1998, together with the percentage change in expenses.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                 --------------------------------------------------
                                                   2000      1999     % CHANGE    1998     % CHANGE
                                                 --------   -------   --------   -------   --------
                                                                  ($ IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                              <C>        <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>
Carrier costs..................................  $ 27,687   $28,004      (1)%    $25,506      10%
Operating......................................    39,818    36,623       9       23,288      57
Selling, general and administrative............    21,716    16,656      30       12,882      29
Depreciation and amortization..................    16,023    13,610      18       10,131      34
Merger costs...................................     3,353        --     100           --      --
                                                 --------   -------              -------
                                                 $108,597   $94,893      14%     $71,807      32%
                                                 ========   =======              =======
</TABLE>

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

     The table below indicates the results of our operations expressed as a
percentage of total revenues. The historical results are not necessarily
indicative of results to be expected for any future period.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               YEAR ENDED
                                                              DECEMBER 31,
                                                          --------------------
                                                          2000    1999    1998
                                                          ----    ----    ----
<S>                                                       <C>     <C>     <C>
Revenues:
  Network services......................................   94%     94%     86%
  Clearinghouse services................................    3       5       8
  Network usage software applications...................    3       1       6
                                                          ---     ---     ---
          Total revenues................................  100     100     100
Expenses:
  Carrier costs.........................................   18      24      31
  Operating.............................................   26      31      28
  Selling, general and administrative...................   14      14      16
  Depreciation and amortization.........................   11      12      12
  Merger costs..........................................    2      --      --
                                                          ---     ---     ---
          Total expenses................................   71      81      87
                                                          ---     ---     ---
Operating income........................................   29      19      13
Interest income.........................................    5       2       1
Interest expense........................................   (1)     (2)     (2)
                                                          ---     ---     ---
Income before income taxes..............................   33      19      12
Income tax provision....................................   13       7       5
                                                          ---     ---     ---
Net income..............................................   20%     12%      7%
                                                          ===     ===     ===
</TABLE>

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000, 1999, AND 1998

REVENUES

     Network services. Network services revenues, comprised of network
connectivity, which includes message switch and transport, and intelligent
network services, increased by $34.3 million, or 31%, to $143.6 million for the
year ended December 31, 2000 ("2000") from $109.3 million for the year ended
December 31, 1999 ("1999"), and by $38.7 million, or 55%, to $109.3 million in
1999 from $70.6 million for the year ended December 31, 1998 ("1998"). These
increases were due to increased customer connections and signaling across our
network, substantial growth in queries processed in the line information, caller
identification or calling name delivery and toll-free databases, and the rollout
of local number portability.

     Network connectivity revenues increased by $10.3 million, or 21%, to $60.1
million in 2000 from $49.8 million in 1999, and by $14.4 million, or 41%, to
$49.8 million in 1999 from $35.4 million in 1998. Intelligent network services
revenues increased by $18.9 million, or 43%, to $62.3 million in 2000 from $43.4
million in 1999, and by $18.5 million, or 74%, to $43.4 in 1999 from $24.9
million in 1998. These changes reflect the overall growth in our customer base
and higher caller information services volume as we obtained access to
additional caller information maintained in third-party databases. The remainder
of the increase was due to continued growth in local number portability offset
by competitive pricing pressures for local number database access. Prepaid
wireless account management services and unregistered wireless roaming services
revenues increased by $5.0 million, or 31%, to $21.1 million in 2000 from $16.1
million in 1999, and by $5.8 million, or 56%, to $16.1 million in 1999 from
$10.3 million in 1998 reflecting increases in carrier customers, geographic
market coverage, and subscriber base.

     Clearinghouse services. Clearinghouse services revenues decreased by $0.6
million, or 9%, to $5.3 million in 2000 from $5.9 million in 1999, and by $0.3
million, or 6%, to $5.9 million in 1999 from $6.2 million in 1998. The decrease
over the three periods was caused by a continued decline in messages processed
and

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competitive pricing pressures. Although the clearinghouse industry continues to
experience some residual negative impact from interexchange carriers switching
the preferred carrier information on a customer's account without the customer's
knowledge or approval, and unexpected charges being billed on a customer's
account, we do not expect this to have a material impact on our revenues in the
future.

     Network usage software applications. Network usage software applications
revenues increased by $2.7 million, or 174%, to $4.2 million in 2000 from $1.5
million in 1999, and decreased by $3.9 million, or 72%, to $1.5 million in 1999
from $5.4 million in 1998. Software maintenance revenues were $1.1 million, $1.0
million, and $0.8 million in 2000, 1999, and 1998, respectively. The remainder
of the variance was caused by software licensing fees. New sales opportunities
for these products in their current form are limited, as many of the customers
in the top tier market, consisting primarily of regional Bell operating
companies, have already licensed our product. Therefore, revenues may vary
significantly from period to period, depending on the mix of license and
maintenance fees in any given period.

EXPENSES

     Carrier costs. Carrier costs decreased by $0.3 million, or 1%, to $27.7
million in 2000 from $28.0 million in 1999, and increased by $2.5 million, or
10%, to $28.0 million in 1999 from $25.5 million in 1998. Carrier costs
decreased as a percentage of revenue as network capacity has been leveraged to
support increasing revenues, and network growth has allowed for the realization
of volume discounts.

     Operating. Operating expenses increased $3.2 million, or 9%, to $39.8
million in 2000 from $36.6 million in 1999, and by $13.3 million, or 57%, to
$36.6 million in 1999 from $23.3 million in 1998. These increases resulted
mainly from higher personnel expenses related to an expansion of the customer
support, operations and engineering functions and increased maintenance costs
for new network and systems hardware and software. Additionally, we recorded
losses of $2.9 million and $1.0 million in 1999 and 1998, respectively, for a
loss on a clearinghouse services contract. This issue was resolved in February
2000 with no additional expense incurred. Also in 1999, we recorded a $1.5
million impairment loss of the full amount of a 1995 preferred stock equity
investment in a start-up company that was previously recorded at cost. The
recognition of this loss was coincident with significant liquidity concerns of
the investee, and the investee's decision to discontinue its historical primary
operations and related uncertainties resulting from a change in the investee's
business strategy and direction.

     We currently incur tariff-based charges and other charges for transporting
SS7 messages on behalf of our customers over the networks of other SS7 network
service vendors. As the charges are incurred by us on behalf of our customers
who request the access, we pass the charges through to our customers under
existing contractual arrangements. We do not record any revenue or expense for
such transactions. From time to time our customers dispute the charges passed
through by us. In turn, we dispute charges from the vendors originating such
charges. In the event we are not able to collect such disputed pass-through
amounts from our customers, or be successful in obtaining a corresponding
adjustment from the vendor we could incur increased operating expense.

     Selling, general and administrative. Selling, general and administrative
expenses increased by $5.0 million, or 30%, to $21.7 million in 2000 from $16.7
million in 1999, and by $3.8 million, or 29%, to $16.7 million in 1999 from
$12.9 million in 1998. These increases were primarily due to the addition of
personnel necessary to support the overall growth of our business, especially in
the areas of customer care and sales, and in 2000, additional costs related to
being a public company.

     Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization expenses
increased by $2.4 million, or 18%, to $16.0 million in 2000 from $13.6 million
in 1999, and by $3.5 million, or 34%, to $13.6 million in 1999 from $10.1
million in 1998. These increases reflect the significant investment made in the
last two years for network monitoring and data collection hardware and software,
database applications, and signal transfer point switches. Included in
depreciation and amortization are asset write downs totaling $0.7 million in
both 1999 and 1998. The 1999 write down related to asset obsolescence, and the
1998 write down related to our early retirement and replacement of two signal
transfer points as part of our network reliability upgrade.

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     Merger costs. Merger costs of $3.4 million in 2000 reflect the direct
expenses associated with the NTC transaction which was accounted for as a
pooling-of-interests.

     Interest income. Interest income increased by $5.5 million, or 272%, to
$7.5 million in 2000 from $2.0 million in 1999, and by $1.2 million, or 163%, to
$2.0 million in 1999 from $0.8 million in 1998. The increase reflects increased
interest income generated by the investment of $78.3 million of net proceeds
from our mid-October 1999 initial public offering and earnings from higher cash
balances generated from operations beginning in mid-1999.

     Interest expense. Interest expense decreased by $0.8 million, or 37%, to
$1.3 million in 2000 from $2.1 million in 1999, and was comparable between 1999
and 1998. The components of interest expense changed during the years and
reflect increased interest expense from capital leases completed in late 1998
and mid-1999, offset by the reduction in interest expense from the conversion of
the redeemable subordinated debentures in October 1999 and retirement of NTC
debt on June 30, 2000.

     Income taxes. Income tax expense increased by $12.4 million, or 152%, to
$20.5 million, an effective tax rate of 40.4%, in 2000 from $8.1 million, an
effective tax rate of 37.3%, in 1999, and by $4.3 million, to $8.1 million in
1999 from $3.8 million in 1998, an effective tax rate of 41.5%. In 2000, the
increases were caused by our increase in income and non-deductible merger costs.
In 1999, the increases were caused by our increase in income, an increased
deferred tax asset valuation reserve of $0.6 million, offset by one-time credits
of $0.8 million.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

     We rely on a combination of cash generated from operations, commercial
borrowings, vendor financing and the issuance of equity securities to fund our
operations and capital needs. Currently, our operating activities generate
positive and increasing cash flows reflecting our overall growth in revenue
combined with the leveraging of our network and cost infrastructure. We
anticipate continued high levels of investment in our infrastructure over the
next several years to manage increased network volumes, to enhance customer
support systems and to continue to improve network and service reliability.
Additionally, we anticipate continued investments in the development and
acquisition of new services and products related to our network, database and
clearinghouse services in order to address changing markets and customer needs.

     Our working capital (current assets in excess of current liabilities) was
$124.3 million at December 31, 2000. Our cash and cash equivalent balances
included $10.5 million required as working capital to service our clearinghouse
services customers. Clearinghouse funds are received and disbursed on a monthly
basis. The growth in working capital of $16.4 million from $107.9 million at
December 31, 1999, reflects increased cash related to operating receipts and
interest earnings from available-for-sale securities.

     Our property and equipment acquisitions were $29.7 million in 2000.
Expenditures for property and equipment were primarily for network equipment to
expand capacity and enhance reliability, including network monitoring equipment,
local number portability service-related assets and mediation services, a new
product offering expected to launch service in the first quarter of 2001. We
anticipate capital expenditures of approximately $39.0 million in 2001 for
network expansion, corporate infrastructure and new product development.

     Effective June 1, 2000, we entered into an agreement with Bank of America
to provide a $10.0 million unsecured line of credit and a $15.0 million
unsecured capital expenditure facility. The line of credit has a two-year term,
with a one-year extension available at the end of the second year. The capital
expenditure facility has a five-year term. No draws were taken on the unsecured
line and $0.8 million was outstanding on the capital expenditure facility at
December 31, 2000. The new line of credit and capital expenditure facilities
replaced unused loan facilities from the Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative
("RTFC"). RTFC released its lien on all assets except for a first trust deed on
our building and land located in Lacey, Washington. Long-term secured notes to
RTFC were $6.0 million at December 31, 2000 with various maturity dates
including $0.3 million due September 2001, with the remainder due in September
2010 and March 2015.

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<PAGE>   31

     We believe that our existing cash balances, funds generated from our
operations, and borrowings available under our existing credit agreements will
be sufficient to meet our anticipated capital expenditure and working capital
needs for the foreseeable future. However, acquisitions of complementary
businesses or technologies may require significant capital beyond our current
expectations, which would require us to issue additional equity securities
and/or incur additional long-term debt.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

     In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 133,
"Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities," which
establishes standards for the recognition, measurement, and reporting of
derivatives and hedging activities and was adopted by us on January 1, 2000 with
no material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In December 1999,
the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin Number
101, "Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements" ("SAB 101"). This summarized
certain areas of the staff's views in applying generally accepted accounting
principles as it applies to revenue recognition. Our adoption of SAB 101 in the
fourth quarter of 2000 had no material impact on our consolidated financial
statements.

ITEM 7A: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

     Our market risks relate primarily to changes in interest rates. We are
exposed to this risk in two specific ways. First, we have debt outstanding. Our
secured notes payable to RTFC, which had average borrowings of $6.8 million
during 2000 and was $6.0 million at the end of 2000, have a variable interest
rate, which exposes our income statement and cash flows to changes in interest
rates. The rate of these secured notes is based on the lender's cost of funds.
We also have a $10.0 million unsecured line of credit and a $15.0 million
unsecured capital expenditure facility with Bank of America with a variable
interest rate based on LIBOR. At December 31, 2000, $0.8 million was outstanding
on the unsecured capital expenditure facility. If market interest rates were to
increase immediately and uniformly by 10% from levels at December 31, 2000, our
net income and cash flows would decrease by an immaterial amount.

     The second component of interest rate risk involves the short-term
investment of excess cash. Such risk affects fair values, earnings and cash
flows. Excess cash is primarily invested in overnight repurchase agreements
backed by U.S. government securities. These are considered to be cash
equivalents and are shown that way on our balance sheet. Our average balance in
those securities was approximately $30.2 million over the past year. Earnings
from these cash equivalents totaled $1.6 million in 2000. Additionally, we have
available-for-sale securities of $84.5 million as of December 31, 2000,
comprised primarily of commercial paper providing total earnings of $5.2 million
in 2000. If market interest rates were to decrease immediately and uniformly by
10% from levels at December 31, 2000, our net income and cash flows would
decrease by an immaterial amount.

ITEM 8: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

     See Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data on
page F-1.

ITEM 9: CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

     Not applicable.

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                                    PART III

ITEM 10: DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

     Information called for by this Item is incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's Proxy Statement related to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be
held on May 4, 2001 (the "Proxy Statement").

ITEM 11: EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

     Information called for by this Item is incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's Proxy Statement.

ITEM 12: SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

     Information called for by this Item is incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's Proxy Statement.

ITEM 13: CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

     Information called for by this Item is incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's Proxy Statement.

                                    PART IV

ITEM 14: EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

     The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form
10-K:

     (a) 1. Financial Statements.

        The consolidated financial statements are listed in the accompanying
        Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data on
        page F-1.

        2. Financial Statement Schedules.

        The financial statement schedule is listed in the accompanying Index to
        Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data on page F-1.

        3. Exhibits.

        The Exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index on page E-1 are filed as part
        of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

     (b) Reports on Form 8-K

        On October 5, 2000, we filed a Report on Form 8-K with consolidated
        financial statements and financial statement schedule of the Company for
        the years ended December 31, 1997, 1998 and 1999, which have been
        retroactively restated to reflect the transaction completed June 30,
        2000 with National Telemanagement Corporation, which was accounted for
        as a pooling of interests.

        On November 8, 2000, we filed a Report on Form 8-K to announce a change
        in the Company's Independent Auditors.

     (c) Exhibits

        The Exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index on page E-1 are filed as part
        of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Lacey, State of Washington, on the 26th of February, 2001.

                                          ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

                                          By: /s/ ROGER H. MOORE
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Name: Roger H. Moore
                                            Title:  President and Chief
                                              Executive Officer

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signatures
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Roger H. Moore, and Daniel E.
Weiss, and each of them, acting individually, as his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, or him, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments to this report and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and with full power
of each to act alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as
fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do, or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
          SIGNATURE                                    TITLE                                DATE
          ---------                                    -----                                ----
<S>                            <C>                                                    <C>
    /s/ THEODORE D. BERNS                            Director                           March 1, 2001
-----------------------------
      Theodore D. Berns

   /s/ JACK W. BLUMENSTEIN                           Director                           March 2, 2001
-----------------------------
     Jack W. Blumenstein

     /s/ EUGENE L. COLE                              Director                           March 5, 2000
-----------------------------
       Eugene L. Cole

   /s/ RICHARD A. LUMPKIN                            Director                         February 28, 2001
-----------------------------
     Richard A. Lumpkin

     /s/ JAMES W. STRAND                             Director                           March 1, 2001
-----------------------------
       James W. Strand

  /s/ GREGORY J. WILKINSON                           Director                         February 27, 2001
-----------------------------
    Gregory J. Wilkinson

     /s/ ROGER H. MOORE           Director, President and Chief Executive Officer     February 26, 2001
-----------------------------              (Principal Executive Officer)
       Roger H. Moore

     /s/ DANIEL E. WEISS         Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer     February 26, 2001
-----------------------------      (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
       Daniel E. Weiss
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>   34

                  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

       INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              PAGE
                                                              ----
<S>                                                           <C>
Report of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Auditors.......  F-2
Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors...........  F-3
Report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent
  Accountants...............................................  F-4
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2000 and
  1999......................................................  F-5
Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended
  December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998..........................  F-6
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the
  years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998..............  F-7
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended
  December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998..........................  F-8
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements..................  F-9
Schedule II -- Valuation and Qualifying Accounts............  F-25
</TABLE>

                                       F-1
<PAGE>   35

             REPORT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Illuminet Holdings, Inc.

     We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Illuminet Holdings, Inc.
(the Company) as of December 31, 2000, and the related statements of income,
stockholders' equity, and cash flows for the year then ended, which includes the
financial statement schedule listed in Item 14(a) of this Form 10-K. These
financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audit.

     We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

     In our opinion, such financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2000, and the
results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.

                                          DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Seattle, Washington
January 26, 2001

                                       F-2
<PAGE>   36

               REPORT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

Board of Directors and Stockholders
Illuminet Holdings, Inc.

     We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Illuminet
Holdings, Inc. (Illuminet) (formed as a result of the merger of Illuminet and
National Telemanagement Corporation (NTC)) as of December 31, 1999, and the
related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows
for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 1999. Our audits also
included the financial statement schedules listed in the Index at Item 14(a) for
each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 1999. These financial
statements and schedules are the responsibility of management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and
schedules based on our audits. We did not audit the financial statements of NTC,
whose statements reflect total assets constituting 7% of the related
consolidated financial statement totals for 1999 and which reflect net income
constituting approximately 2% and 5% of the related consolidated financial
statement totals for each of the two years in the period ended December 31,
1999, respectively. Those statements were audited by other auditors, whose
reports have been furnished to us, and in our opinion, insofar as it relates to
data included for NTC, is based solely on the report of the other auditors.

     We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform
the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An
audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.

     In our opinion, based on our audits and the reports of other auditors, the
consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the consolidated financial position of Illuminet as of
December 31, 1999, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash
flows for each of the two years ended December 31, 1999, in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Also, in our
opinion, the related financial statement schedules, when considered in relation
to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly in all
material respects the information set forth therein.

                                          ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Seattle, Washington
June 30, 2000

                                       F-3
<PAGE>   37

         REPORT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP, INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

The Board of Directors
National Telemanagement Corporation and Subsidiary

     In our opinion, the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 1999 and
1998 and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity
and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 1999
of National Telemanagement Corporation and Subsidiary (not presented separately
herein) present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position,
results of operations and cash flows of National Telemanagement Corporation and
Subsidiary at December 31, 1999 and 1998 and for each of the two years in the
period ended December 31, 1999, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements
are the responsibility of the Company's management; our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We
conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with auditing standards
generally accepted in the United States of America, which require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

     As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the
Company adopted provisions of Statement of Position 98-5, Reporting on the Costs
of Start-Up Activities, in 1998.

                                          PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Dallas, Texas
March 17, 2000

                                       F-4
<PAGE>   38

                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
               (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE AMOUNTS)

                                     ASSETS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  DECEMBER 31,
                                                              --------------------
                                                                1999        2000
                                                              --------    --------
<S>                                                           <C>         <C>
Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents.................................  $ 24,223    $ 32,358
  Available-for-sale securities.............................    79,738      84,531
  Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts
     of $2,313 ($2,253 in 1999).............................    35,942      42,891
  Deferred income taxes.....................................     1,783         939
  Income taxes receivable...................................        --         752
  Prepaid expenses and other................................     2,039       3,148
                                                              --------    --------
          Total current assets..............................   143,725     164,619
Property and equipment, net.................................    51,095      65,279
Other assets................................................     2,310       1,463
                                                              --------    --------
          Total assets......................................  $197,130    $231,361
                                                              ========    ========
                    LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
  Trade accounts payable....................................  $  7,168    $ 15,071
  Accrued expenses..........................................     6,476       8,354
  Due to customers..........................................    16,133      13,520
  Income taxes payable......................................     1,988          --
  Current portion of obligations under capital leases.......     2,653       2,693
  Current portion of long-term debt.........................     1,430         675
                                                              --------    --------
          Total current liabilities.........................    35,848      40,313
                                                              --------    --------
Deferred income taxes.......................................     5,116       5,819
Obligations under capital leases, less current portion......     5,101       2,402
Long-term debt, less current portion........................    11,478       6,153
Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock......................     4,071          --
Commitments and contingencies (notes 5, 6, and 12)..........        --          --
Stockholders' equity:
  Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, authorized
     100,000 shares, 4,416 shares designated as Series A,
     none outstanding and 7,000 shares designated as Series
     B, none outstanding....................................        --          --
  Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, authorized
     150,000,000 shares, issued and outstanding, 32,108,297
     (5,737,699 in 1999)....................................        57         321
  Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, authorized
     7,200,000 shares, none outstanding (6,344,134 in
     1999)..................................................        63          --
  Common Stock Warrants.....................................     1,521          --
  Additional paid-in capital................................   105,560     117,056
  Deferred stock-based compensation.........................    (3,885)     (2,758)
  Retained earnings.........................................    32,200      62,055
                                                              --------    --------
          Total stockholders' equity........................   135,516     176,674
                                                              --------    --------
          Total liabilities and stockholders' equity........  $197,130    $231,361
                                                              ========    ========
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes.

                                       F-5
<PAGE>   39

                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

                       CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
               (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE AMOUNTS)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                      -----------------------------------------
                                                         1998           1999           2000
                                                      -----------    -----------    -----------
<S>                                                   <C>            <C>            <C>
Revenues:
  Network services..................................  $    70,577    $   109,317    $   143,604
  Clearinghouse services............................        6,232          5,851          5,333
  Network usage software applications...............        5,406          1,532          4,204
                                                      -----------    -----------    -----------
          Total revenues............................       82,215        116,700        153,141
Expenses:
  Carrier costs.....................................       25,506         28,004         27,687
  Operating.........................................       23,288         36,623         39,818
  Selling, general, and administrative..............       12,882         16,656         21,716
  Depreciation and amortization.....................       10,131         13,610         16,023
  Merger costs......................................           --             --          3,353
                                                      -----------    -----------    -----------
          Total expenses............................       71,807         94,893        108,597
                                                      -----------    -----------    -----------
Operating income....................................       10,408         21,807         44,544
Interest and other income, net......................          767          2,020          7,516
Interest expense....................................       (1,966)        (2,060)        (1,288)
                                                      -----------    -----------    -----------
Income before income taxes..........................        9,209         21,767         50,772
Income tax provision................................        3,826          8,132         20,490
                                                      -----------    -----------    -----------
Net income..........................................  $     5,383    $    13,635    $    30,282
                                                      ===========    ===========    ===========
Earnings per share -- basic.........................  $      0.22    $      0.52    $      0.95
                                                      ===========    ===========    ===========
Earnings per share -- diluted.......................  $      0.19    $      0.45    $      0.89
                                                      ===========    ===========    ===========
Weighted-average common shares -- basic.............   23,027,833     24,630,095     31,555,529
                                                      ===========    ===========    ===========
Weighted-average common shares -- diluted...........   27,798,781     29,246,941     33,587,598
                                                      ===========    ===========    ===========
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes.

                                       F-6
<PAGE>   40

                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                      (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AMOUNTS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                    CLASS A            SERIES A
                                      COMMON STOCK         TREASURY STOCK        COMMON STOCK       PREFERRED STOCK    COMMON
                                   -------------------   ------------------   -------------------   ---------------    STOCK
                                     SHARES     AMOUNT    SHARES    AMOUNT      SHARES     AMOUNT   SHARES   AMOUNT   WARRANTS
                                   ----------   ------   --------   -------   ----------   ------   ------   ------   --------
<S>                                <C>          <C>      <C>        <C>       <C>          <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>
Balance at January 1, 1998.......   2,045,508    $ 20    (183,874)  $  (378)   5,347,081    $53      2,451    $--     $    --
Conversion of Series A Preferred
 Stock...........................          --      --          --        --        3,660     --        (43)    --          --
Conversion of convertible
 redeemable subordinated
 debentures......................          --      --          --        --       14,764      1         --     --          --
Deferred stock-based
 compensation....................          --      --          --        --           --     --         --     --          --
Stock-based compensation
 expense.........................          --      --          --        --           --     --         --     --          --
Stock options exercised..........          --      --          --        --          100     --         --     --          --
Issuance of Common Stock
 Warrants........................          --      --          --        --           --     --         --     --       1,521
Purchase of Treasury Stock.......          --      --    (608,935)   (2,297)          --     --         --     --          --
Retirement of Treasury Stock.....    (792,809)     (8)    792,809     2,675           --     --         --     --          --
Dividends and accretion of
 Convertible Redeemable Preferred
 Stock...........................          --      --          --        --           --     --         --     --          --
Net income.......................          --      --          --        --           --     --         --     --          --
                                   ----------    ----    --------   -------   ----------    ---     ------    ---     -------
Balance at December 31, 1998.....   1,252,699      12          --        --    5,365,605     54      2,408     --       1,521
Conversion of Series A Preferred
 Stock...........................          --      --          --        --      204,941      2     (2,408)    --          --
Conversion of convertible
 redeemable subordinated
 debentures......................          --      --          --        --      760,838      7         --     --          --
Deferred stock-based
 compensation....................          --      --          --        --           --     --         --     --          --
Stock-based compensation
 expense.........................          --      --          --        --           --     --         --     --          --
Stock options exercised..........          --      --          --        --       12,750     --         --     --          --
Issuance of Common Stock.........   4,485,000      45          --        --           --     --         --     --          --
Dividends and accretion of
 Convertible Redeemable Preferred
 Stock...........................          --      --          --        --           --     --         --     --          --
Net income.......................          --      --          --        --           --     --         --     --          --
                                   ----------    ----    --------   -------   ----------    ---     ------    ---     -------
Balance at December 31, 1999.....   5,737,699      57          --        --    6,344,134     63         --     --       1,521
Deferred stock-based
 compensation....................          --      --          --        --           --     --         --     --          --
Stock-based compensation
 expense.........................          --      --          --        --           --     --         --     --          --
Stock options exercised..........     368,699       4          --        --           --     --         --     --          --
Issuance of Common Stock.........      79,817       1          --        --           --     --         --     --          --
Conversion to Common Stock.......  25,922,082     259          --        --   (6,344,134)   (63)        --     --      (1,521)
Dividends and accretion of
 Convertible Redeemable Preferred
 Stock...........................          --      --          --        --           --     --         --     --          --
Net income.......................          --      --          --        --           --     --         --     --          --
                                   ----------    ----    --------   -------   ----------    ---     ------    ---     -------
Balance at December 31, 2000.....  32,108,297    $321          --   $    --           --    $--         --    $--     $    --
                                   ==========    ====    ========   =======   ==========    ===     ======    ===     =======

<CAPTION>

                                   ADDITIONAL     DEFERRED                    TOTAL
                                    PAID-IN     STOCK-BASED    RETAINED   STOCKHOLDERS'
                                    CAPITAL     COMPENSATION   EARNINGS      EQUITY
                                   ----------   ------------   --------   -------------
<S>                                <C>          <C>            <C>        <C>
Balance at January 1, 1998.......   $ 13,616      $  (340)     $17,088      $ 30,059
Conversion of Series A Preferred
 Stock...........................         --           --           --            --
Conversion of convertible
 redeemable subordinated
 debentures......................        164           --           --           165
Deferred stock-based
 compensation....................        561         (561)          --            --
Stock-based compensation
 expense.........................         --          507           --           507
Stock options exercised..........          1           --           --             1
Issuance of Common Stock
 Warrants........................         --           --           --         1,521
Purchase of Treasury Stock.......         --           --           --        (2,297)
Retirement of Treasury Stock.....          3           --       (2,670)           --
Dividends and accretion of
 Convertible Redeemable Preferred
 Stock...........................         --           --         (404)         (404)
Net income.......................         --           --        5,383         5,383
                                    --------      -------      -------      --------
Balance at December 31, 1998.....     14,345         (394)      19,397        34,935
Conversion of Series A Preferred
 Stock...........................         --           --           (2)           --
Conversion of convertible
 redeemable subordinated
 debentures......................      8,347           --           (2)        8,352
Deferred stock-based
 compensation....................      4,185       (4,185)          --            --
Stock-based compensation
 expense.........................         --          694           --           694
Stock options exercised..........        394           --           --           394
Issuance of Common Stock.........     78,289           --           --        78,334
Dividends and accretion of
 Convertible Redeemable Preferred
 Stock...........................         --           --         (828)         (828)
Net income.......................         --           --       13,635        13,635
                                    --------      -------      -------      --------
Balance at December 31, 1999.....    105,560       (3,885)      32,200       135,516
Deferred stock-based
 compensation....................         (6)           6           --            --
Stock-based compensation
 expense.........................         --        1,121           --         1,121
Stock options exercised..........      4,382           --           --         4,386
Issuance of Common Stock.........      1,297           --           --         1,298
Conversion to Common Stock.......      5,823           --           --         4,498
Dividends and accretion of
 Convertible Redeemable Preferred
 Stock...........................         --           --         (427)         (427)
Net income.......................         --           --       30,282        30,282
                                    --------      -------      -------      --------
Balance at December 31, 2000.....   $117,056      $(2,758)     $62,055      $176,674
                                    ========      =======      =======      ========
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes.

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                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                              --------------------------------
                                                                1998        1999        2000
                                                              --------    --------    --------
<S>                                                           <C>         <C>         <C>
Operating activities:
  Net income................................................  $  5,383    $ 13,635    $ 30,282
  Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
     by operating activities:
     Depreciation and amortization..........................    10,131      13,610      16,023
     Impairment on investment...............................        --       1,461          --
     Stock-based compensation expense.......................       507         694       1,121
     Deferred income taxes..................................     2,137       1,962       1,547
     Change in:
       Accounts receivable..................................    (3,500)     (5,225)     (6,949)
       Trade accounts payable...............................    (1,178)      2,538       7,903
       Accrued expenses.....................................      (310)      1,406       1,878
       Due to customers.....................................      (309)       (489)     (2,613)
       Income taxes payable.................................     1,145         779         229
       Other................................................       896      (1,332)       (834)
                                                              --------    --------    --------
          Net cash provided by operating activities.........    14,902      29,039      48,587
                                                              --------    --------    --------
Investing activities:
  Purchases of investments..................................        --     (79,738)     (4,793)
  Capital purchases.........................................   (11,950)    (14,816)    (29,677)
                                                              --------    --------    --------
          Net cash used in investing activities.............   (11,950)    (94,554)    (34,470)
                                                              --------    --------    --------
Financing activities:
  Purchase of Treasury Stock................................    (2,297)         --          --
  Class A Common Stock repurchases..........................        --          (4)         --
  Proceeds from issuance of Convertible Redeemable Preferred
     Stock and Common Stock Warrants........................     4,361          --          --
  Proceeds from issuance of notes payable and long-term
     debt...................................................     1,768       8,951       4,103
  Proceeds from issuance of Class A Common Stock............         1         394          --
  Proceeds from issuance of Common Stock....................        --      78,334       2,715
  Principal payments on notes payable, long-term debt and
     capital leases.........................................    (4,608)    (11,526)    (12,800)
                                                              --------    --------    --------
          Net cash (used in) provided by financing
            activities......................................      (775)     76,149      (5,982)
                                                              --------    --------    --------
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents...................     2,177      10,634       8,135
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period............    11,412      13,589      24,223
                                                              --------    --------    --------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period..................  $ 13,589    $ 24,223    $ 32,358
                                                              ========    ========    ========
Supplemental cash flow disclosure:
  Income taxes paid.........................................  $    342    $  5,153    $ 18,469
                                                              ========    ========    ========
  Interest paid.............................................  $  2,460    $  2,177    $  1,328
                                                              ========    ========    ========
  Capital acquisitions financed through capital leases......  $  7,728    $  2,530    $     --
                                                              ========    ========    ========
  Debentures and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
     converted into Class A Common Stock....................  $    165    $  8,356    $     --
                                                              ========    ========    ========
  Class A Common Stock conversion to Common Stock...........  $     --    $     --    $    254
                                                              ========    ========    ========
  Exercise and conversion of Common Stock Warrants..........  $     --    $     --    $  1,521
                                                              ========    ========    ========
  Conversion of Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock......  $     --    $     --    $  4,498
                                                              ========    ========    ========
  Dividends and accretion on Convertible Redeemable
     Preferred Stock........................................  $    404    $    828    $    427
                                                              ========    ========    ========
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes.

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<PAGE>   42

                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

     Illuminet Holdings, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries Illuminet, Inc.
("Illuminet") and National Telemanagement Corporation ("NTC") (collectively
referred to as "the Company") are engaged in the business of developing,
managing and marketing a Signaling System 7 ("SS7") network and related products
and services based on SS7 technology to the entire telecommunications
marketplace. SS7 is a telecommunications industry-standard system of protocols
and procedures that is used to control telephone communications and provide
routing information in association with vertical calling features, such as
calling card validation, advanced intelligent network services, local number
portability, wireless services, toll-free number database access, and caller
identification. Additionally, Illuminet provides advanced database services,
billing-and-collection services, calling card services, and network usage
software applications to a range of telephone companies as well as interexchange
carriers, operator service providers and other telecommunications companies and
providers of telecommunications services.

     The Company has its corporate headquarters and a portion of its operations
located in Lacey, Washington; a portion of its operations located in Dallas,
Texas; a network control center and related operations located in Overland Park,
Kansas; and additional SS7 Signal Transfer Points located in Rock Hill, South
Carolina; Mattoon, Illinois; Las Vegas, Nevada; Akron, Pennsylvania; Waynesboro,
Virginia; San Bernardino, California, and San Francisco, California.

     Illuminet Holdings, Inc. (formerly USTN Holdings, Inc. through May 1997)
and Illuminet, Inc. (formerly USTN Services, Inc. through May 1997) were
incorporated in the State of Delaware on August 2, 1995.

BASIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION

     The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of
Illuminet Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany
balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

     In June 2000, the Company acquired NTC and accounted for the transaction as
a pooling-of-interests. The consolidated financial statements for 1998 and 1999
have been prepared to reflect the restatement of all periods presented to
include the accounts of NTC.

CASH EQUIVALENTS

     The Company considers all highly liquid investments of operating cash with
original maturities of three months or less at purchase to be cash equivalents.
Cash equivalents consist of money market funds and commercial paper that are
stated at cost, which approximates fair value. At December 31, 1999 and 2000,
such investments included $20.3 million, and $28.3 million, respectively,
invested in a money market fund consisting of direct obligations of the U.S.
Treasury and repurchase agreements collateralized by such obligations of the
U.S. Treasury. At December 31, 1999 and 2000, investments in a fund
collateralized by commercial paper investments totaled $3.1 million and $3.2
million, respectively.

AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE SECURITIES

     Available-for-sale securities are reported at fair value with unrealized
gains and losses excluded from earnings and recorded net of deferred taxes
directly to stockholders' equity as accumulated other comprehensive income.
Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be
other-than-temporary on available-for-sale securities are included in investment
income. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification
method. There were no material gross unrealized holding gains or losses at
December 31, 1999 and 2000. At December 31, 1999, such investments included, at
market value, $69.7 million invested in

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                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

commercial paper with an average of 59 days to maturity and $10.0 million
invested in demand notes. At December 31, 2000, such investments included, at
market value, $78.8 million invested in commercial paper with an average of 73
days to maturity and $5.7 million invested in demand notes. On January 1, 2001,
the Company transferred from available-for-sales securities to cash equivalents
investments with an original maturity of three months or less totaling $24.2
million.

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK

     One of the Company's services involves providing a clearinghouse function
for toll collected by telephone companies on behalf of other telecommunications
service providers. At December 31, 1999 and 2000, accounts receivable included
$9.0 million and $6.9 million, respectively, of such toll amounts due from
telephone companies. Related amounts due to customers included $11.8 million and
$9.5 million, respectively, for amounts owed to such service providers. Accounts
receivable from these companies are uncollateralized; however, uncollected
amounts may be offset against amounts otherwise due to service providers.

     Concentration of credit risk with respect to trade receivables is limited
due to the diversity of the customer base and geographic dispersion, and is
evidenced by a history of minimal customer account write-offs.

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

     Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is provided using
the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets.
Estimated useful lives for property and equipment are as follows:

<TABLE>
<S>                                                           <C>
Corporate headquarters building.............................     31.5 years
Network assets..............................................  3 to 10 years
Office equipment and systems................................  5 to 20 years
Furniture and fixtures......................................  5 to 15 years
Computer equipment and software.............................   3 to 5 years
Leasehold improvements......................................   3 to 5 years
</TABLE>

     When depreciable assets are retired or otherwise disposed of, the related
costs and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts, and
any gains or losses on disposition are recognized in income.

     Property and equipment and liabilities under capital leases are recorded at
the lower of the fair value of the asset or the present value of the minimum
lease payments. Interest rates on capitalized leases are imputed based on the
lower of Illuminet's incremental borrowing rate at the inception of each lease
or the lessor's implicit rate of return. Depreciation on the leased assets is
included in depreciation expense, and is provided using the straight-line method
over the estimated useful lives of the assets.

IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS

     Long-lived assets consist of intangible assets and certain capital assets.
An impairment is considered to have occurred when the carrying value of the
asset is considered not to be recoverable. The carrying value of these assets is
regularly reviewed to verify that they are valued properly. When there are
adverse changes in facts and circumstances that suggest that the value has been
impaired, an assessment is made of future cash flows and the carrying value of
the related assets will be reduced appropriately to their fair value based on
current market values. When market values are not available, the fair value will
be determined based on other valuation techniques such as estimated future cash
flows.

                                       F-10
<PAGE>   44
                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

REVENUE RECOGNITION

     The Company recognizes revenue as the related services are performed.
Network services revenues are comprised of network connectivity revenues and
intelligent network service revenues. Network connectivity revenues are derived
from establishing and maintaining connection to the Company's SS7 network and
trunk signaling services. Revenues from network connectivity consist primarily
of monthly recurring fees, and trunk signaling services revenues are charged
monthly based on the number of switches to which a customer signals. The initial
connection fee and related costs are deferred and recognized over the term of
the arrangement. Intelligent network services, which include calling card
validation, local number portability, wireless services, toll-free database
access, and caller identification are derived primarily from database
administration and database query services and are charged on a per-use or
per-query basis. Prepaid wireless account management services and unregistered
wireless roaming services are based on the net revenue retained by the Company
and recognized in the period in which such calls are processed by the Company on
a per-minute or per-call basis.

     Clearinghouse services revenues are derived primarily from serving as a
distribution and collection point for billing information and payment collection
for services provided by one carrier to customers billed by another.
Clearinghouse revenues are earned based on the number of messages processed.

     Network usage software applications revenues are comprised of sales of
software and software maintenance services. Revenues on sales of software are
recognized when an arrangement exists, the price is fixed and determinable, the
related amounts are collectible, and the software has been delivered and all
customer acceptance requirements, if any, have been met. Revenues on software
maintenance are recognized on a monthly basis over the term of the maintenance
arrangement.

     In 2000, the Company earned approximately 12% of its revenues from AT&T and
its affiliates with no single affiliate contributing more than 8% of total
revenue.

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

     The Company has elected to apply the disclosure-only provisions of the
Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation" ("Statement 123").
Accordingly, Illuminet accounts for stock-based compensation using the intrinsic
value method prescribed in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25,
"Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" ("APB 25"). Compensation expense for
stock options is measured as the excess, if any, of the fair value of Common
Stock and Class A Common Stock at the measurement date over the stock option
exercise price. Statement 123 requires companies that continue to follow APB 25
to provide pro forma disclosure of the impact of applying the fair value method
of Statement 123 (refer to Note 8).

INCOME TAXES

     The Company provides for income taxes under the asset and liability method,
whereby deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences
between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are
measured using enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the
differences are expected to reverse. A valuation allowance against deferred tax
assets is recorded if, based on the weight of available evidence, it is more
likely than not that some of or all of the deferred tax assets will not be
realized.

EARNINGS PER SHARE

     The computation of earnings per share-basic is based on net income
available to common shareholders and the weighted-average number of outstanding
common shares, including Class A Common Stock. The computation of earnings per
share-diluted includes the dilutive effect, if any, of outstanding Series A
Preferred Stock, Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, and convertible
debentures calculated using the as if
                                       F-11
<PAGE>   45
                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

converted method, and Common Stock options, Class A Common Stock options and
Common Stock Warrants calculated using the treasury stock method. Effective with
Illuminet's initial public offering on October 7, 1999, all existing common
stock available to common shareholders of Illuminet outstanding immediately
prior to the initial public offering was renamed to Class A Common Stock. Each
share of Class A Common Stock automatically converted into four shares of Common
Stock on April 5, 2000. All share and per share amounts for 1998 and 1999 have
been restated to reflect the conversion of the Class A Common Stock into Common
Stock at the beginning of each period presented.

USE OF ESTIMATES

     The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at
the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and
expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.

RECLASSIFICATIONS

     Certain reclassifications to the 1998 and 1999 financial statements have
been made to conform to the 2000 presentation.

SEGMENT INFORMATION

     The Company has aggregated its Illuminet and NTC operations and considers
them to be one segment because the companies have similar products and services,
customer base, production processes, methods to distribute services, long-term
economic characteristics, and regulatory impacts. Additionally, Illuminet's
expenses support multiple products and services, and no Illuminet segment
information is provided to the chief operating decision maker for expenses,
operating income, total assets, depreciation, or capital purchases.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

     In June 1998, FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.
133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities," which
establishes standards for the recognition, measurement, and reporting of
derivatives and hedging activities was adopted by the Company on January 1, 2001
with no material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

     In December 1999, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff
Accounting Bulletin Number 101, "Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements"
("SAB 101"). This summarized certain areas of the staff's views in applying
generally accepted accounting principles as it applies to revenue recognition.
The Company adoption of SAB 101 in the fourth quarter of 2000 had no material
impact on the consolidated financial statements.

 2. MERGER WITH NATIONAL TELEMANAGEMENT CORPORATION

     On June 30, 2000, pursuant to a Merger Agreement dated June 12, 2000 among
Illuminet Holdings, Inc. and NTC, Illuminet Holdings, Inc. acquired all of the
outstanding capital stock of NTC.

     The Company issued 1,888,944 shares of common stock in exchange for all
outstanding preferred stock and common stock of NTC and assumed all outstanding
options in connection with the acquisition of NTC, resulting in the issuance of
options to purchase up to 80,297 shares of common stock. Prior to the merger,
all NTC common stock purchase warrants were exercised. This transaction has been
accounted for as a pooling-of-interests.

                                       F-12
<PAGE>   46
                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

     Revenue and net income for separate and combined companies are as follows
(in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            NATIONAL
                                         ILLUMINET       TELEMANAGEMENT
                                       HOLDINGS, INC.     CORPORATION      COMBINED
                                       --------------    --------------    --------
<S>                                    <C>               <C>               <C>
Year ended December 31, 1998
  Revenue............................     $ 71,912          $10,303        $ 82,215
  Net income.........................        5,293               90           5,383
Year ended December 31, 1999
  Revenue............................      100,594           16,106         116,700
  Net income.........................     $ 13,005          $   630        $ 13,635
</TABLE>

 3. DISCONTINUED LINE OF BUSINESS

     In 1998, the Company made the decision to begin the process of selling one
of its business lines. Because of the immateriality of the impact, this business
line is not presented as discontinued operations, but is included in Interest
and other income, net in the accompanying statements of income. Revenues for
this business line were $4.0 million and $0.4 million for the years ended
December 31, 1998, and 1999, respectively. On March 1, 1999, the Company entered
into an agreement to sell a substantial portion of the assets related to the
business line. The net loss of these operations was $66,000 in 1998, and a net
gain of $12,000 was recorded in 1999.

 4. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

     Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             DECEMBER 31,
                                                         --------------------
                                                           1999        2000
                                                         --------    --------
<S>                                                      <C>         <C>
Land...................................................  $    912    $    912
Building and leasehold improvements....................     7,660       8,088
Equipment and furniture................................     4,380       4,774
Network assets.........................................    68,171      80,049
Computer hardware and software.........................    25,081      42,103
                                                         --------    --------
                                                          106,204     135,926
Less: accumulated depreciation.........................    55,109      70,647
                                                         --------    --------
          Property and equipment, net..................  $ 51,095    $ 65,279
                                                         ========    ========
</TABLE>

 5. LEASES

     The Company has entered into various capital lease obligations expiring in
2002 and 2003 for network assets. The majority of the capital lease agreements
allow the Company to purchase, for a nominal value, the assets at the end of the
lease term. Property and equipment held under capital leases follows (in
thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              DECEMBER 31,
                                                           ------------------
                                                            1999       2000
                                                           -------    -------
<S>                                                        <C>        <C>
Network assets...........................................  $11,275    $11,275
Less: accumulated amortization...........................    3,296      5,677
                                                           -------    -------
          Total property and equipment held under
            capital leases...............................  $ 7,979    $ 5,598
                                                           =======    =======
</TABLE>

     The Company has entered into non-cancelable operating leases for its
various facilities, other than its Lacey headquarters site. The most significant
leases cover its Overland Park and Dallas facilities. These leases

                                       F-13
<PAGE>   47
                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

have terms from 60 to 82 months expiring from December 2005 to December 2007.
During 1998, 1999 and 2000, rent expense was $0.7 million, $0.8 million and $1.2
million, respectively.

     Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases and the
present value of future minimum capital lease payments for the years ending
December 31 are as follows (in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           CAPITAL    OPERATING
                                                           LEASES      LEASES
                                                           -------    ---------
<S>                                                        <C>        <C>
2001...................................................    $3,014      $1,069
2002...................................................     2,113         712
2003...................................................       402         576
2004...................................................        --         576
2005...................................................        --         520
Thereafter.............................................        --          --
                                                           ------      ------
          Total minimum lease payments.................     5,529      $3,453
                                                                       ======
Less: amount representing interest (at 8.12%)..........       434
                                                           ------
Present value of net minimum lease payments............     5,095
Less: current portion of obligations under capital
  leases...............................................     2,693
                                                           ------
Obligations under capital leases, less current
  portion..............................................    $2,402
                                                           ======
</TABLE>

 6. LONG-TERM DEBT

     Long-term debt consists of the following (in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              DECEMBER 31,
                                                            -----------------
                                                             1999       2000
                                                            -------    ------
<S>                                                         <C>        <C>
Various secured notes payable to Rural Telephone Finance
  Cooperative ("RTFC") with variable interest rates,
  (7.00% at December 31, 1999 and 8.40% at December 31,
  2000) payable in quarterly installments, including
  interest, each maturing at various dates ranging from
  August 2000 to March 2015...............................  $ 7,458    $6,028
$15 million capital expenditure credit agreement with Bank
  of America..............................................       --       800
$10 million credit agreement with Frost National Bank.....    5,450        --
                                                            -------    ------
                                                             12,908     6,828
Less: current portion.....................................    1,430       675
                                                            -------    ------
          Total long-term debt............................  $11,478    $6,153
                                                            =======    ======
</TABLE>

     All of the RTFC notes have variable interest rates that are based on RTFC's
short-term funding costs. In accordance with the terms of the loan agreements,
the Company purchased lender-issued, non-interest-bearing subordinated capital
certificates based on a percentage of the gross loan amount. Such certificates
are amortized against the loan principal balance over the terms of the
respective loans. Certificates purchased, net of amortization, totaled $1.0
million at December 31, 1999 and 2000, are carried at cost, and are included in
prepaid expenses and in other long-term assets. The loan agreements contain
certain covenants, the most restrictive of which requires the Company to
maintain certain cash flow-to-debt service ratios. The terms of the secured loan
facilities restrict the ability to declare and pay dividends without the consent
of RTFC, unless the Company meets minimum net worth and cash margin tests.

     Effective June 1, 2000, the Company entered into an agreement with Bank of
America to provide a line of credit and capital expenditure loan facilities. The
line of credit is a $10.0 million unsecured loan with a two-year term, and a
one-year extension available at the end of the second year. The capital
expenditure facility is

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                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

a $15.0 million unsecured loan with a five year term. The loans bear interest at
the lesser of the bank's prime lending rate or LIBOR plus 1.375% to 1.75%,
depending on Illuminet's trailing twelve month earnings adjusted cash flow as
defined by the agreement. The loan agreements contain certain covenants, the
most restrictive of which requires the Company to maintain certain financial
ratios. The interest rate was 8.0% in 2000.

     The new line of credit capital expenditure facility canceled unused loan
facilities from RTFC. RTFC released its lien on all assets except for a first
trust deed on our building and land located in Lacey, Washington.

     In June 1999, the Company entered into a $10 million credit agreement with
Frost National Bank. This facility was comprised of a $4 million working capital
line and a $6 million capital expenditure line. The loan, which was paid in full
in June 2000 and extinguished, had a variable interest rate based on LIBOR or
the prime rate ranging from 7.7% to 9.5% in 1999 and 9.75% to 10.5% in 2000.

     The Company is in compliance with all debt-related covenants.

     The carrying value of the Company's long-term debt approximates fair value.

     Maturities of the long-term debt for the years ending December 31 are
scheduled as follows (in thousands):

<TABLE>
<S>                                   <C>
2001................................  $  675
2002................................     452
2003................................     568
2004................................     768
2005................................     731
2006 - 2010.........................   2,757
2011 - 2015.........................     877
                                      ------
                                      $6,828
                                      ======
</TABLE>

 7. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

     The Company is authorized to issue up to 157,300,000 shares of capital
stock consisting of (i) 150,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share, (ii) 7,200,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share,
and (iii) 100,000 shares of Illuminet Holdings, Inc. Preferred Stock, par value
$.01 per share.

INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

     On October 7, 1999, the Company completed an initial public offering of
4,485,000 shares of its Common Stock and received approximately $78.3 million in
cash, net of underwriter discounts, commissions and other offering costs.

CLASS A COMMON STOCK

     Immediately prior to the initial public offering, all existing common stock
of the Company was renamed to Class A Common Stock. Each share of Class A Common
Stock was automatically converted into four shares of Common Stock on April 5,
2000. Other than the conversion feature, terms of Class A Common Stock were
identical to those of the Common Stock on an as if converted basis.

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                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK

     As approved by stockholders on June 21, 1999, all outstanding Series A
Preferred Stock of the Company automatically converted into an aggregate total
of 204,941 shares of Class A Common Stock at the time of the initial public
offering.

SERIES B PARTICIPATING CUMULATIVE PREFERENCE STOCK

     Series B Participating Cumulative Preference Stock ("Series B Stock") is
entitled to one vote per each one one-thousandth (" 1/1000") share, and votes
together as a class with Common Stock on matters on which holders of Common
Stock are generally entitled to vote. Although the Series B Stock ranks superior
to Common Stock, upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company,
whether voluntary or involuntary, other than requiring payment of accrued and
unpaid dividends before the payout to holders of Common Stock, the only
liquidation right of the Series B Stock is that each 1/1000 of a share of Series
B Stock is entitled to receive an amount equivalent to the amount to be
distributed per whole share of Common Stock. Series B Stock has similar rights
and preferences to dividends. Series B Stock was authorized in connection with
the establishment of the Company's Shareholder Rights Plan. No such shares were
outstanding at December 31, 1999 and 2000.

CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK AND COMMON STOCK WARRANTS

     In June 1998, the Company sold 450,000 shares of Convertible Redeemable
Preferred Stock for $4.5 million plus 414,096 Common Stock Warrants for $1,000.
The Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock has various rights and preferences,
including cumulative dividend rights of $1.20 per share accrued annually,
payable upon redemption of the Preferred Stock. Each warrant entitles the holder
to one share of Common Stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.006 per
warrant.

     The estimated fair value of the warrants of $1.5 million was based on the
application of the Black-Scholes option pricing model which incorporates current
stock price, expected stock price volatility, expected interest rates, and the
expected holding period of the warrants.

     In connection with the merger discussed in Note 2, each warrant was
exercised prior to the completion of the merger and the related Common Stock of
NTC was exchanged for Common Stock of Illuminet. In addition, each share of
Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock was exchanged for Common Stock of
Illuminet based on the liquidation value of the Convertible Redeemable Preferred
Stock, including cumulative unpaid dividends and a prepayment premium.

DIVIDENDS

     Payments of dividends are restricted under the Company's long-term debt
arrangements with approval of RTFC required unless the Company's ratio of equity
to total assets exceeds 40%. No dividends have been declared to date.

SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN

     On November 19, 1998, the Company's Board of Directors adopted a
Shareholder Rights Plan and declared a dividend, issued on November 20, 1998, of
one right for each outstanding share of Common Stock ("Right"). Each Right
represents the right to purchase shares of our Series B Stock. The Rights become
exercisable if a person or group acquires more than 20% of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock or makes a tender offer for more than 20% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock. Upon the occurrence of such an event, each
Right entitles the holder (other than the acquiror) to purchase for $150 the
economic equivalent of shares of Common Stock, or in certain circumstances,
stock of the acquiring entity, worth twice as much. The Rights expire on
December 20, 2008 unless earlier redeemed by the Company, and are redeemable
prior to becoming exercisable at $0.01 per Right.
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                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

 8. STOCK OPTION AND EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLANS

STOCK OPTION PLANS

     The Company established the 1997 Equity Incentive Plan under which 13% of
outstanding shares of Common Stock are reserved from time to time for issuance
pursuant to non-qualified and incentive stock options and stock appreciation
rights that may be granted. Only non-qualified stock options have been granted
under the plan. Employee non-qualified stock options, primarily granted to key
employees, are generally exercisable ratably over three to four years and expire
ten years from the date of grant except that options expire 60 days after
termination of employment. Outside Director non-qualified stock options are
generally exercisable on grant, or within twelve months of grant, and expire ten
years from the date of grant. Prior to the initial public offering, the Board of
Directors determined the estimated fair value of Class A Common Stock as the
stock was not publicly traded and a readily ascertainable market value was not
available. In addition to options issued under the 1997 Equity Incentive Plan,
Mr. Roger Moore, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, was issued
1,040,000 non-qualified options in 1997 of which 995,000 options were
outstanding and fully vested as of December 31, 2000.

     On December 15, 1998, NTC provided option holders the opportunity to have
their five-year term, $10.86 exercise price options exchanged for new options
equal to two-thirds of the exchanged options, with an exercise price equal to
the then estimated fair value of $3.80 and a term of ten years. Holders of
117,858 options elected to participate in the exchange.

     Additional information regarding options granted and outstanding is
summarized as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                      WEIGHTED-
                                                                       AVERAGE
                                                         NUMBER OF    EXERCISE
                                                          OPTIONS       PRICE
                                                         ---------    ---------
<S>                                                      <C>          <C>
Outstanding January 1, 1998 (287,820 exercisable at
  $2.43 weighted-average exercise price)...............  1,037,503     $ 3.13
  Granted at exercise price less than fair value of
     Common Stock on grant date........................  1,170,044       2.34
  Granted at exercise price equal to fair value of
     Common Stock on grant date........................    595,043       5.54
  Exchanged............................................   (117,858)     10.86
  Reissued.............................................     78,572       3.77
  Exercised............................................       (400)      2.20
  Forfeited............................................    (94,927)      5.62
                                                         ---------
Outstanding December 31, 1998 (1,243,475 exercisable at
  $2.41 weighted-average exercise price)...............  2,667,977       2.90
  Granted at exercise price less than fair value of
     Common Stock on grant date........................    701,190       7.47
  Granted at exercise price equal to fair value of
     Common Stock on grant date........................     91,901      16.70
  Exercised............................................    (51,000)      2.20
  Forfeited............................................     (2,548)      3.77
                                                         ---------
Outstanding December 31, 1999 (1,785,646 exercisable at
  $2.72 weighted-average exercise price)...............  3,407,520       4.23
  Granted at exercise price equal to fair value of
     Common Stock on grant date........................    274,862      35.14
  Exercised............................................   (368,699)      3.84
  Forfeited............................................    (31,823)     10.83
                                                         ---------
Outstanding December 31, 2000 (2,119,023 exercisable at
  $3.36 weighted-average exercise price)...............  3,281,860     $ 6.79
                                                         =========     ======
</TABLE>

                                       F-17
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                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

     Outstanding and exercisable stock options by price range as of December 31,
2000 is as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                           OPTIONS OUTSTANDING              OPTIONS EXERCISABLE
                  -------------------------------------   -----------------------
                                 WEIGHTED-
                                  AVERAGE     WEIGHTED-                 WEIGHTED-
                                 REMAINING     AVERAGE                   AVERAGE
   RANGE OF         NUMBER      CONTRACTUAL   EXERCISE      NUMBER      EXERCISE
EXERCISE PRICE    OUTSTANDING      LIFE         PRICE     EXERCISABLE     PRICE
--------------    -----------   -----------   ---------   -----------   ---------
<S>               <C>           <C>           <C>         <C>           <C>
$ 2.20 - $ 2.36    1,815,160        6.9        $ 2.29      1,671,660     $ 2.30
  3.80 -   4.55      487,257        7.7          4.23        248,266       4.26
  8.00 -  10.86      629,600        8.1          8.25        182,000       8.85
 13.05 -  19.00       76,600        8.7         17.14          6,000      13.05
 24.06 -  30.75      124,031        9.8         25.81            527      27.55
 42.25 -  54.00      149,212        9.3         42.75         10,570      48.63
                   ---------                               ---------
$ 2.20 - $54.00    3,281,860        7.5        $ 6.79      2,119,023     $ 3.36
                   =========        ===        ======      =========     ======
</TABLE>

STOCK COMPENSATION

     For the years ended December 31, 1998, 1999, and 2000, deferred stock-based
compensation for the stock options granted was $0.6 million, $4.2 million and
$0, respectively, and $0.5 million, $0.7 million and $1.1 million, respectively,
was recognized as stock-based compensation expense. Deferred stock-based
compensation is amortized under the accelerated method.

EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

     Effective October 7, 1999, the Company adopted an Employee Stock Purchase
Plan ("ESPP") for which the last purchase date is October 6, 2001. Eligible
employees may contribute up to 15% of cash compensation toward the semi-annual
purchase of Common Stock. Under the terms of the plan, 700,000 shares of
authorized Common Stock were reserved for purchase at 85% of the fair market
value price at the beginning of the six-month offering period at which an
eligible employee enrolled, or the end of each six-month offering period,
whichever is lower. In no case, can the fair market value price at the beginning
of any six-month offering period be less than $16.15. Under this plan, 79,817
shares of stock were purchased through December 31, 2000.

                                       F-18
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                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

PRO FORMA INFORMATION

     Pro forma information regarding net income and earnings per share is
required by Statement 123, and has been determined as if the Company had
accounted for its stock options under the fair value method of that Statement.
The weighted-average grant date fair value of these options was estimated at the
date of grant using the Minimum Value Option Pricing Model for all options
granted before the initial public offering and the Black-Scholes Option Pricing
Model for all options granted after the initial public offering with the
following weighted-average assumptions:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          JANUARY 1,      OCTOBER 7,
                                           YEAR ENDED       1999 TO        1999 TO        YEAR ENDED
                                          DECEMBER 31,    OCTOBER 6,     DECEMBER 31,    DECEMBER 31,
                                              1998           1999            1999            2000
                                          ------------    -----------    ------------    ------------
<S>                                       <C>             <C>            <C>             <C>
Risk-free interest rate.................  5.1 - 5.4%      5.7 - 6.4%     6.1 - 6.4%      5.7 - 6.6%
Dividend yield..........................      0%              0%             0%              0%
Expected volatility.....................      0%              0%             70%             84%
Estimated option life in years..........  8.5 - 10.0      9.1 - 10.0     7.0 - 10.0          5.0
Weighted-average grant date value for
  options granted at exercise price less
  than fair value of Common Stock on
  grant date............................     $2.04           $9.10           --              --
Weighted-average grant date value for
  options granted at exercise price
  equal to fair value of Common Stock on
  grant date............................     $1.54           $5.40         $13.63          $24.76
</TABLE>

     For purposes of pro forma disclosures, the estimated fair value of the
options is amortized to expense over the options' vesting period; accordingly,
the pro forma impact of stock options granted may not be indicative of the pro
forma impact in future years. Pro forma information for the years ended December
31 are summarized as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts) and
includes the effect of Class A Common Stock options on an as if converted basis.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                   YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                 ----------------------------
                                                  1998      1999       2000
                                                 ------    -------    -------
<S>                                              <C>       <C>        <C>
Net income -- as reported......................  $5,383    $13,635    $30,282
Net income -- pro forma........................  $4,877    $12,617    $27,504
Earnings per share -- diluted -- as reported...  $ 0.19    $  0.45    $  0.89
Earnings per share -- diluted -- pro forma.....  $ 0.18    $  0.41    $  0.85
</TABLE>

 9. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

     The Company has qualified profit sharing/401(k) trust retirement plans
covering all employees subject to certain eligibility requirements. The Company
provides matching contributions to the plans' trusts on a portion of employee
contributions to the plans, and also may, at the discretion of the Board of
Directors, provide a discretionary contribution. For 1998, 1999 and 2000,
contribution expense was $1.1 million, $2.0 million, and $2.4 million,
respectively.

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                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

10. INCOME TAXES

     Components of the income tax provision are summarized as follows (in
thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                  ---------------------------
                                                   1998      1999      2000
                                                  ------    ------    -------
<S>                                               <C>       <C>       <C>
Current:
  Federal.......................................  $1,501    $6,079    $18,095
  State.........................................     188        91        848
Deferred:
  Federal.......................................   2,015     2,092      1,198
  State.........................................     122      (130)       349
                                                  ------    ------    -------
Total income tax provision......................  $3,826    $8,132    $20,490
                                                  ======    ======    =======
</TABLE>

     The reconciliations of the income tax provision calculated using the U.S.
federal statutory rates to the recorded income tax provision are summarized as
follows (in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                  ---------------------------
                                                   1998      1999      2000
                                                  ------    ------    -------
<S>                                               <C>       <C>       <C>
Tax at U.S. federal statutory rate..............  $3,131    $7,689    $18,950
State income taxes, net of federal tax
  benefit.......................................     205       (26)       904
Utilization of net operating loss
  carryforward..................................     (10)       --         --
Additional valuation allowance..................      --       565         --
Other...........................................     500       (96)       636
                                                  ------    ------    -------
Income tax provision............................  $3,826    $8,132    $20,490
                                                  ======    ======    =======
</TABLE>

     The Company provides for deferred taxes based on the differences between
the bases of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and income
tax purposes, calculated using enacted tax rates that will be in effect when the
differences are expected to reverse. At December 31, 1999 and 2000, such
differences primarily related to the use of accelerated depreciation and
amortization for tax purposes, accruals for certain expenses that are not
currently deductible for tax purposes until paid, the tax basis of certain
investments that have been written off for financial statement purposes and
software development costs that were capitalized for financial statement
purposes.

     During 1999, the Company recorded an additional valuation allowance related
to the write down of a preferred stock equity investment based on a change in
the investee's business strategy and direction and fully utilized all federal
net operating loss carryforwards and tax credit carryforwards.

                                       F-20
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                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

     The components of the deferred tax assets are summarized as follows (in
thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              DECEMBER 31,
                                                           ------------------
                                                            1999       2000
                                                           -------    -------
<S>                                                        <C>        <C>
Deferred tax assets:
  Net operating loss carryforwards.......................  $   251    $    --
  Allowance for doubtful accounts........................      889        887
  Contract loss provision................................      760         --
  Deferred stock-based compensation......................      656        838
  Loss on impairment.....................................      555        555
  Other nondeductible accruals...........................      827        960
  Valuation allowance....................................     (745)      (745)
                                                           -------    -------
          Net deferred tax assets........................    3,193      2,495
Deferred tax liabilities:
  Excess tax over book depreciation and amortization.....   (6,512)    (7,093)
  Other..................................................      (14)      (282)
                                                           -------    -------
          Total deferred tax liabilities.................   (6,526)    (7,375)
                                                           -------    -------
Deferred tax liabilities, net............................  $(3,333)   $(4,880)
                                                           =======    =======
</TABLE>

                                       F-21
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                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

11. EARNINGS PER SHARE

     The following table sets forth the computation of earnings per share-basic
and diluted (in thousands, except share and per share amounts) and includes the
effect of Class A Common Stock on an as if converted basis:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                      -----------------------------------------
                                         1998           1999           2000
                                      -----------    -----------    -----------
<S>                                   <C>            <C>            <C>
Numerator:
  Net income........................  $     5,383    $    13,635    $    30,282
  Accretion of redemption value and
     cumulative dividends of
     Convertible Redeemable
     Preferred Stock................         (404)          (828)          (404)
                                      -----------    -----------    -----------
  Income available to common
     stockholders(A)................        4,979         12,807         29,878
  Effect of dilutive securities --
     debenture interest, net of
     tax............................          427            291             --
                                      -----------    -----------    -----------
  Numerator for earnings per share--
     diluted -- net income after
     assumed conversions(B).........  $     5,406    $    13,098    $    29,878
                                      ===========    ===========    ===========
Denominator:
  Denominator for earnings per
     share --
     basic -- weighted-average
     common shares(C)...............   23,027,833     24,630,095     31,555,529
  Weighted-average effect of
     dilutive securities:
     Stock options..................      549,308      1,258,042      1,825,021
     Stock warrants.................      207,048        414,096        207,048
     Debentures.....................    3,187,456      2,331,484             --
     Series A Stock.................      827,136        613,224             --
     Convertible Redeemable
       Preferred Stock..............           --             --             --
                                      -----------    -----------    -----------
     Dilutive potential common
       shares.......................    4,770,948      4,616,846      2,032,069
                                      -----------    -----------    -----------
  Denominator for earnings per
     share -- diluted -- adjusted
     weighted-average shares and
     assumed conversions(D).........   27,798,781     29,246,941     33,587,598
                                      ===========    ===========    ===========
Earnings per share --basic(A)/(C)...  $      0.22    $      0.52    $      0.95
                                      ===========    ===========    ===========
Earnings per
  share -- diluted(B)/(D)...........  $      0.19    $      0.45    $      0.89
                                      ===========    ===========    ===========
</TABLE>

     See Notes 7 and 8 for additional information regarding Series A Stock,
Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, stock warrants and stock options.

     Stock options to purchase 1,072 weighted-average shares of Common Stock
were outstanding during 1998, and Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock
convertible into approximately 100,000 shares of Common Stock at December 31,
1999, but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share
because of their anti-dilutive effect.

                                       F-22
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                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

INCOME AVAILABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS

     In addition to dividends, the Company accreted the Convertible Redeemable
Preferred Stock from its recorded value at issuance to its redemption value. The
accretion was recognized over the period from the date of issuance to the
redemption date based on the effective interest method. Related amounts include
(in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                        -----------------------
                                                        1998     1999     2000
                                                        -----    -----    -----
<S>                                                     <C>      <C>      <C>
Accretion of redemption value.........................  $134     $288     $134
Cumulative dividends..................................   270      540      270
                                                        ----     ----     ----
                                                        $404     $828     $404
                                                        ====     ====     ====
</TABLE>

12. CONTINGENCIES

     The Company is party to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary
course of business. Management does not believe that those claims, individually
or combined, will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition or operating results.

13. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

     The Company is party to a contract with the subsidiary of one of its
corporate stockholders that supplies the Company with transmission facilities in
the form of private leased lines. Such lines are leased from the corporate
stockholder at rates comparable to third-party service providers. Payments
pursuant to this contract totaled $1.7 million, $2.1 million, and $1.8 million
for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1999, and 2000, respectively.

     Included in 1999 operating expenses is a $1.5 million impairment loss of
the full amount of a 1995 investment in which the Company has a preferred stock
equity investment currently representing 13% of the voting rights, previously
recorded at cost. The recognition of this loss was coincident with significant
liquidity concerns of the investee, and the investee's decision to discontinue
its historical primary operations and related uncertainties resulting from a
change in the investee's business strategy and direction. Revenues earned from
the customer were $0.8 million, $0.4 million, and $0.2 million for the years
ended December 31, 1998, 1999, and 2000, respectively.

                                       F-23
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                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

14. QUARTERLY RESULTS (UNAUDITED)

     The following quarterly financial data has been prepared from the Company's
financial records without audit, and in the opinion of management, reflect all
adjustments (consisting of only normal and recurring accruals) necessary to
present fairly the Company's results of operations for those periods when
considered in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and
the notes to those financial statements. The amounts below have been restated to
include the accounts of NTC for all periods presented. Earnings per share-basic
and earnings per share-diluted include the effect of Class A Common Stock on an
as if converted basis. Quarterly information may not total the annual amounts in
some instances because of rounding.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                QUARTER ENDED
                           --------------------------------------------------------
                            MARCH 31,     JUNE 30,     SEPTEMBER 30,   DECEMBER 31,
                              1999          1999           1999            1999
                           -----------   -----------   -------------   ------------
                               (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA)
<S>                        <C>           <C>           <C>             <C>
Revenues.................  $    25,085   $    27,217    $    30,838    $    33,560
Operating income.........        4,148         4,115          6,188          7,356
Income before income
  taxes..................        3,942         3,733          5,847          8,245
Net income...............  $     2,450   $     2,337    $     3,622    $     5,226
Earnings per
  share -- basic.........  $      0.10   $      0.09    $      0.15    $      0.17
Earnings per share --
  diluted................  $      0.08   $      0.08    $      0.13    $      0.15
Weighted-average common
  shares -- basic........   22,716,671    22,719,619     22,726,139     30,295,595
Weighted-average common
  shares -- diluted......   27,841,831    27,935,313     28,414,306     32,789,900

<CAPTION>
                                                QUARTER ENDED
                           --------------------------------------------------------
                            MARCH 31,     JUNE 30,     SEPTEMBER 30,   DECEMBER 31,
                              2000          2000           2000            2000
                           -----------   -----------   -------------   ------------
                               (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA)
<S>                        <C>           <C>           <C>             <C>
Revenues.................  $    34,529   $    36,257    $    41,593    $    40,762
Operating income.........       10,322         7,612         14,309         12,301
Income before income
  taxes..................       11,751         9,098         15,932         13,991
Net income...............  $     7,283   $     4,247    $     9,946    $     8,806
Earnings per
  share -- basic.........  $      0.23   $      0.13    $      0.31    $      0.27
Earnings per share --
  diluted................         0.21   $      0.12    $      0.30    $      0.26
Weighted-average common
  shares -- basic........   31,114,235    31,189,663     31,873,701     32,035,745
Weighted-average common
  shares -- diluted......   33,512,649    33,548,112     33,677,898     33,602,959
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                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

                SCHEDULE II -- VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

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<CAPTION>
           COL. A                 COL. B                    COL. C                     COL. D          COL. E
-----------------------------  ------------   -----------------------------------   -------------   -------------
  ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.                                 ADDITIONS
-----------------------------                 -----------------------------------
                                BALANCE AT                       CHARGED TO OTHER
                               BEGINNING OF   CHARGED TO COSTS     ACCOUNTS --      DEDUCTIONS --    BALANCE AT
         DESCRIPTION              PERIOD        AND EXPENSES         DESCRIBE         DESCRIBE      END OF PERIOD
         -----------           ------------   ----------------   ----------------   -------------   -------------
                                                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                            <C>            <C>                <C>                <C>             <C>
Year Ended December 31, 2000
  Allowance for doubtful
     accounts................     $2,253           $4,045            $     --          $(3,985)        $2,313
Year Ended December 31, 1999
  Allowance for doubtful
     accounts................      1,339            4,318                  --           (3,404)         2,253
Year Ended December 31, 1998
  Allowance for doubtful
     accounts................     $1,755           $3,018            $     --          $(3,434)        $1,339
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                            ILLUMINET HOLDINGS, INC.

                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

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<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT
NUMBER                        DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION
-------                       --------------------
<C>       <S>
  3.1     Certificate of Incorporation of Illuminet Holdings, Inc. as
          amended (Incorporated by reference from the Registrant's
          Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 14, 2000)
  3.2     Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated October 7,
          1999 (Incorporated by reference from the Registrant's Annual
          Report on Form 10-K, filed March 14, 2000)
  3.3     Bylaws of Illuminet Holdings, Inc. as amended on August 20,
          1999 (Incorporated by reference from the Registrant's Annual
          Report on Form 10-K, filed March 14, 2000)
  4.1     Rights Agreement dated as of November 20, 1998, by and
          between Illuminet Holdings, Inc. and UMB Bank, N.A., as
          Rights Agent, as amended on August 2, 1999 ("Rights
          Agreement") (Incorporated by reference from the Registrant's
          Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 14, 2000)
  4.2     Amendment No. 2 to Rights Agreement (Incorporated by
          reference from the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K,
          filed March 14, 2000)
 10.1     Illuminet Holdings, Inc. 1997 Equity Incentive Plan, as
          amended and restated with forms of Non-qualified Stock
          Option Award Agreement and Director Stock Option Award
          Agreement
 10.4     Secured Intermediate-Term Equipment Financing Loan
          Substitute Agreement dated as of August 14, 1996, by and
          between Illuminet, Inc. and Rural Telephone Finance
          Cooperative (Incorporated by reference from the Registrant's
          Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 14, 2000)
 10.5     Employment Agreements with Messrs. Moore, Kremian, Johnson
          and Nicol (Incorporated by reference from the Registrant's
          Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 14, 2000)
 10.6     Loan Agreement dated as of August 14, 1996, by and between
          Illuminet, Inc. and Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative
          (Incorporated by reference from the Registrant's Annual
          Report on Form 10-K, filed March 14, 2000)
 10.7     Employment Agreement with Mr. Lebus
 10.8     Credit Agreement between Illuminet, Inc. and Bank of
          America, N.A., dated May 9, 2000
 10.9     Guaranty Agreement executed by Illuminet Holdings, Inc. in
          favor of Bank of America, N.A., dated as of May 9, 2000
 21.1     Subsidiaries of Illuminet Holdings, Inc.
 23.1     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Auditors
 23.2     Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
 23.3     Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent
          Accountants
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