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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                   FORM 10-K

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   /X/     ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
           SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED
           DECEMBER 31, 2001 OR

   / /     TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
           SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD
           FROM       TO
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                        COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 000-30309
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                              SCREAMING MEDIA INC.

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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                  DELAWARE                                      13-4042678
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       incorporation or organization)                       Identification No.)

        601 WEST 26TH ST., 13TH FLOOR
                NEW YORK, NY                                       10001
  (Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip Code)
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       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 691-7900
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        Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

          Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

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--Common Stock, $.01 par value
-- Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
  (rights to purchase such stock are attached to the common stock)
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    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 the 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. Yes / /  No / /

    The aggregate market value of the shares of Common Stock held by
non-affiliates was approximately $55,927,255 based on the closing price on the
NASDAQ for such shares on March 28, 2002.

    The number of the Registrant's shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share, outstanding was 42,474,676 as of March 28, 2002.

                      DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

    Portions of the Registrant's Proxy Statement for the Annual Shareholder's
Meeting to be held on June 11, 2002 are incorporated by reference into
Part III.

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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                                                   PART I

          1.            Business....................................................      2

          2.            Properties..................................................     24

          3.            Legal Proceedings...........................................     24

          4.            Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.........     24

                                                  PART II

          5.            Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related
                        Stockholder Matters.........................................     25

          6.            Selected Consolidated Financial Data........................     25

          7.            Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
                        and Results of Operations...................................     27

         7(A).          Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market
                        Risk........................................................     39

          8.            Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.................     40

          9.            Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting
                        and Financial Disclosure....................................     65

                                                  PART III

         10.            Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant..........     65

         11.            Executive Compensation......................................     65

         12.            Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
                        Management..................................................     65

         13.            Certain Relationships and Related Transactions..............     65

                                                  PART IV

         14.            Financial Statements and Schedules, Exhibits and Reports on
                        Form 8-K....................................................     65
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                                     PART I

ITEM I. BUSINESS

    This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements
regarding our capital needs, business strategy, expectations and intentions.
Statements that use the terms "believe," "do not believe," "anticipate,"
"expect," "plan," "estimate," "intend" and similar expressions are intended to
identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current views
with respect to future events and because our business is subject to numerous
risks, uncertainties and other factors, our actual results could differ
materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, including
those set forth below under "Item 1. Business," "Item 7. Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and elsewhere in
this report. Actual results will most likely differ from those reflected in
these statements, and the differences could be substantial. We disclaim any
obligation to publicly update these statements, or disclose any difference
between our actual results and those reflected in these statements. The
information constitutes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The factors set forth below
under "Item 1. Business," "Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and other cautionary statements
made in this report should be read and understood as being applicable to all
related forward-looking statements wherever they appear in this report.

OVERVIEW

    ScreamingMedia provides information management solutions to the enterprise.
The Company provides turnkey solutions to customers in target segments where
information is mission-critical, such as in the financial services industry, on
corporate websites and intranets and for Internet access providers.
ScreamingMedia's solutions encompass technology for integrating third party
information and internal information into business systems as well as
applications to present and analyze that information. We also provide a range of
licensed information and services to enable customization and integration of
this information into any platform including websites, intranets, wireless
solutions and interactive television services.

    Examples of applications that ScreamingMedia can provide to customers
include: Portfolio Tracker, which enables financial institutions to drive
investment decisions within their customer base; Business Tracker, which allows
corporations to publish critical business information and provides research
tools on their intranet; and an outsourced portal homepage that allows an
Internet Service Provider to drive usage and revenue from its subscribers. These
applications leverage the same set of core assets, which include expertise in
information integration, personalization and a range of licensed information
covering financial data such as stock prices and fundamental data, business
information such as news and trade publications, and consumer information such
as local directories and weather.

    We currently provide our information management solutions predominantly as
an application service provider (ASP). This means that we aggregate information
at our data centers and then standardize, categorize, summarize and filter it on
our own servers. This information is either used in applications that we host
for customers, or is delivered to clients as a customized feed that is
integrated into their own systems using our Actrellis Integration Server
software, formerly known as SiteWare. In response to customer needs to integrate
internal data as well as to make use of existing third party data sources, we
launched the Actrellis Suite of enterprise software in February 2002. This
software is installed at customers' own data centers and allows them to
integrate and display information that has not come through ScreamingMedia.

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    We believe that our ability to offer solutions on a software-only or an ASP
basis differentiates us from our competitors. We also differentiate on our
ability to provide easily customizable solutions and our ability to integrate
our solutions into our customers' existing technology platforms.

    Through internal development and the acquisition in August 2001 of
Stockpoint Inc., a provider of global online and wireless investment tools and
financial market information, we have evolved from delivery of customized news
feeds for corporate websites to provision of comprehensive information
management solutions across multiple platforms. Our customers are leaders in
their industries and our solutions play an important role in helping them to
build revenue, reduce costs and improve business efficiency. As our solutions
have become increasingly strategic to our customers, the average size and length
of our contracts have grown substantially. In 2001, we signed contracts with
companies such as AT&T, Bank One, Barclays Global Investors, BP p.l.c., Citrix
Systems, Brown & Company, a division of J.P. Morgan Chase, The Boeing Company,
Credit Suisse Asset Management, The Principal Financial Group, The Washington
Post Company, Tribune Media Services, a subsidiary of Tribune Company, Verizon
Wireless and Volkswagen.

    ScreamingMedia is headquartered in New York City and has offices in San
Francisco, Coralville, IA and London. We were incorporated in 1993 as The
Interactive Connection, Inc. Until 1997, our primary business focus was Web site
design, development and consulting. By the end of 1997 we had designed and
developed the first version of our proprietary software. In late 1998, our
business focus evolved into the aggregation and distribution of digital
information over the Internet. In August of 2001, we acquired Stockpoint, Inc.
to increase our penetration in the financial services market and to enhance our
financial services product offering.

SCREAMINGMEDIA TARGET MARKETS

    We focus our product development, sales and marketing efforts on delivering
information management solutions to target markets where the provision of high
quality information and applications is mission-critical, enabling them to
attract, engage, and influence customers, partners and employees. The benefit
derived from providing information in each of our target markets is described
below. Although we have summarized below our key target markets and provided
examples of clients in each market, the identity of these clients should not be
relied on in evaluating ScreamingMedia. None of these clients is expected to
individually account for more than 10% of our revenues in 2002 and our contracts
with most of these clients expire during the next two years.

    FINANCIAL SERVICES

    The demand for online financial applications and information has grown
rapidly as the ownership of financial assets has become increasingly widespread,
acceptance of and confidence in the Internet as a reliable, secure and
cost-effective medium for financial transactions has grown and investors have
shown increased willingness to take greater control over their investment
decisions. At the same time, financial institutions are increasingly leveraging
the Internet as an effective way to sell and deliver their products and services
to individual and institutional investors as well as to their sales channels.
Volatility in the financial markets in 2000 and 2001 has brought into even
sharper focus the need for accurate, timely information and for tools that allow
investors and their advisors to collaborate to optimize financial decisions. We
believe that the quality and breadth of the financial information applications
that is offered both to employees and customers is a key differentiator among
financial services providers and that the financial industry has therefore
become a substantial consumer of Internet technology. Our Financial Services
Product Suite was developed to address this market need.

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    Operating under the Stockpoint brand, ScreamingMedia services the following
key financial services segments:

    - TRADITIONAL BROKERAGE FIRMS. Traditional brokerage firms are seeking to
      prevent erosion of their share of the online brokerage marketplace as well
      as deepen their relationships with customers by providing web-based tools
      that allow brokers to collaborate with their customers in an advisory
      role. While sites were originally targeted at retail investors,
      traditional brokerages are increasingly looking to complement these tools
      with functionality targeted at strengthening their service offering to
      high net worth customers and institutional investors. Our customers in
      this area include Robert W Baird & Co., U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc.
      and WR Hambrecht & Co.

    - ONLINE BROKERAGE FIRMS. Online brokerages must continue to offer
      innovative products and applications to differentiate their offerings from
      those of other online brokerages, while keeping costs low. Examples of
      online brokerage clients served by us include A.B. Watley, Ameritrade and
      Brown & Company, a division of J.P. Morgan Chase.

    - COMMERCIAL BANKS. Many commercial banks are beginning to offer full scope
      financial portals and brokerage services. We believe that many of these
      banks intend to develop a more comprehensive financial solution for their
      consumers and will expand their offerings to include financial information
      and analytical tools. Examples of commercial banks served by us include
      M&T Bank Corp., Union Bank of California N.A. and Wells Fargo.

    - MUTUAL FUNDS & ASSET MANAGERS. Mutual Funds and Asset Managers use the
      Internet to sell their funds and services, to report on performance of
      their investments relative to benchmarks, as well as to efficiently manage
      existing customers by providing information on their individual holdings.
      Some companies in this segment are expanding to provide broader brokerage
      services. Our clients in this area include Barclays Global Investors and
      Credit Suisse Asset Management.

    - INSURANCE COMPANIES. Insurance companies not only sell and promote their
      insurance products online, but are also diversifying into the provision of
      brokerage and mutual fund services as well as long-term financial
      planning. Our clients in this area include Lincoln Financial Group, The
      Principal Financial Group and USAA Investment Management Co.

    ScreamingMedia also services other companies in the financial services
segment including investment banks, credit card companies, real estate financing
companies and financial technology companies.

    CORPORATE WEBSITES & INTRANETS

    According to Forrester Research, large & medium-sized enterprises in the US
will operate over 175,000 web sites and extranets and over 80,000 intranets by
2004. The ability of companies to attract, engage, and influence users through
these sites is based in a large part on their ability to provide users with
valuable, relevant information.

    - CORPORATE WEBSITES. Major corporations have launched websites for a
      variety of reasons ranging from direct revenue generation to effective
      communication. These websites generally publish news or financial data
      specific to the corporation's industry to establish credibility and
      generate return traffic, customized information intended to drive
      transactions, or company performance data for shareholders. Examples of
      customers that are using ScreamingMedia's services on external sites are
      Schlumberger and Volkswagen.

    - CORPORATE INTRANETS. Many corporations are installing Enterprise
      Information Portals, which provide employees with a personalized view of
      relevant internal and external information in order to increase
      productivity and reduce time browsing on the web. We believe that budgets
      are migrating towards these projects and away from external sites and
      expensive information services

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      targeted at a few individuals. International Data Corporation or IDC,
      expects that revenue for the Enterprise Information Portal software market
      will grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 44.9%, from $455 million
      in 2001 to $2.0 billion in 2005. We therefore believe that this is the
      area with the strongest potential for growth within our corporate segment,
      and have launched the "Business Tracker" product to target this
      opportunity. Examples of customers that are using ScreamingMedia's
      services on corporate intranets are Jones Day and McKinsey & Company.

    ACCESS PROVIDERS

    Access providers generate revenue by providing end-users access to the
Internet or other information services on PCs and other devices. Access
providers are seeking to win new customers for their services, reduce customer
churn, and increase average revenue per user by driving usage, transactions and
advertising and by cross-selling additional services. As part of this strategy,
access providers offer unique and compelling information services that are
customized geographically and demographically. We have developed a Consumer
Product Suite to address this market need.

    Within the Access Provider Segment, ScreamingMedia services the following
segments:

    - INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS. A personalized homepage that is rich with
      convenience content such as news, financial information, weather and local
      information is key to reducing churn and growing revenue. As providers aim
      to migrate customers to more expensive broadband services, the ability to
      provide rich media content including photos, audio and video information
      are becoming increasingly important. ScreamingMedia's customers in this
      sub-segment include leading wireline telecommunications providers such as
      AT&T (for their AT&T WorldNet -Registered Trademark- service), cable
      operators such as Cablevision (for their Optimum Online service) and
      pure-play ISPs such as Earthlink.

    - WIRELESS CARRIERS. Wireless carriers are aggressively launching wireless
      data services based on the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and Short
      Message Services (SMS). Due to the restrictive interface of cell-phones,
      wireless information services must be highly targeted and information must
      be short and easy to read (for example, SMS messages are generally limited
      to under 160 characters in length). Verizon Wireless and Rogers AT&T are
      examples of customers in this sub-segment.

    - INTERACTIVE TELEVISION PROVIDERS. Cable operators are also beginning to
      offer access to information services and the Internet on televisions.
      These services, which usually cover frequently accessed information such
      as news, sports scores, financial information and weather, must be
      optimized for viewing and navigation on the television. An example of a
      customer using ScreamingMedia's information as part of interactive TV
      information services is Knology, Inc.

    - "ALTERNATIVE ACCESS" PROVIDERS. A range of companies are seeking to
      generate revenue or enhance their overall services by providing access to
      the internet and information services in non-traditional locations such as
      airplanes, automobiles, gas pumps, hotel rooms, kiosks and elevators. The
      Boeing Company and BP p.l.c. are examples of "alternative access"
      customers.

CUSTOMER CHALLENGES

    Companies in our target markets face technical and business challenges
obtaining, integrating, managing, and delivering relevant information in a
timely manner. The range of skills required to overcome these challenges is
often difficult or costly to find internally or from a single third party.

    On the technology side, specialized applications software is required to
provide powerful searching capabilities, personalized information presentation
and alerting, sophisticated graphing and analysis tools and access to data
across multiple devices. Sophisticated information analysis software is required

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to categorize, filter and summarize information. Specialized database software
is required to manage large volumes of quote and financial information, news and
other data types. These applications utilize information from multiple sources
including third party information vendors and business partners that provide
data in a variety of different formats and from internal data repositories that
can range from file systems to legacy databases. This information must be
reliably extracted from various sources and transformed into a standard format
for use in the applications. Finally, a robust hardware and communications
infrastructure is required to handle the storage and transmission of this
information. Where off-the-shelf software is available for any particular
element of functionality, such as charting, this software is often inflexible,
cannot be customized to the company's existing site, or requires extensive
programming and customization to integrate with the other applications that will
be used on the site.

    Furthermore, in order to remain competitive, a company must constantly
monitor and revise the software and hardware tools that manage frequently
updated information. As a result, any company that is considering an information
management solution that is internally developed or that is custom-developed
from scratch by a third party faces a considerable and on-going expenditure of
time, effort and expense.

    Even if the company is able cost-effectively to build, maintain and develop
these applications and infrastructure, there is an additional business challenge
in contracting for third-party information from multiple sources. The
negotiation of multiple provider contracts can be a difficult and time-consuming
process and companies can have no assurance that they will be able to secure the
information they desire at a reasonable cost.

THE SCREAMINGMEDIA SOLUTION

    ScreamingMedia provides information management solutions, enabling the
aggregation, integration, distribution and presentation of mission-critical
information to internal and external audiences. Our solutions encompass:

    - Technology for integrating third party and proprietary information into
      business systems;

    - Applications to present and analyze that information;

    - A range of licensed information from various sources that can be
      integrated into our applications or delivered as customized data feeds;

    - Services to enable customization and integration of this information into
      any platform including websites, intranets, wireless solutions, and
      interactive television services.

    We provide customers with the means to launch customized information
services, quickly and cost-effectively. Using our products and services,
customers are relieved of the burden of building and maintaining sophisticated,
information-intensive applications, of contracting and maintaining relationships
with multiple information vendors, and, if desired, of developing and supporting
an infrastructure capable of hosting these applications. Clients can integrate
proprietary data alongside licensed information and can customize the
functionality as well as the "look-and-feel" of the solution. Our solutions
integrate with existing technology investments and environments via web services
or software integrations.

    Our suite of products and services provides our customers with the following
key benefits:

    - EFFICIENT, COST-EFFECTIVE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SOLUTION. We provide
      customers with a single-source, turnkey solution. Our applications use
      sophisticated programming to enable personalization, alerting, real-time
      data access, powerful data-visualization tools and advanced analytics. By
      using ScreamingMedia, our customers can avoid the time and expense
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      with building and maintaining their own information management solutions,
      enabling them to focus their resources on other critical aspects of their
      business.

    - FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR A BROAD RANGE OF CUSTOMER NEEDS. ScreamingMedia's
      services are scalable and adaptable to meet customers' changing needs. We
      can provide a full suite of applications or selected targeted
      applications. Our solutions can aggregate information of any type or
      format, including a client's own data and data from third-party sources,
      and deliver that information both internally within the customer or
      externally to customers, prospects and partners. Information can be
      filtered for our customers by publication, by category, by geography, by
      keyword or by a number of other criteria. Information can be delivered in
      any format required by customers, including current standard Internet
      formats such as HTML and evolving formats such as XML and WML. Information
      can be summarized or formatted so that it is optimized for viewing on
      different devices such as cell-phones or interactive television. Our
      applications can be hosted by ScreamingMedia or, since the launch in 2002
      of Actrellis, can be bought as enterprise software without leveraging our
      hosting services or our information sources.

    - SEAMLESS INTEGRATION INTO CUSTOMER'S SITES AND TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTS.
      Our solutions deliver and integrate information directly into our
      customers' sites in a manner consistent with the look and feel of the
      site, enabling our customers to maintain and enhance their brand identity.
      Furthermore, by supporting existing and emerging standards in Internet
      technology, and through a proactive partnership program, we aim to ensure
      that our solutions are compatible with our customers existing and
      prospective technology investments.

    - DEEP CUSTOMIZATION CAPABILITIES. We believe that our ability to customize
      our solutions differentiates us from our competitors. We designed our
      software to create customized solutions for clients by changing
      configuration parameters, which enables us to service customer needs at a
      reduced cost and with a faster delivery time than would be possible by
      modifying the underlying software code.

    - EXTENSIVE DATABASES OF FINANCIAL, BUSINESS AND CONSUMER INFORMATION. We
      provide customers with access to databases of multiple different
      information types ranging from equity pricing data to news to yellow pages
      listings. We provide coverage for multiple geographies and contract with
      the information providers most demanded by our customers. We continually
      add information types and sources both as a result of product development
      and client requests.

GROWTH STRATEGY

    Our objective is to be a leading provider of information management
solutions. The following are the key elements of our strategy:

    - PROVIDE MISSION-CRITICAL SERVICES TO INFORMATION-INTENSIVE ENTERPRISES. We
      intend to sell to leading companies and focus our product development
      efforts around their areas of greatest need in information management. We
      will also strengthen our relationships with our existing customers by
      offering additional value-added products and services that we develop or
      obtain through partnership or acquisition.

    - INCREASE PENETRATION IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SEGMENT. We aim to grow our
      penetration in the financial market, through the development of new
      products such as our Actrellis Financial Applications which are described
      in the section below entitled "Products and Services", as well as through
      the continued targeting of our salesforce and the expansion of our
      alliance program to specialized financial technology and services vendors.

    - PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS WITH INCREASING AVERAGE CONTRACT SIZE. We
      will develop solutions that allow us to meet a broader set of customer
      needs, including needs for software-based

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      information management solutions. As our solutions become more
      comprehensive, we expect to develop deeper relationships with our
      customers that result in increased average contract sizes.

    - INVEST IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOP NEW PRODUCTS IN KEY GROWTH
      MARKETS. We will continue to invest heavily in research and development to
      create innovative products and services. We will continually monitor and
      integrate emerging Internet, intranet, wireless and other technologies
      into our platform. We will focus our development on growth opportunities
      such as the market for collaborative financial planning tools.

    - DIFFERENTIATE OUR SOLUTIONS ON STRENGTH OF FUNCTIONALITY, CUSTOMIZATION
      AND INTEGRATION. We will continue to develop products with differentiated
      functionality and design our products to allow easy customization. We will
      continue to ensure that our technology is optimized to work within our
      customers' existing or planned technology environments.

    - CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND DEEPEN OUR ALLIANCE RELATIONSHIPS. We will
      strengthen our alliance partner relationships with technology and services
      vendors in order to generate leads. We will also aim to grow revenue
      directly from our alliance partners through development, reseller or OEM
      agreements, as we have done with Citrix and Tribune Media Services.

    - CONSIDER ACQUISITIONS THAT ARE ACCRETIVE TO EARNINGS, ENHANCE OUR PRODUCT
      OFFERING, AND INCREASE OUR ADDRESSABLE MARKET SIZE. During 2001, we
      purchased Stockpoint Inc, a provider of financial technology. This
      acquisition has broadened our technology base and supported our strategic
      goal of becoming a leading provider of information management solutions.
      We will continue to evaluate potential acquisitions that broaden our
      product suite, support our business strategy and meet our financial
      criteria.

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

    We have packaged our products and services into solution suites that will
appeal most directly to our target markets. However, customers can also purchase
ScreamingMedia's products and services on an a-la-carte basis. Therefore a
number of the products and services listed below can be and have been purchased
individually and not as part of the suites of services described below.

   FINANCIAL SERVICES PRODUCT SUITE

    ScreamingMedia, operating under the Stockpoint brand, has developed a suite
of licensable applications that help financial institutions sell and deliver
their services to investors, ranging from retail investors and high net worth
private clients to sophisticated institutional investors. Many of these
applications are available across a variety of financial instruments, including
equities, options, initial public offerings shares, fixed income securities,
funds, currencies & commodities, as well as across a number of geographies
including the USA, Canada and other financial centers across Europe, Asia &
Latin America. A number of these applications can be accessed by investors using
wireless devices as well as on the PC. Several of these applications are
available as enterprise software as well as in our standard Application Service
Provider model--see below under "Actrellis Enterprise Software Suite". Our
applications are designed to guide the investor through the full investment
decision-making lifecycle, including research, portfolio tracking and analysis,
financial planning and investment selection.

    RESEARCH.  This suite of tools allows investors to conduct detailed research
on a potential investment in a particular financial instrument.

    - QUOTATIONS: We license real-time and delayed price quote information data
      for securities traded on exchanges across the United States and Canada as
      well as in Europe and Asia.

    - CHARTING & ANALYTICS: Our Stockpoint charting and analytics applications
      provide charting and analytics of equities, funds, currencies, or other
      financial instruments. The "Interactive" version

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      of this application offers the end user the ability to perform significant
      analysis on their desktop, including rapidly zooming in and out, adding
      trend lines, and viewing details on corporate actions. The "Quick" version
      of this application offers faster loading times with less interactive
      capabilities. Both versions offer multiple time resolutions and chart
      types, technical indicators, performance comparisons and data downloads.
      Many features can be customized by clients using over 150 configuration
      parameters, and the application can chart not only third-party data but
      also clients' proprietary data, such as the performance of a mutual fund.
      This application is available in either an ASP model or an enterprise
      software model (see Actrellis Enterprise Software Suite description
      below).

    - NEWS & COMMENTARY: Through relationships with numerous media companies,
      ScreamingMedia provides a broad range of full-text news, features and
      market commentary. Our news service tracks news stories by source, type,
      subject category, geography and keyword, and can automatically display
      charts and quotes for companies referenced in each story. End users can
      search for relevant news or sign up for news alerts pertaining to stocks
      they are following.

    - DETAILED PROFILES: ScreamingMedia provides several categories of detailed
      information that are fundamental to making well-informed investment
      decisions. For public companies, we provide business descriptions and
      summaries of key ratios & statistics. We also provide standardized
      financials that include income statements, balance sheets and cash flow
      statements on a quarterly and annual basis. We provide shareholder
      information, including institutional holdings and insider trades,
      corporate event data such as earnings announcements, conference calls and
      web casts and real-time SEC filings. We also provide analyst information
      including summaries of earnings estimates, revisions and surprises, as
      well as analysts' recommendations. For IPOs, information is automatically
      extracted from documents filed with the SEC and includes a business
      description, financials and an overview of the offering. For mutual funds,
      information provided includes top holdings, sector distribution, fund
      performance, administration information and management overview.

    - COMPETITION ANALYSIS: This application allows users to benchmark a company
      against others in the same industry and the market. A competitor list is
      automatically generated based on data mined from SEC filings, and users
      can add other companies of interest to this list. The application then
      compares and ranks the company against its competitors, the industry
      sector, and the market on a number of key financial variables.

    PORTFOLIO TRACKING.  This suite of tools allows an investor to track all
current and potential investments in a unified view and to receive real-time
updates on significant events relating to these investments.

    - PORTFOLIO PRO: Our personal portfolio manager is a web and wireless tool
      that allows users to track the performance of their investment portfolios.
      Users can create and edit multiple portfolios, customize their views and
      link to detailed research information. Portfolio Pro can integrate
      multiple financial instruments such as stocks, funds and cash, and can
      handle multi-currency transactions. The application calculates current
      profit and loss for individual and combined portfolios and can calculate
      scheduled transactions such as dividend deposits and regular monthly
      investment. End-of day summaries can be emailed to users and data can be
      exported to Excel for further analysis. This application is available as
      an ASP application, hosted by ScreamingMedia, or as an enterprise software
      application since the launch of our Actrellis software in 2002.

    - ALERTS SERVER: Users can choose to be alerted online, via email or via SMS
      on cell-phones to significant events relating to stocks, funds or indices
      they are watching. The Alerts Server is available as an ASP application
      and as an enterprise software application since the launch of our
      Actrellis Alerts Server software in 2002.

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    - SCROLLING TICKER: This application displays updated pricing information
      for stocks, funds and market indices, as well as news headlines. The
      Scrolling Ticker is available as an ASP application and as an enterprise
      software application since the launch of our Actrellis software in 2002.

    - PERSONAL EVENT CALENDAR: This application integrates data related to U.S.
      economic events, earnings dates, conference calls data, US holidays and
      market open/close data. The event calendar can be personalized to show
      events relating to users' portfolio holdings. Clients can integrate their
      own or other third-party data into the calendar.

    PORTFOLIO EVALUTION & FINANCIAL PLANNING.  This suite of applications allows
investors to understand the composition and past performance of their investment
portfolio, and to compare that with an optimal portfolio based on their
financial goals and risk profile.

    - PORTFOLIO EVALUATOR: This application breaks down the holdings in an
      investment portfolio into important classifications such as asset type
      (e.g., stocks, funds, bonds, cash), industry sector, exchange and size.
      This tool graphically displays the allocation of a portfolio according to
      these classifications and displays the forecast future return of that
      portfolio based on past investment performance of these asset classes.

    - HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT CALCULATOR: This application offers the ability to
      look at investment scenarios and calculate hypothetical returns over a
      number of different time periods. ScreamingMedia can create custom tools
      for clients by integrating proprietary client data such as, in the case of
      mutual funds, net asset value, dividends, capital gain distributions and
      splits.

    - FINANCIAL PLANNING TOOLS: The Financial Planning Tool suite combines
      calculators and investor education programs that allow investors to
      compare their current status with their financial goals, and to determine
      an appropriate investment strategy based on their investment profile. The
      401k Calculator recommends an asset allocation and contribution level that
      maximizes the benefits of a user's 401K. The Retirement Age Calculator is
      based on current age, wealth, and monthly savings. The Income Calculator
      determines a recommended monthly savings and optimal portfolio allocation
      across different asset classes.

    - ALLOCATION CALCULATOR: This application is designed for financial advisors
      to use with sophisticated clients, both individual and institutional, to
      build a portfolio of investments with an appropriate mix of sector, size
      and style.

    INVESTMENT SELECTION.  We offer the following applications to help investors
find suitable investments.

    - STOCK & FUND SCREENERS: We provide powerful screening tools that search
      databases of fundamental financial information, performance data and
      technical analysis data (such as measures of a company or fund's risk
      profile) to find investment opportunities that meet the user's financial
      objectives. Users can build their own searches or use existing search
      criteria that we or our customers have determined are applicable to a
      broad range of investment objectives. Personal search queries can be saved
      for re-use. Results can be sorted and downloaded.

    - BEST/WORST PERFORMERS: This application locates the best and worst
      performing investments within a sector, industry or Exchange. Performance
      can be measured over multiple time periods and data can be sorted by
      absolute or percentage change.

    - MARKET AERIAL VIEW: The Market Aerial View is an application that provides
      a visual representation of market sectors, industries, and companies. Size
      is represented by area and performance by color. Investors can view
      performance over multiple time periods and can find detailed quotes,
      industry comparisons, news, charting and analytics for an investment
      option they select. This visualization tool has already been implemented
      for US equities and funds, and can be applied to any other data set
      specified by a customer.

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   BUSINESS INFORMATION PRODUCT SUITE

    For corporate websites and intranets, ScreamingMedia has developed a
comprehensive suite of applications and technologies that enable customers to
present valuable business information to current and prospective customers,
business partners and employees. These solutions can be grouped as follows:

    BUSINESS TRACKER.  ScreamingMedia's Business Tracker provides personalized
tools that help employees research and track information about competitors,
customers and industries. Business Tracker consists of modular components that
can be presented seamlessly within a customer's intranet, integrating
information directly into employees' workflow. Business Tracker includes the
following four primary modules:

    - SEARCH. Users can search news archives, public and private company
      profiles and financials, or screen companies based on a range of criteria,
      and can save searches for later re-use.

    - MONITOR. Users can build multiple personalized pages to monitor topics of
      interest. Pages are built from a variety of portlets, each of which is an
      item of information. Portlets that can be integrated into Monitor pages
      include saved news searches, news topics, company watch-lists and
      financial market data

    - NEWS. Users can browse news by topic, industry, or publication.

    - ALERTS. Users can create custom alerts for companies they are tracking.

    CUSTOMIZED NEWS CATEGORIES.  ScreamingMedia provides customized news
categories for customers to publish on external websites or corporate intranets.
A customer may choose to receive all news from a particular source or
publication, or to receive news related to a particular topic which we identify
using our advanced categorization and filtering processes. News can be
integrated into a customer's site via our hosting services, or we can deliver
customized feeds to our clients for them to host. Feeds are delivered to
customers using the Actrellis Integration Server, which is installed behind the
customer's firewall and pulls the relevant information from ScreamingMedia's
databases. Actrellis Integration Server customizes the information format and
integrates the information into the customer's systems. Customers can allow
relevant news to flow onto their site without intervention, or can exercise
complete control using the Editor's Desk, which allows the customer to preview
and select relevant information, create summaries, illustrate with photos and
edit metadata. The Writer's Desk enables the customer to create and integrate
proprietary information alongside information from other sources. These
publishing tools are part of the Actrellis Integration Server software.

    PORTLET INTEGRATIONS.  All of the business information and applications
listed above can be offered as portlets that integrate seamlessly into corporate
portal software. Many companies are implementing corporate portal software as
the foundation of their corporate intranets providing the ability to integrate
third-party information alongside internal corporate data. ScreamingMedia offers
a number of pre-integrated portlets for leading technology platforms, such as an
industry news portlet for the Plumtree corporate portal. Where we have not built
a pre-integrated portlet for a particular application or for a particular
software platform, we can build this integration as part of our professional
services offerings.

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   CONSUMER PRODUCT SUITE

    For customers in the Access Provider segment that are looking to drive usage
among consumers, ScreamingMedia provides a suite of solutions that combines
compelling information with a flexible technology platform that can power
services across multiple devices. Customers can leverage our licensed
information, or, where they have their own relationships with information
providers, can leverage our technology platform to optimize the management of
that information.

    INFORMATION INTEGRATION.  We provide customers with immediate access to a
comprehensive set of news sources covering multiple areas of interest, financial
information, sports data, and international weather, as well as location-based
information such as local directories, entertainment guides and city guides.
ScreamingMedia helps broadband information providers meet their need for
multimedia information by providing photos, audio and video.

    MULTI-DEVICE CAPABILITIES. ScreamingMedia provides a range of products and
services targeted at optimizing information services for clients whose customers
view information on devices other than a PC. These include summarization to make
information easier to view on wireless devices, transformation into formats
required by non-PC devices, such as Wireless Markup Language, and our My Portal
application, which is a fully outsourced portal application that can be viewed
on PCs, wireless devices and interactive TV.

   SYNDICATION!CONNECT

    Syndication!Connect is a fully outsourced solution that enables media
companies to extend their brand through syndication, without building and
maintaining a complex real-time information management infrastructure. Media
companies can utilize ScreamingMedia's technology platform to aggregate,
process, filter and distribute their textual information to their licensees, who
then integrate that information into their digital platforms via our Actrellis
Integration Server. For example, we provide these services to FluentMedia, a
unit of Tribune Media Services.

   ACTRELLIS ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE SUITE

    Actrellis Enterprise Software is a suite of enterprise software that allows
companies to aggregate information from internal sources, from third parties
such as information vendors and business partners, and from ScreamingMedia, all
behind the security of their firewalls. This information can be integrated into
existing business systems or into a suite of applications targeted at the needs
of users of financial and business information. This product suite comprises:

    - ACTRELLIS INTEGRATION SERVER. This is the successor technology to our
      SiteWare product, and pulls information from internal and external
      sources, normalizes data into consistent formats and delivers the filtered
      information to any destination. Actrellis Integration Server combines
      powerful integration, transformation and syndication tools with reporting
      and monitoring capabilities, and provides publishing tools such as the
      Editor's Desk and Writer's Desk. Built on industry standard technologies
      such as J2EE, XML and XSLT, Actrellis Integration Server integrates with
      leading software including content management systems, application servers
      and corporate portals.

    - ACTRELLIS FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS. Actrellis Financial Applications
      comprises Portfolio Pro, Charting and Analytics and Scrolling Ticker
      applications which are described in the Financial Services Product Suite
      section. Using this software, financial firms can bring together market
      data from any source, package it with powerful functionality and deploy it
      to audiences across the web and wireless networks.

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    - ACTRELLIS ALERTS SERVER. Actrellis Alerts Server identifies and extracts
      timely, relevant information--for example, changes in a stock's price,
      news on a competitor's product release or sports scores--from multiple
      sources and delivers it in the form of alerts to web and wireless
      environments.

   PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

    ScreamingMedia's solutions are supported and differentiated by our ability
to provide the following services:

    CUSTOMIZATION.  ScreamingMedia provides Parser Engineering, Knowledge
Engineering, Content Engineering and other professional services to provide
customized solutions to clients. Parser Engineers implement custom feeds of
information on behalf of customers. Knowledge Engineers build custom information
filters that ensure our clients receive precisely the information they require.
Content Engineers create custom information transformation schemas to deliver
information to customers in the particular format they require. Other
customization work includes modification of and development of applications at a
customer's request.

    INTEGRATION.  ScreamingMedia provides services for the integration of our
information management solutions into customers' existing technology
environments. This includes the development of integration kits that enhance the
compatability of our solutions with leading content management systems,
publishing systems and other technology platforms.

    EDITORIAL SERVICES.  ScreamingMedia provides customers with a complete
outsourced solution for publishing customized information on their sites. Our
in-house editorial team reviews, hand-selects and publishes relevant information
tailored to a customer's need.

RELATIONSHIPS WITH INFORMATION PROVIDERS

    We do not generate any original content but instead rely on contractual
relationships with major vendors of electronically available information. We
employ a specialized team to build and maintain relationships with our network
of information providers. We target information providers in three main areas,
and a selection of our information providers is listed below:

    - FINANCIAL DATA. Briefing.com, Computershare Analytics, Iverson Financial
      Systems, FT Interactive Data, Lipper Inc., a Reuters Company, MarketGuide,
      Morningstar, S&P Comstock, Telekurs, Vickers Stock Research Corp.,
      Worldvest Base, Inc. and Zacks Investment Research.

    - BUSINESS INFORMATION. Agence France Presse (AFP), BusinessWeek Online,
      Comtex News Network, EFE News Services, Gale, a business unit of the
      Thomson Learning division of The Thomson Corporation, Knight
      Ridder/Tribune Business News, Proquest Information & Learning, HealthScout
      News Service, a product of ScoutNews LLC and Reed Business Information
      (formerly Cahners), a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc.

    - CONSUMER CONTENT. Accuweather.com, The Associated Press, AScribe Newswire,
      Astrology.com, Mojam Media, Inc., Red Herring Communications, The Sports
      Network and USA TODAY.

    These relationships vary in term but are usually one or two year contracts,
and include both variable and fixed price payment provisions. Generally, the
contracts may not be assigned by either party without the consent of the other
party. We believe that we are not solely reliant on any one content provider and
that there are alternative sources for any single type of information. However,
the need to replace any key vendors could render all or a portion of our
services unavailable for a period of time, resulting in a significant negative
impact on our client relationships and harm to our reputation. See "Risk
Factors--Losing Major Information Providers May Leave Us With Insufficient
Information to Retain and Attract Customers."

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SALES, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING

    We market our services primarily through our direct sales force, and also
indirectly through our business development group which develops indirect
distribution channels. Our sales staff is currently located in New York, San
Francisco and London and is divided into teams organized around our target
markets, and within this around geographic location and/or business segment.

    To accelerate the adoption of our products and services by large enterprise
customers and to enter new markets, our business development group has created a
variety of strategic relationships through an alliance program. Under this
program we have entered into contractual relationships with a wide range of
world-class technology providers and systems integrators. Our alliance members
include ATG, Broadvision, BEA Systems, Citrix, Documentum, Interwoven, Oracle,
Plumtree, Scientific Atlanta and Sun Microsystems, Inc. These companies promote
our products and services to their customers alongside their own offerings. In
some cases, our alliance members bundle our solutions with their technology
offerings, often involving the development of adapters that integrate our
technology with their software. This bundling increases awareness and trial of
our services among likely customers, generating incremental revenues. Certain of
our alliance members pay us directly for these integrations. We anticipate that
these strategic alliances will continue to generate a significant percentage of
leads through which we are introduced to potential customers.

    Our sales and business development activities are supported by our marketing
organization, which provides corporate and product marketing services, designs
and produces our collateral and website, creates support tools and runs a
proactive public relations, advertising and direct marketing program.

CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SUPPORT

    We believe that a high level of customer support is critical to our success.
We provide our customers with 24 hours a day, seven days a week support. We
provide full life-cycle support, beginning with assistance in configuring,
installing and customizing the solutions purchased by our clients, and extending
to ongoing technical support and account management.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

    The market for our products and services is characterized by rapid
technological change, frequent new product introductions and enhancements,
evolving industry standards, and rapidly changing customer requirements. The
incorporation of new technologies into our products, continued enhancement of
our current product suite and the introduction of new products to meet the
increasingly sophisticated needs of our customers are essential to our future
success. See "Risk factors--If We Do Not Continue to Develop Our Technology, Our
Services May Quickly Become Obsolete."

    This department includes project managers, product managers, quality
assurance professionals, client customization teams, adapter and integration
specialists, and software engineers. Our engineers have expertise in fields such
as computer science, information processing, advanced mathematics, financial
theory and artificial intelligence. Certain of our solutions combine internal
development and the deployment of technology from third parties. Although we
plan to continue to evaluate externally developed technologies for integration
into our product lines, we expect that most enhancements to existing and new
products will be developed internally.

    Our research and development expenditures, for fiscal 2001, 2000 and 1999
were $7.9 million, $6.4 million and $1.0 million respectively. We expect that we
will continue to commit significant resources to research and development in the
future. Research and development expenses have been expensed as incurred. See
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations."

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TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURE & NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE

    ScreamingMedia's proprietary software platform is designed for flexibility,
scalability and reliability. The primary elements are our hosting platform and
our Actrellis suite of enterprise software, which is installed within customers'
own data centers. Key features of our technology include:

    - PLATFORM-INDEPENDENCE & COMPATIBILITY WITH EVOLVING TECHNOLOGIES. Both our
      hosted technology and our Actrellis suite of enterprise software are
      designed to be compatible with the broad range of technology environments
      that our customers have implemented to run their business systems. As
      such, we have adopted industry standard programming codes and data formats
      wherever possible. The Actrellis suite of enterprise software is written
      entirely in Java according to the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
      specification, which allows the software to function on all major
      operating systems and to integrate effectively with a variety of other
      software written to the J2EE specification, such as certain application
      servers and content management systems. ScreamingMedia supports the use of
      Extensible Markup Language (XML), a flexible and standardized information
      format, and Extensible Style-sheet Language Transformation technology
      (XSL-T) to transform XML into customized formats required by our clients.
      Via our web services platform, our applications are also able to
      communicate with customer and partner applications via standard,
      well-defined Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) using standard
      communication protocols such as Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). We
      intend to continue to build modular, standards-based software and to
      incorporate evolving technologies into our software.

    - ROBUST INFORMATION PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGY. The algorithms
      employed in our proprietary technology allow real-time processing, concept
      extraction, filtering and delivery of information. Our aggregation system
      receives large volumes of information through a variety of channels,
      including satellite, leased lines and the Internet. Value-added
      information analysis software produces a uniform metadata layer and allows
      filtering and searching of information. Our filtering and searching
      capability incorporates our technology combined with software licensed
      from Verity Inc. and Autonomy Corporation. As a result, information can be
      retrieved using a combination of keywords, contextual patterns of words,
      metadata constraints, and a business rules layer, which enables us to
      provide targeted, and filtered information solutions to our customers.

    - SCALABLE, RELIABLE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE. Our hosting infrastructure
      consists of multiple servers, mass storage devices and sophisticated
      routers and switching systems to accommodate high capacity system usage.
      We use database technology from Microsoft and Oracle as well as our own
      proprietary database applications to optimize performance for real-time
      market data. These servers and the applications that run on them implement
      a scalable, redundant design whereby the functions they perform are
      distributed across multiple machines. If one of these machines or
      applications stops functioning, either through failure or for maintenance
      and upgrading, we are still able to provide our services. We operate three
      data centers, one in Coralville, Iowa which we operate ourselves and two
      in New York City which are operated by third parties. All our data centers
      come equipped with power conditioning and battery back-up, have generator
      systems capable of providing emergency power to the entire facility, and
      are secured by 24-hour card-key access. We have implemented detailed,
      automated monitoring systems and data is regularly backed up and stored
      off-site. Following the acquisition of Stockpoint, we have been working
      towards full replication of all our technology in at least two data
      centers in order to provide continuity of all our services even if one
      data center were to be rendered totally unusable. Once completed, this
      effort will significantly improve our disaster recovery capabilities.

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COMPETITION

    The market for information management solutions using Internet technologies
is new, highly competitive and rapidly evolving. We expect continued strong
competition in the future as current competitors improve their offerings and as
new participants enter the market. ScreamingMedia encounters competition in four
main areas:

    - FINANCIAL INFORMATION PROVIDERS AND MEDIA COMPANIES. Companies such as the
      Reuters Group, The Thomson Corporation, Standard and Poors and the
      Associated Press often sell their own information direct to customers.
      Currently, these companies do not generally offer technology targeted at
      meeting the same information management needs as ScreamingMedia's
      technology, and do not integrate other third-party data or customers'
      proprietary data into their solutions. In the future, these companies may
      add functionality and services that would enable them to compete more
      directly with us.

    - APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS AND INFORMATION AGGREGATORS. We face
      competition from other companies that aggregate information and either
      host private-label applications that use that data or deliver that data in
      the form of feeds to customers. These companies include Marketwatch.com,
      which targets the financial services segment, Factiva, which targets the
      intranet segment, and Infospace, which targets the access provider
      segment. Many of these companies currently offer their services directly
      to individuals as well as on a private-label basis to business customers.
      We believe that ScreamingMedia's exclusive focus on providing services to
      other businesses as opposed to direct to consumers provides us an
      advantage in terms of the ease of integration and customization of our
      solutions. Nevertheless, this advantage may not be sustainable, and
      furthermore, while ScreamingMedia is able to leverage the same
      functionality and information across multiple segments, customers may
      prefer the solutions of a vendor focused on a single market segment.

    - FINANCIAL AND OTHER ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE VENDORS. We believe that our
      Actrellis suite of enterprise software, which is focused on the
      integration and presentation of external information, is an excellent
      complement to software such as a portfolio accounting system that is
      focused on tracking user transactions, a content management system that is
      largely focused on the management of internal information, or a corporate
      portal application that is largely focused on integration with legacy
      databases and end-user personalization. However, certain of these software
      vendors such as Advent Software, Interwoven or Broadvision have already or
      may in the future develop extensions to their software capabilities to be
      able to manage external information as effectively as internal
      information.

    - IN-HOUSE DEVELOPMENT. Major enterprises, particularly in the financial
      services segment, may choose custom-developed solutions because they
      believe it is critical to control the technology they use or because they
      believe their needs are unique. These companies therefore develop
      technology solutions, often in conjunction with consulting and systems
      integration firms such as EDS, Accenture and Dimension Data.

    We believe that the principal competitive factors in our market are:
cost-effectiveness and return on investment; completeness of solution; ease of
integration and customization; breadth, depth and timeliness of information;
reliability of the vendor's applications and hosting services; and the vendor's
financial strength. We believe that we presently compete favorably with respect
to these factors, particularly completeness of solution, cost-effectiveness and
ease of integration and customization. Furthermore, while barriers to entry in
our market are relatively low, we believe that once our online information
management solutions are embedded in our clients' sites and systems, those
clients will find the difficulties inherent in replacing our products with those
provided by another vendor to be a disincentive to changing providers.

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    However, a number of our current and potential competitors are larger than
we are, have established relationships with our current and prospective
customers, focus on specific segments of our target markets, provide more robust
backup service capabilities and have distribution rights for information which
we are unable to offer our customers. These differences could prove attractive
to our existing and potential customers. Furthermore, some competitors may adopt
aggressive pricing strategies to build market share or may choose to bundle our
solutions with other software, hardware or information services in a manner that
may discourage customers from purchasing products offered by us. See "Risk
factors--We Face Intense Competition That Could Impair Our Ability To Grow and
Achieve Profitability."

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

    Our success will depend in part on our ability to protect our intellectual
property and other proprietary rights in our software and other technology. To
protect our proprietary rights, we rely on a combination of patent, trademark,
copyright, and trade secret laws, confidentiality and license agreements with
our employees, customers, partners, and others, and security features we have
built into our technology. See "Risk factor--Protection of Our Intellectual
Property is Limited and Efforts to Protect Our Intellectual Property May Be
Inadequate, Time-consuming and Expensive."

    We have four pending U.S. patent applications and three pending foreign
patent applications, but presently we do not have any issued patents. Unless and
until patents are issued, no patent rights can be enforced. We have three
registered U.S. trademarks and twelve pending domestic applications and we have
applied for registration of the mark "Screaming Media" in ten foreign
jurisdictions.

    Despite these protections, others still might be able to use our
intellectual property without our authorization. In addition, the laws of some
foreign countries do not protect proprietary rights to the same extent as do
U.S. laws. Moreover, potential competitors might be able to develop technologies
or services similar to ours without infringing our patents. In addition, if our
agreements with employees, consultants and others who participate in product and
service development activities are breached, we may not have adequate remedies,
and our trade secrets may become known or independently developed by
competitors. If we are unable to protect our intellectual property adequately,
it could materially affect our financial performance.

    There can also be no assurance that other parties will not assert claims
that our products or names infringe on their proprietary rights. A third-party
infringement claim could be time-consuming to defend, result in costly
litigation, divert management's attention and resources, cause product and
service delays or require us to enter into royalty or licensing agreements.

GOVERNMENT REGULATION

    We are subject, both directly and indirectly, to various laws and
governmental regulations relating to our business. It is possible that a number
of laws and regulations may be adopted with respect to our business and the
business of our customers. These laws and regulations may impede our ability to
offer our products and services to our customers, and they may dissuade our
customers from purchasing our products and services. Any new legislation or
regulation or the application of existing laws and regulations could have a
material and adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
condition.

    As our services are available anywhere in the world, and as we intend to
offer services specifically aimed at jurisdictions outside the United States,
multiple jurisdictions may claim that we are required to qualify to do business
as a foreign corporation in each of those jurisdictions. Failure by us to
qualify as a foreign corporation in a jurisdiction where we are required to do
so could subject us to taxes and penalties for the failure to qualify. It is
possible that state and foreign governments might also attempt to regulate our
transmissions of content on our Web sites or prosecute us for violations of
their laws.

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There can be no assurance that violations of local laws will not be alleged or
charged by state or foreign governments, that we might not unintentionally
violate these laws or that these laws will not be modified, or new laws enacted,
in the future.

EMPLOYEES

    As of December 31, 2001, we had 215 full-time employees with 65 employees in
sales, business development and marketing, 19 in customer service and support,
98 in research and development, network infrastructure and network operations
and 33 in finance, human resources, information systems and other general and
administrative functions.

    Screaming Media terminated 149 full-time employee positions throughout 2001
as a result of the difficult economic environment and duplicative positions and
other synergies as a result of the Stockpoint, Inc. acquisition in August 2001.
Employees affected by the downsizing received severance pay and other benefits
commensurate with their position and tenure at ScreamingMedia and/or Stockpoint.

    None of our employees is represented by a union, nor are they subject to a
collective bargaining agreement. We have never experienced a work stoppage and
believe that our relations with our employees are good.

                                  RISK FACTORS

    An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. The risks
and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Additional
risks and uncertainties not presently known to us may also impair our operations
and business. If we do not successfully address any of the risks described
below, there could be a material adverse effect on our financial condition,
operating results and business. We cannot assure you that we will successfully
address these risks.

    You should carefully consider the risks described below before deciding to
invest in shares of our common stock. The trading price of our common stock
could decline due to any of these risks, in which case you could lose all or
part of your investment. In assessing these risks, you should also refer to the
other information in this and our other public filings, including our financial
statements and the related notes.

RISKS RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS

BECAUSE WE HAVE A LIMITED OPERATING HISTORY, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO
EVALUATE OUR BUSINESS.

    It is difficult to value our business and evaluate our prospects because of
our limited operating history. We began our current line of business at the end
of 1998 and expanded our line of business with the acquisition of
Stockpoint, Inc. in August of 2001. Accordingly, we have limited financial and
operating data for evaluating our business.

OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM HAS LIMITED EXPERIENCE IN WORKING TOGETHER AND IF THEY FAIL
TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY AS A UNIT, OUR OPERATING PERFORMANCE MAY BE ADVERSELY
AFFECTED.

    Our Chief Executive Officer has only been employed by us since January,
2002. Moreover, with the acquisition of Stockpoint, Inc., the management team
from both companies has been recently integrated and has only been working
together as one unit since August, 2001. Therefore, there has been little
opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of our senior management team as a
unit. The failure of our senior management to function effectively as a team may
have an adverse effect on our ability to maintain a cohesive culture and compete
effectively.

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WE HAVE A HISTORY OF SIGNIFICANT OPERATING LOSSES.

    We have incurred operating losses in every quarter since we began our
current line of business in 1998. We expect to incur additional losses in 2002.
Our ability to achieve profitability will depend on our ability to generate and
sustain higher net sales while maintaining reasonable expense levels. We cannot
be certain that if we were to achieve profitability, we would be able to sustain
or increase that profitability.

OUR QUARTERLY FINANCIAL RESULTS MAY BE VOLATILE AND COULD CAUSE OUR STOCK PRICE
TO FLUCTUATE.

    Our revenues and operating results may vary significantly from quarter to
quarter. Because of these fluctuations, our results in any quarter may not be
indicative of future performance and it may be difficult for investors to
properly evaluate our results. It is possible that in some future periods our
revenues or earnings may fall below the expectations of investors and result in
the market price of our common stock declining. The factors that may cause our
financial results to vary from quarter to quarter include:

    - the demand for our services;

    - the value, timing and renewal of contracts with customers;

    - the amount and timing of operating costs and capital expenditures;

    - the performance of our technology;

    - actions taken by our competitors, including new product introductions and
      enhancements; and

    - adverse changes in the financial markets.

    These factors, some of which are beyond our control, make it difficult to
forecast our future revenues or results of operations accurately. A portion of
our operating expenses are related to costs which cannot be adjusted quickly.
Our operating expense levels reflect, in part, our expectations of future
revenues. If actual revenues on a quarterly basis are below management's
expectations, or if our expenses exceed increased revenues, results of
operations would be materially adversely affected.

IF WE DO NOT CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OUR TECHNOLOGY, OUR SERVICES MAY QUICKLY BECOME
OBSOLETE.

    The market we compete in is characterized by rapidly changing technology,
evolving industry standards and customer demands and frequent new product
introductions and enhancements. To be successful, we will have to continually
improve the performance, features and reliability of our products and services.
We cannot assure you that our technological development will advance at the pace
necessary to sustain our growth.

    Additionally, new technologies may require us to alter our technology and
products to avoid becoming obsolete. Improving our current products and
developing and introducing new products will require significant research and
development.

WE DO NOT HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF SELLING OUR NEW TECHNOLOGY OFFERINGS.

    We have developed and introduced new products and services that have a very
limited track record. We cannot assure you whether there will be a significant
demand for our new products and services by either our current clients or
prospective clients. If the investment we have made in producing and selling
these new products and services does not result in significant sales, our
business may be materially adversely affected.

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INTERNAL OR THIRD-PARTY SYSTEM OR EQUIPMENT FAILURES COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR
BUSINESS.

    Our systems and operations are vulnerable to damage or interruption from a
variety of factors, including human error, natural disasters, power loss,
telecommunication failures, break-ins, sabotage (physical or electronic),
computer viruses, vandalism and similar unexpected adverse events. Moreover,
while we presently have multiple data centers and have implemented internal
redundancy measures, we presently do not have all functionality of all data
centers available in multiple sites. We presently have a computer center at our
Iowa facilities, and in addition, some of our computer operations are located in
facilities owned by third parties (known as "co-location facilities"). Any
failure of the computer equipment we use or the third-party telecommunications
networks and data centers on which we rely for distribution could interrupt or
delay our service. This could lead to customers canceling contracts and could
damage our reputation, which could limit our ability to attract additional
customers, decrease our revenue and lead to a drop in the value of our common
stock.

WE FACE INTENSE COMPETITION THAT COULD IMPAIR OUR ABILITY TO GROW AND ACHIEVE
PROFITABILITY.

    We face significant competition in our markets. We may experience greater
competition in the future as we address a wider range of market segments,
additional entrants join the market and existing competitors offer new or
upgraded products. Barriers to new entrants are relatively low. If we fail to
compete successfully, we could lose market share, or be forced to lower our
prices or spend more on marketing, which would reduce our margins.

    We compete with:

    - Financial Information Providers and Media Companies, who often sell their
      own information directly to customers;

    - Application Service Providers and Information Aggregators, who aggregate
      information and either host private-label applications that use that data
      or deliver that data in the form of feeds to customers;

    - Financial and other Enterprise Software Vendors, who have already or may
      in the future develop extensions to their software capabilities to be able
      to manage external information as efficiently as internal information;

    - The in-house development staffs of many of our clients, who develop
      technology solutions often in conjunction with consulting and systems
      integration firms.

    We expect all of these forms of competition to continue to intensify. Some
of our existing competitors, as well as a number of potential new competitors,
have longer operating histories, greater name recognition, larger client bases
and significantly greater financial, technical and marketing resources than we
do. These factors may provide them with significant advantages over us. In
addition, larger, well-established and well-financed entities may acquire,
invest in or form joint ventures with our competitors. Increased competition
from these or other competitors could adversely affect our business.

SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE INTERNET COMPANIES WHO POSE CREDIT RISKS. THE FAILURE
OF THESE CUSTOMERS TO PAY THEIR BILLS HAS LED TO A LOSS OF REVENUE, A TREND
WHICH MAY CONTINUE.

    While our strategy is to attract large and mid-sized enterprise customers, a
number of our customers are smaller Internet companies. Many of these companies
have limited operating histories, operate at a loss and have limited cash
reserves and limited access to additional capital. With some of these customers,
we have experienced difficulties collecting accounts receivable. As a result,
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allowance for doubtful accounts as of December 31, 2001 was approximately
$1.1 million. We may continue to encounter these difficulties in the future. If
any significant part of our customer base is unable or unwilling to pay our fees
for any reason, our business will suffer.

FAILURE TO RETAIN EXISTING CUSTOMERS AND ATTRACT NEW CUSTOMERS COULD ADVERSELY
AFFECT OUR BUSINESS AND OPERATING RESULTS.

    Many of the customers we lost were emerging Internet companies with limited
operating histories, limited cash reserves and operating at a loss. While our
strategy is to continue to target large and mid-sized enterprise customers, a
significant number of our customers continue to comprise smaller Internet
companies similar to those that we lost in 2001. We cannot assure you that we
will be able to continue to attract new customers at the same rate as we have
done in the past, or that we will be able to retain existing customers.

LOSING MAJOR INFORMATION PROVIDERS MAY LEAVE US WITH INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO
RETAIN AND ATTRACT CUSTOMERS.

    We do not generate original content or data and are therefore highly
dependent upon third-party information providers. If we were to lose several of
our major information providers and were not able to obtain similar content or
data from other sources, our services would be less attractive to customers. In
addition, we cannot be certain that we will be able to license content or data
from our current or new providers on favorable terms in the future, if at all.

PROTECTION OF OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IS LIMITED AND EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MAY BE INADEQUATE, TIME-CONSUMING AND EXPENSIVE.

    We regard our trademarks, service marks, copyrights, trade secrets and
similar intellectual property as critical to our success. The unauthorized
reproduction or other misappropriation of our trademarks or other intellectual
property could diminish the value of our proprietary rights or reputation. In
addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect proprietary rights
to the same extent as do U.S. laws. Moreover, potential competitors might be
able to develop technologies or services similar to ours without infringing our
patents. In addition, if our agreements with employees, consultants and others
who participate in product and service development activities are breached, we
may not have adequate remedies, and our trade secrets may become known or
independently developed by competitors. If this were to occur, our business
could be materially and adversely affected.

    We rely upon a combination of trademark and copyright law, patent law, trade
secret protection and confidentiality and license agreements with our employees,
customers and others to protect our proprietary rights. We have received and
have filed a number of trademarks and service marks, and have filed several
patent applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. However,
registrations and patents may only be granted in selected cases, and there can
be no assurance that we will be able to secure these or additional registrations
or patents. Furthermore, policing and enforcement against the unauthorized use
of our intellectual property rights could entail significant expenses and could
prove difficult or impossible.

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THIRD PARTIES MAY CLAIM THAT WE HAVE BREACHED THEIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS, WHICH COULD DIVERT MANAGEMENT'S ATTENTION AND RESULT IN EXPENSE TO
DEFEND OR SETTLE CLAIMS.

    Third parties may bring claims of copyright or trademark infringement,
patent violation or misappropriation of creative ideas or formats against us
with respect to information that we distribute or our technology or marketing
techniques and terminology. These claims, with or without merit, could be time
consuming to defend, result in costly litigation, divert management attention,
require us to enter into costly royalty or licensing arrangements or limit our
ability to distribute information or prevent us from utilizing important
technologies, ideas or formats.

IF THE INFORMATION WE DISTRIBUTE IS UNLAWFUL OR CAUSES INJURY, WE MAY HAVE TO
PAY FINES OR DAMAGES.

    The publication or dissemination of information that we have distributed may
give rise to liability for defamation, negligence, breach of copyright, patent,
trade secret or trademark infringement or other claims or charges based on the
nature of the information. As a distributor of this information, we may be
directly or indirectly liable to claims or charges of this nature. In addition,
we could be exposed to liability arising from the activities of our customers or
their users with respect to the unauthorized duplication of, or insertion of
inappropriate material into, the information we supply. Although we carry
general liability insurance, our insurance may not cover claims of these types
or may be inadequate to indemnify us for all liability that may be imposed on
us.

IF WE DISTRIBUTE INFORMATION TO UNAUTHORIZED RECIPIENTS, WE MAY HAVE TO PAY
DAMAGES TO OUR INFORMATION PROVIDERS.

    Our proprietary software technologies enable us to deliver information we
receive from participating information providers only to customers who have been
authorized to access that information. We might inadvertently distribute
information to a customer who is not authorized to receive it, which could
subject us to a claim for damages from the information provider or harm our
reputation in the marketplace.

ACQUISITIONS AND STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS MAY RESULT IN INCREASED EXPENSES,
DIFFICULTIES IN INTEGRATING TARGET COMPANIES AND DIVERSION OF MANAGEMENT'S
ATTENTION.

    We anticipate that from time to time we may be reviewing one or more
acquisitions or strategic investments or other opportunities to expand our range
of technology and products and to gain access to new markets. Growth through
acquisitions or strategic investments entails many risks, including the
following:

    - our management's attention may be diverted during the acquisition and
      integration process;

    - we may face costs, delays and difficulties of integrating the acquired
      company's operations, technologies and personnel into our existing
      operations, organization and culture;

    - we may issue new equity securities to pay for acquisitions, which would
      dilute the holdings of existing stockholders;

    - the timing of an acquisition or our failure to meet operating expectations
      for acquired businesses may impact adversely on our financial condition;
      and

    - we may be adversely affected by expenses of any undisclosed or potential
      legal liabilities of the acquired company, including intellectual
      property, employment and warranty and product liability-related problems.

    If realized, any of these risks could have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition and operating results. Any of these risks and our
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acquisitions could affect our recent acquisition and integration of Stockpoint
and any possible future acquisitions.

LEGAL UNCERTAINTIES AND GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF THE INTERNET COULD INHIBIT
GROWTH OF THE INTERNET.

    Many legal questions relating to the Internet remain unclear and these areas
of uncertainty may be resolved in ways that damage our business. It may take
years to determine whether and how existing laws governing matters such as
intellectual property, privacy, libel and taxation apply to the Internet. In
addition, new laws and regulations that apply directly to Internet
communications, commerce and advertising are becoming more prevalent. For
example, the U.S. Congress has recently passed Internet-related legislation
concerning copyrights, taxation, and the online privacy of children. As the use
of the Internet grows, there may be calls for further regulation, such as more
stringent consumer protection laws. Finally, our distribution arrangements and
customer contracts could subject us to the laws of foreign jurisdictions in
unpredictable ways.

    These possibilities could affect us adversely in a number of ways. New
regulations could make the Internet less attractive to users, resulting in
slower growth in its use and acceptance than we expect. Complying with new
regulations could result in additional cost to us, which could reduce our
margins, or it could leave us at risk of potentially costly legal action. We may
be affected indirectly by legislation that fundamentally alters the practicality
or cost-effectiveness of utilizing the Internet, including the cost of
transmitting over various forms of network architecture, such as telephone
networks or cable systems, or the imposition of various forms of taxation on
Internet-related activities. Regulators continue to evaluate the best
telecommunications policy regarding the transmission of Internet traffic.

RISKS RELATED TO OUR SECURITIES

VOLATILITY OF OUR STOCK PRICE COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT STOCKHOLDERS.

    The stock market in general, the market for technology or Internet-related
stocks in particular, has experienced extreme price fluctuations. At times,
technology or Internet-related stocks have traded at prices and multiples that
are substantially above the historical levels of the stock market in general.
Since estimates of the value of technology or Internet-related companies have
little historical basis and often vary widely, fluctuations in our stock price
may not be correlated in a predictable way to our performance or operating
results. Our stock price may also fluctuate as a result of factors that are
beyond our control or unrelated to our operating results. We expect our stock
price to fluctuate as a result of factors such as:

    - variations in our actual or anticipated quarterly operating results or
      those of our competitors;

    - announcements by us or our competitors of technological innovations;

    - introduction of new products or services by us or our competitors;

    - conditions or trends in the technology or Internet industry;

    - changes in the market valuations of other technology or Internet
      companies;

    - announcements by us or our competitors of significant acquisitions; and

    - our entry into strategic partnerships or joint ventures.

WE DO NOT INTEND TO PAY DIVIDENDS.

    We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our capital stock. We
currently intend to retain any future earnings for funding growth and,
therefore, do not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

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WE ARE EFFECTIVELY CONTROLLED BY OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS AND THE
INTERESTS OF THESE STOCKHOLDERS COULD CONFLICT WITH YOUR INTERESTS.

    Our executive officers and directors, in the aggregate, beneficially own
approximately 39.6% of our outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis. As
a result, these stockholders, if acting together, would be able to exert
considerable influence on any matters requiring approval by our stockholders,
including the election of directors, amendments to our charter and by-laws and
the approval of mergers or other business combination transactions. The
ownership position of these stockholders could delay, deter or prevent a change
in control of ScreamingMedia and could adversely affect the price that investors
might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock.

IT MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR A THIRD PARTY TO ACQUIRE OUR COMPANY, WHICH COULD
DEPRESS OUR STOCK PRICE.

    Delaware corporate law and our certificate of incorporation and by-laws
contain provisions that could have the effect of delaying, deferring, or
preventing a change in control of ScreamingMedia that stockholders may consider
favorable or beneficial. These provisions could discourage proxy contests and
make it more difficult for you and other stockholders to elect directors and
take other corporate actions. These provisions could also limit the price that
investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock.
These provisions include:

    - a staggered board of directors, so that it would take three successive
      annual meetings to replace all directors;

    - prohibition of stockholder action by written consent; and

    - advance notice requirements for the submission by stockholders of
      nominations for election to the board of directors and for proposing
      matters that can be acted upon by stockholders at a meeting.

    In addition, we have entered into a stockholder rights agreement that makes
it more difficult for a third party to acquire us without the support of our
board of directors and principal stockholders.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

    Our corporate headquarters is located in New York, New York, and occupies
approximately 26,197 square feet of leased space. The lease expires in
March 2009 with a lease termination option in March 2005 for a payment of
$70,000.00. As of November 2001, we vacated 17,100 square feet in New York. The
future obligations of this lease were recorded in our restructuring charge
during the third quarter of 2001. We continue to pay rent on this lease and
charge this amount against accrued restructuring expenses. Our office in
Coralville, Iowa, occupies approximately 25,600 square feet of leased space,
with a lease that expires in September 2004. As of October 2001 we vacated the
premises that we were leasing in San Francisco, California and moved our
facilities to the San Francisco premises of Stockpoint, Inc. We have no future
obligations to the landlord of the vacated space. As of October 2001,
Stockpoint Inc. vacated the premises it was leasing in London, England and moved
its facilities into the London premises that we are leasing. We have no future
obligations to the landlord of the vacated space. We believe that our facilities
are suitable and adequate to meet our needs.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

    We are not presently a party to any material legal proceedings.

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF THE SECURITY HOLDERS

    We did not submit any matters to a vote of security holders during the
fourth quarter of fiscal year ending December 31, 2001.

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                                    PART II

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

    Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol
"SCRM". Public trading of the common stock commenced on August 3, 2000. Prior to
that, there was no public market for the common stock. The following table sets
forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low sale price per share of the
common stock on the NASDAQ National Market:

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                HIGH       LOW
                                                              --------   --------
<S>                                                           <C>        <C>
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2001
  First Quarter.............................................   $5.22      $1.63
  Second Quarter............................................    3.51       1.00
  Third Quarter.............................................    3.02       1.26
  Fourth Quarter............................................    2.60       1.16

YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2000
  Third Quarter.............................................   15.75       8.25
  Fourth Quarter............................................    9.75       2.06
</Table>

    From the date of receipt of funds from our initial public offering through
December 31, 2001, the net proceeds of the offering have been used to support
our domestic sales and marketing activities, the expansion of our operations,
product development, general corporate purposes and the acquisition of
complimentary business and technologies. None of the net proceeds from the
offering have, to date, been paid directly or indirectly to any director,
officer, general partner or their associates, or to any persons owning 10% or
more of any class of equity securities. Instead, the net proceeds have been
invested in interest bearing, investment-grade securities.

    We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common or preferred
stock. We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
We currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, to finance operations and
the expansion of our business. Any future determination to pay cash dividends
will be at the discretion of the board of directors and will be dependent upon
our financial condition, operating results, capital requirements, general
business conditions, restrictions imposed by financing arrangements, if any,
legal or regulatory restrictions on the payment of dividends and other factors
that our board of directors deems relevant.

ITEM 6. SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

    The following selected financial data should be read in conjunction with,
and are qualified by reference to, the financial statements and related notes
and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations" included elsewhere herein. The statements of operations data for the
years ended December 31, 2001, 2000, 1999 and 1998 and the balance sheet data at
December 31, 2001, 2000, 1999 and 1998 are derived from our financial
statements, which have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent
auditors. The statement of operations data for the year ended December 31, 1997,
and the balance sheet data as of December 31, 1997 are derived from our
financial statements, which have been audited by David Tarlow & Co., C.P.A.,
P.C., independent auditors.

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                            STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
            YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998 AND 1997

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                               YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                 ----------------------------------------------------
                                                   2001       2000       1999       1998       1997
                                                 --------   --------   --------   --------   --------
                                                        (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<S>                                              <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Net revenue....................................  $ 30,952   $ 21,865   $  2,985    $  567     $  574
Total operating expenses.......................    63,265     65,054     16,479     1,163        669
                                                 --------   --------   --------    ------     ------
Operating (loss)...............................   (32,313)   (43,189)   (13,494)     (596)       (95)
Other income (expense).........................     3,264      3,045        328       (14)        --
                                                 ========   ========   ========    ======     ======
Net loss.......................................  $(29,049)  $(40,144)  $(13,166)   $ (610)    $  (95)
Deemed preferred stock dividends...............        --    (50,523)      (102)       --         --
Net loss to common Stockholders................  $(29,049)  $(90,667)  $(13,268)   $ (610)    $  (95)
                                                 ========   ========   ========    ======     ======
Basic net loss per common share................  $  (0.73)  $  (4.00)  $  (1.08)   $(0.35)    $(0.06)
                                                 ========   ========   ========    ======     ======
Weighted average number of shares of common
  stock outstanding............................    39,670     22,680     12,298     1,731      1,585
                                                 ========   ========   ========    ======     ======
</Table>

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                    AS OF DECEMBER 31,
                                                   ----------------------------------------------------
                                                     2001       2000       1999       1998       1997
                                                   --------   --------   --------   --------   --------
                                                                      (IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Cash and cash equivalents........................  $ 15,189   $ 58,306   $22,122     $ 120       $ --
Marketable securities............................    48,925     39,820        --        --         --
Working capital..................................    47,249     93,631    21,930        24         41
Total assets.....................................   117,175    122,267    32,370       274        166
Capital lease obligations, less current
  portion........................................     1,858      3,400       647        --         --
Redeemable convertible preferred stock...........        --         --    27,434        --         --
Total stockholders' equity (deficiency)..........    91,472    109,175      (549)     (190)        64
</Table>

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

    The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results
of operations should be read together with our consolidated financial statements
and the related notes included elsewhere in this annual report on Form 10-K.
This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those
indicated in the forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors
as discussed in "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in this Annual Report.

THE COMPANY

    ScreamingMedia provides information management solutions to the enterprise.
The Company provides turnkey solutions to customers in target segments where
information is mission-critical, namely Financial Services, Corporate
Websites & Intranets and Access Providers. ScreamingMedia's solutions encompass
technology for integrating third party information and internal information into
business systems, applications to present and analyze that information, a range
of licensed information from various sources, and services to enable
customization and integration of this information into any platform including
websites, intranets, wireless solutions and interactive television services.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

    The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") recently issued disclosure
guidance for "critical accounting policies". The SEC defines "critical
accounting policies" as those that require application of management's most
difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to
make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may
change in subsequent periods.

    The following listing is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all of
our accounting policies. The Company's significant accounting policies are more
fully described in Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
included in this Annual Report on Form 10K. In many cases, the accounting
treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by generally
accepted accounting principles, with no need for management's judgment in their
application. There are also areas in which management's judgment in selecting
any available alternative would not produce a materially different result.

    We have identified revenue recognition, software capitalization, goodwill
and our use of estimates as critical accounting policies to our Company:

    REVENUE RECOGNITION:  Our revenue recognition policy is significant as our
revenue is a key component of our results of operations. For the fiscal years
ended 2001, 2000, and 1999, the Company recognized revenue over the life of the
applicable contracts. Beginning in Fiscal 2002 we will sell our software and,
under certain circumstances, will recognize revenue in accordance with the
provisions of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' Statement
of Position 97-2, "Software Revenue Recognition" (SOP 97-2). All other software
sales will be recognized over the life of the applicable contracts in accordance
with the provisions of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants'
Statement of Position 81-1, "Accounting for Performance of Construction Type
Contracts" (SOP 81-1).

    SOFTWARE CAPITALIZATION:  Until 2002, we did not sell software as a
standalone product. During 2001, we made a decision to modify certain existing
internal use software and attempt to sell it as "Actrellis". At the time this
decision was made, we determined that we would need to modify our existing
software capitalization policy, such that in the future, we would now follow the
guidance of SFAS 86,"Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software to Be Sold,
Leased, or Otherwise Marketed" for software to be sold externally. The internal
use software predecessor to Actrellis was developed prior to

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the issuance of SOP 98-1, "Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software
Developed or Obtained for Internal Use". SOP 98-1 requires certain costs
attributable to internally developed software to be capitalized in the
application development stage. Since the application development of Actrellis'
predecessor occurred prior to the issuance of SOP 98-1, no amounts related to
Actrellis' development were capitalized at December 31, 2001.

    Under SFAS No. 86, research and development costs are expensed as incurred.
Additionally, software development costs are subject to capitalization beginning
when a product's technological feasibility has been established and ending when
a product is available for release to customers. The Company's Actrellis
software was released soon after technological feasibility was established in
2002. As a result, costs subsequent to achieving technological feasibility under
SFAS No. 86 have not been incurred before 2002 and all software development
costs have been expensed through December 31, 2001.

    GOODWILL:  The Company's intangibles consist primarily of goodwill from our
acquisition of Stockpoint accounted for under the purchase method. The Company
is in the process of obtaining an independent valuation of the assets and
liabilities it has acquired as well as identifying the intangible assets it has
acquired in order to finalize its allocation of the purchase price of the
transaction. The Company will finalize its valuation as soon as possible or
within one year of the acquisition date. The Company's preliminary allocation of
the purchase price is subject to refinement based on the final determination of
fair value. Under the transition provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards ("SFAS") No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets", goodwill and
long lived intangible assets related to the Company's Stockpoint acquisition
have not been periodically amortized in fiscal 2001.

    USE OF ESTIMATES:  The Company's preparation of financial statements in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosures 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 these estimates.

REVENUE

    We derive our revenue from the sale of hosted applications, software,
customized data, processing and delivery of information as well as set up and
professional services.

    HOSTED APPLICATIONS:  We sell and host end user applications that enable
customers to present information. We sell individual applications such as stock
quotes or charts and bundle our applications into business solutions which
include the Financial Services Product Suite, the Business Information Product
Suite and the Consumer Product Suite. We recognize the revenue from hosted
applications on a subscription basis once the product has been implemented.

    SOFTWARE:  ScreamingMedia sells the Actrellis Integration Server Software,
formerly known as Siteware, which customers install behind their firewall in
order to receive information from ScreamingMedia. The revenue from this product
is recognized ratably over the contract term. In 2002, we began selling our
Actrellis Enterprise Software Suite which customers can use to integrate and
present information without receiving any data or recurring services from
ScreamingMedia.

    This stand-alone software is sold as a perpetual or annual license fee and
the fees vary according to the version and functionality of software selected.
In accordance with the provisions of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants' Statement of Position 97-2, "Software Revenue Recognition" (SOP
97-2), software license revenue is generally recognized when, the contracted is
executed, all delivery obligations have been met, the fee is fixed and
determinable, collectibility is probable and vendor specific objective evidence
is determinable. For some arrangements, we may provide services

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that are essential to the functionality of the software selected. For these
arrangements both the license revenue and services revenue will be recognized in
accordance with the provisions of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants' Statement of Position 81-1, "Accounting for Performance of
Construction Type Contracts" (SOP 81-1). We will account for these arrangements
under the percentage of completion contract method pursuant to SOP 81-1.

    Maintenance revenue for technical product support is recognized ratably over
the term of the contract.

    CUSTOMIZED DATA:  We provide clients with information, which is either
delivered as a customized data feed or presented in our hosted applications. We
charge clients based on the type and volume of information, and recognize this
revenue on a subscription basis.

    PROCESSING AND DELIVERY:  For clients that have direct relationships with
information providers and for our Syndication!Connect product, we provide a
technology platform for the delivery and integration of information. We charge a
processing and delivery fee based on the amount of data delivered. This revenue
is recognized on a subscription basis.

    SET-UP FEES:  Most of our products require a one-time set-up fee which
include charges for building custom filters that enable the customer to receive
customized information, and integration kits that enable deeper integration of
our information management solutions with third party software such as content
management systems and enterprise information portals that customers use to
operate their site. Set-up revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the
contract.

    PROFESSIONAL SERVICES:  We offer professional services which include
customization of products, systems integration services and other special
projects including editorial services and consulting. This revenue is generally
recognized as the service is performed.

    We record billed amounts due from clients in excess of revenue recognized as
deferred revenue on our balance sheet. Our contracts typically have lengths of
one or two years. We report our revenue net of allowances and rebates.

COST OF SERVICES

    Cost of services consist of royalties to information providers as well as
costs for bandwidth, storage of our servers in third-party network data centers
and certain costs associated with the maintenance of our infrastructure. We also
include certain payroll and related expenses pertaining to staff associated with
client implementation, developing custom applications, performing editorial and
quality assurance services and maintaining our network operations.

    We have several different arrangements with information providers. The
majority of our contracts are based on royalty fees that are calculated monthly,
based on the volume of a provider's information relayed to our customers. In
certain cases, the contractual agreement is based on fixed fees or subject to a
minimum charge. Certain of these fixed fee arrangements include additional fees
at a variable rate once our clients exceed a specified usage volume. In other
cases, we license information based on a per client basis.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES

    Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries and related
personnel costs associated with the research, design and development of software
applications and services supporting our business. These include engineers that
are developing and maintaining our software and infrastructure and our product
managers. Research and development costs are expensed as incurred until
technological feasibility is established for software to be sold. We believe
under our current software engineering processes that the establishment of
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substantially coincide. As a result, no software development costs have been
capitalized to date for software developed for external sales. For software
developed for internal use, expenses are capitalized while in the application
development stage and expensed while in the preliminary and post implementation
stages.

SALES AND MARKETING EXPENSES

    Sales and marketing expenses include costs of sales and marketing personnel,
as well as business development and customer support personnel, related
overhead, commissions, advertising and promotion expenses, travel and
entertainment expenses and other selling and marketing costs.

GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

    General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel and
related costs for general corporate functions including accounting, finance,
human resources, legal and other administrative functions, as well as provisions
for doubtful accounts and bad debt expense.

STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

    We recorded a charge for the amortization of deferred stock-based
compensation of approximately $881,000 and $17.6 million for the years ended
December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively. Stock-based compensation is a result
of the issuance of stock options to employees, directors and affiliated parties
with exercise prices per share determined for financial reporting purposes to be
below the fair market value per share of our common stock at the date of the
applicable grant. This difference is recorded as a reduction of stockholders'
equity and amortized as non-cash compensation expense on an accelerated basis
over the vesting period of the related options. In connection with the grant of
stock options to employees, we recorded deferred stock compensation of $0 and
$17.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively.
Deferred stock-based compensation that will be subsequently amortized as expense
for each of the next four fiscal years, including options granted through
December 31, 2001, is estimated to be as follows:

<Table>
<Caption>
PERIOD                                                            AMOUNT
------                                                        --------------
                                                              (IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                           <C>
Year ending December 31, 2002...............................      $1,622
Year ending December 31, 2003...............................         187
Year ending December 31, 2004...............................          13
                                                                  ------
Total.......................................................      $1,822
                                                                  ======
</Table>

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

    The following table sets forth our results of operations as a percentage of
revenue for the periods indicated.

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                       FOR THE YEAR ENDED
                                                                          DECEMBER 31,
                                                              ------------------------------------
                                                                2001          2000          1999
                                                              --------      --------      --------
<S>                                                           <C>           <C>           <C>
Revenue.....................................................     100%          100%          100%
                                                                ====          ====          ====
Operating expenses:
Cost of services (excluding depreciation of 3%, 3%, and 4%
  for the years ended December 31 2001, 2000, and 1999
  respectively, shown below)................................      30%           27%           34%
Research and development (excluding stock-based compensation
  of 0%, 9%, and 2% for the years ended December 31, 2001,
  2000, and 999 respectively, shown below)..................      25            29            35
Sales and marketing (excluding stock-based compensation of
  0%, 20%, and 61% for the years ended December 31, 2001,
  2000 and 1999, respectively, shown below).................      47            95           135
General and administrative (excluding stock-based
  compensation of 3%, 51%, and 140% for the years ended
  December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively, shown
  below)....................................................      42            50           130
  Depreciation and amortization.............................      18            17            15
  Restructuring.............................................      40            --            --
  Stock-based compensation..................................       3            80           203
                                                                ----          ----          ----
    Total operating expenses................................     205           298           552
                                                                ----          ----          ----
Operating income (loss).....................................    (105)         (198)         (452)
Other income (expense), net.................................      11            16            11
                                                                ----          ----          ----
  Net income (loss).........................................     (94)%        (182)%        (441)%
                                                                ====          ====          ====
</Table>

*   Certain reclassifications have been made to the 1999 and 2000 financial
    statements to conform with the 2001 presentation- see footnote #2 to the
    financial statements included elsewhere herein.

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000 AND 2001

    REVENUE.  Revenue totaled approximately $31.0 million for the year ended
December 31, 2001, an increase of $9.1 million or 42% from $21.9 million in the
previous year. This increase was primarily due to the acquisition of Stockpoint,
which accounted for $6.8 million of revenue. After adjusting for the
acquisition, revenues increased by $2.3 million, an increase of 11% over the
prior year. This increase was due to an overall increase in fees per customer as
a result of our expanded product offerings and directing our sales efforts to
enterprises that require larger, more comprehensive information solutions. Our
average contract value increased approximately 52% over the prior year. We
experienced revenue growth even as we lost customers, most of which were
smaller, internet related customers. At December 31, 2001 we had 787 customers
compared to 1,315 in the prior year. Stockpoint had approximately 207 customers
at December 31, 2001 out of our total 787. In both 2001 and 2000, no customer
accounted for over 10% of revenue. Although our total revenue has increased in
recent periods, we cannot be certain that total revenue will grow in future
periods or that it will grow at similar rates as in the past.

    COST OF SERVICES.  Cost of services increased to $9.2 million for the year
ended December 31, 2001, from $5.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2000.
As a percentage of revenue, cost of services increased to approximately 30% for
the year ended December 31, 2001 from approximately 27% for the year ended
December 31, 2000. After adjusting for cost of services related to the

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acquisition of Stockpoint, of approximately $2.0 million, cost of services
increased by $1.3 million to $7.2 million, an increase as a percentage of
revenue over the prior year to 30% from 27%. The increase was primarily due to
increases in certain payroll and related expenses, fees paid to network
providers for bandwith and monthly fees for housing our servers in third-party
network data centers.

    RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.  Research and development expenses increased to
$7.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, from $6.4 million for the
year ended December 31, 2000. As a percentage of revenue, research and
development expenses decreased to approximately 25% for the year ended
December 31, 2001 from approximately 29% for the year ended December 31, 2000.
After adjusting for research and development expense related to the Stockpoint
acquisition, of approximately $1.1 million, research and development increased
slightly by $400,000 to $6.8 million, a slight decrease as a percentage of
revenue over the prior year to 28% from 29%. The absolute dollar increase was
due to an increase in direct personnel costs and further development of our
Actrellis Integration server software suite and hosting platform.

    SALES AND MARKETING.  Sales and marketing expenses decreased to
$14.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, from $20.8 million for the
year ended December 31, 2000. As a percentage of revenue, sales and marketing
expenses decreased to approximately 47% for the year ended December 31, 2001
from approximately 95% for the year ended December 31, 2000. After adjusting for
the additional sales and marketing expense related to the Stockpoint
acquisition, sales and marketing expense decreased to $12.8 million, a decrease
as a percentage of revenue to 53% from 95% in the prior year. This decrease is
attributable to a significant headcount reduction in our sales, marketing and
information provider management departments and reductions in advertising, trade
shows and other marketing related expenses. This offset an increase in
commission expense that resulted from an increase in sales.

    GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE.  General and administrative expenses increased
to $13.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, from $10.8 for the year
ended December 31, 2000. As a percentage of revenue, general and administrative
expenses decreased to approximately 42% for the year ended December 31, 2001
from approximately 50% for the year ended December 31, 2000. After adjusting for
general and administrative costs related to the acquisition of Stockpoint of
approximately $600,000, our underlying general and administrative expenses
increased to $12.5 million, an increase as a percentage of revenue to 52% from
50% in the prior year. The increase in general and administrative expenses was
due to an increase in bad debt expense, certain professional fees including
legal costs for failed merger and acquisition activity and an increase in
corporate and franchise taxes.

    AMORTIZATION OF INTANGIBLES.  In connection with the acquisition of
Stockpoint, we are in the process of obtaining an independent valuation of the
assets and liabilities acquired, as well as identifying the intangible assets
acquired in order to finalize the allocation of the purchase price of the
transaction. The valuation will be finalized within one year of the acquisition
date. For the year ending December 31, 2002 we will incur amortization expense
once we have identified the intangible assets related to the acquisition.

    RESTRUCTURING.  In July 2001 our management took certain actions to further
increase operational efficiencies and bring costs in line with revenues. These
measures included the involuntary terminations of 74 employees, from sales and
marketing, research and development and the general and administrative areas, as
well as the consolidation of some of our leased office space, the closure of
several of our offices and asset impairment charges. As a consequence, we
recorded a $12.2 million charge to operations during the third quarter of 2001
for severance-related payments to terminated employees, the accrual of future
lease costs (net of estimated sublease income) and the write-off of fixed assets
for office locations that were closed or consolidated and assets that were
abandoned or impaired. As a result of these restructuring initiatives, we expect
to achieve annualized savings of approximately $8.7 million in operating
expenses. However, there can be no assurance that such cost

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reductions can be sustained or that the estimated costs of such actions will not
change. We incurred no such restructuring charges for the year ended
December 31, 2000.

    STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION.  We recognized stock-based compensation expense of
approximately $881,000 and $17.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2001
and 2000, respectively. The decrease is primarily due to a reversal of unearned
stock options. As a percentage of revenue, stock based compensation decreased to
approximately 3% for the year ended December 31, 2001 from approximately 80% for
the year ended December 31, 2000.

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999 AND 2000

    REVENUE.  Total revenue increased to $21.9 million for the year ended
December 31, 2000, from $3.0 million in the previous year. This increase was
mostly due to an increase in our customers to 1,315 at December 31, 2000 from
422 at December 31, 1999. Also contributing to this increase was a 11% increase
in the average monthly services revenue per customer and a 109% increase in
average license and set-up fees for new customers due to the introduction of new
products. The introduction of our new products also resulted in follow-on orders
from existing customers. In 2000, no customer accounted for over 10% of revenue
and we do not anticipate that any one customer will account for more than 10% of
revenue in the year ending December 31, 2001. Although our total revenue has
increased in recent periods, we cannot be certain that total revenue will grow
in future periods or that it will grow at similar rates as in the past.

    COST OF SERVICES.  Cost of services increased to $5.9 million for the year
ended December 31, 2000, from $1.0 million in the year ended December 31, 1999.
As a percentage of revenue, cost of services decreased to approximately 27% for
the year ended December 31, 2000 from approximately 34% for the year ended
December 31, 1999. The absolute dollar increase was primarily due to increases
in revenue resulting in higher fees paid to information providers, and an
increase in the number of employees in the implementation and content
engineering, network operations, and professional services departments. We
anticipate that the cost of services will continue to grow in absolute dollars
as we expand our business.

    RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.  Research and development expenses increased to
$6.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2000, from $1.0 million for the
year ended December 31, 1999. As a percentage of revenue, research and
development expenses decreased to approximately 29% for the year ended
December 31, 2000 from approximately 35% for the year ended December 31, 1999.
The absolute dollar increase was due to direct personnel costs and the
development of our SiteWare software suite, Content Engine, hosting platform and
other products. The decrease in research and development as a percentage of
total revenue resulted primarily because significant revenue growth outpaced
increases in research and development expenditures.

    SALES AND MARKETING.  Sales and marketing expenses increased to $20.8
million for the year ended December 31, 2000, from $4.0 million for the year
ended December 31, 1999. As a percentage of revenue, sales and marketing
expenses decreased to approximately 95% for the year ended December 31, 2000
from approximately 135% for the year ended December 31, 1999. The increase in
sales and marketing expense in absolute dollars was due to a significant
increase in compensation expense associated with the growth of our sales force,
customer support and marketing programs, the opening of new sales offices in the
United States, and the establishment of foreign offices in Europe. The decrease
in sales and marketing as a percentage of total revenue resulted primarily
because significant revenue growth outpaced increases in sales and marketing
expenditures, and we expect this trend to continue in the foreseeable future.

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    GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE.  General and administrative expenses increased
to $10.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2000, from $3.9 for the year
ended December 31, 1999. As a percentage of revenue, general and administrative
expenses decreased to approximately 50% for the year ended December 31, 2000
from approximately 130% for the year ended December 31, 1999. The increase in
absolute dollars resulted from an increase in personnel, certain facilities
costs, accounting and legal fees, bad debt expense and bad debt reserves.
General and administrative expenses decreased as a percentage of total revenue
primarily because significant revenue growth outpaced increases in general and
administrative expenditures.

    STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION.  In connection with the grant of stock options to
employees, we have deferred stock compensation of $10.5 million at December 31,
2000. We amortized $17.6 million and $6.1 million of deferred stock compensation
in 2000 and 1999 respectively.

    OTHER INCOME, NET.  Other income, net includes interest income from cash and
cash equivalents and marketable securities offset by interest on capital leases.
Other income, net, increased to $3.0 million in 2000 from $328,000 in 1999. The
significant increase from 1999 to 2000 was due to interest income earned on
higher cash balances, cash equivalents and short-term investments resulting from
both our Series C and initial public offerings in July and August, respectively.

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    The following table sets forth our unaudited quarterly operating results for
the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000. This information has been derived
from our unaudited interim financial statements. In our opinion, this unaudited
information has been prepared on a basis consistent with our audited financial
statements elsewhere contained herein and includes all adjustments, consisting
only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the
information for the quarters presented. Historical results for any quarter are
not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any future period.
<Table>
<Caption>
                                                         THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                   ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                   MARCH 31,   JUNE 30,   SEPTEMBER 30,   DECEMBER 31,   MARCH 31,
                                     2000        2000         2000            2000         2001
                                   ---------   --------   -------------   ------------   ---------
                                                (IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<S>                                <C>         <C>        <C>             <C>            <C>
Total revenue....................    2,719       4,705        6,584           7,856        7,601
                                    ------      ------       ------          ------       ------
Operating expenses:
  Cost of services (excluding
    depreciation of $126, $123,
    $256, $151, $162, $259, $156
    and $227 in the first quarter
    of 2000 through the fourth
    quarter of 2001,
    respectively, as shown
    below).......................      947       1,427        1,985           1,543        2,219
  Research and development
    (excluding stock-based
    compensation of $493, $657,
    $439, $431, $(502), $229,
    $161 and $236 in the first
    quarter of 2000 through the
    fourth quarter of 2001,
    respectively, as shown
    below).......................    1,206       1,354        1,835           1,960        1,855
  Sales and marketing (excludes
    stock-based compensation of
    $1,162, $1,374, $1,171, $812,
    $129, $430,$(473) and $(196)
    in the first quarter of 2000
    through the fourth quarter of
    2001, respectively, as shown
    below).......................    4,195       4,528        6,156           5,884        4,320
  General and administrative
    (excludes stock-based
    compensation of $2,947,
    $3,218, $2,499, $2,373, $270,
    $407, $485 and $(296) in the
    first quarter of 2000 through
    the fourth quarter of 2001,
    respectively, as shown
    below).......................    2,378       2,176        2,199           4,071        3,839
  Depreciation and
    amortization.................      549         732          936           1,417        1,487
  Stock-based compensation.......    4,602       5,249        4,109           3,616         (103)
  Restructuring charge...........       --          --           --              --           --
                                    ------      ------       ------          ------       ------
Total operating expenses.........   13,877      15,466       17,220          18,491       13,617
                                    ------      ------       ------          ------       ------

<Caption>
                                             THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                   ---------------------------------------
                                   JUNE 30,   SEPTEMBER 30,   DECEMBER 31,
                                     2001         2001            2001
                                   --------   -------------   ------------
                                    (IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<S>                                <C>        <C>             <C>
Total revenue....................    6,701        7,244           9,405
                                    ------       ------          ------
Operating expenses:
  Cost of services (excluding
    depreciation of $126, $123,
    $256, $151, $162, $259, $156
    and $227 in the first quarter
    of 2000 through the fourth
    quarter of 2001,
    respectively, as shown
    below).......................    1,887        2,239           2,866
  Research and development
    (excluding stock-based
    compensation of $493, $657,
    $439, $431, $(502), $229,
    $161 and $236 in the first
    quarter of 2000 through the
    fourth quarter of 2001,
    respectively, as shown
    below).......................    1,955        2,150           1,893
  Sales and marketing (excludes
    stock-based compensation of
    $1,162, $1,374, $1,171, $812,
    $129, $430,$(473) and $(196)
    in the first quarter of 2000
    through the fourth quarter of
    2001, respectively, as shown
    below).......................    3,670        3,145           3,377
  General and administrative
    (excludes stock-based
    compensation of $2,947,
    $3,218, $2,499, $2,373, $270,
    $407, $485 and $(296) in the
    first quarter of 2000 through
    the fourth quarter of 2001,
    respectively, as shown
    below).......................    3,474        3,128           2,671
  Depreciation and
    amortization.................    1,476        1,141           1,353
  Stock-based compensation.......    1,066          173            (256)
  Restructuring charge...........       --       12,239              --
                                    ------       ------          ------
Total operating expenses.........   13,528       24,215          11,904
                                    ------       ------          ------
</Table>

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<Table>
<Caption>
                                                         THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                   ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                   MARCH 31,   JUNE 30,   SEPTEMBER 30,   DECEMBER 31,   MARCH 31,
                                     2000        2000         2000            2000         2001
                                   ---------   --------   -------------   ------------   ---------
                                                (IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<S>                                <C>         <C>        <C>             <C>            <C>
Operating loss...................   (11,158)    (10,761)     (10,636)        (10,635)      (6,016)
                                   --------    --------     --------        --------     --------
Other income.....................       250         113        1,161           1,521        1,407
                                   --------    --------     --------        --------     --------
Net loss.........................   (10,908)    (10,648)      (9,475)         (9,114)      (4,609)
                                   ========    ========     ========        ========     ========
Deemed preferred stock
  dividends......................      (154)       (155)     (50,215)             --           --
                                   --------    --------     --------        --------     --------
Loss attributable to common
  stockholders...................  $(11,062)   $(10,803)    $(59,690)       $ (9,114)    $ (4,609)
                                   ========    ========     ========        ========     ========
Basic net loss per common
  share..........................      (.88)       (.85)       (2.16)           (.24)        (.12)
                                   ========    ========     ========        ========     ========
Weighted-average number of shares
  used in computation of basic
  net loss per share.............    12,526      12,773       27,594          37,932       37,964
                                   ========    ========     ========        ========     ========
PRO FORMA BASIC NET LOSS PER
  COMMON SHARE
Loss attributable to common
  stockholders...................  $(11,062)   $(10,803)    $(59,690)       $ (9,114)    $ (4,609)
Add amortization of deferred
  stock compensation.............     4,601       5,249        4,109           3,616         (103)
Add deemed preferred stock
  dividends......................       154         155       50,215              --           --
Add restructuring and asset
  impairment charge..............        --          --           --              --           --
Add provision for impairment of
  investments....................        --          --           --              --           --
                                   --------    --------     --------        --------     --------
Net loss in computing pro forma
  basic net loss per common
  share..........................  $ (6,307)   $ (5,399)    $ (5,366)       $ (5,498)    $ (4,712)
                                   ========    ========     ========        ========     ========
Shares used in computation of
  basic net loss per common
  share..........................    12,526      12,773       27,594          37,932       37,964
Add pro forma adjustment to
  reflect weighted average effect
  of the assumed conversion of
  convertible preferred stock....    11,349      11,349        6,958              --           --
                                   ========    ========     ========        ========     ========
Shares used in computing pro
  forma basic net loss per common
  share..........................    23,875      24,122       34,552          37,932       37,964
                                   ========    ========     ========        ========     ========
Pro forma basic net loss per
  common share...................  $  (0.26)   $  (0.22)    $  (0.16)       $  (0.14)    $  (0.12)
                                   ========    ========     ========        ========     ========

<Caption>
                                             THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                   ---------------------------------------
                                   JUNE 30,   SEPTEMBER 30,   DECEMBER 31,
                                     2001         2001            2001
                                   --------   -------------   ------------
                                    (IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<S>                                <C>        <C>             <C>
Operating loss...................    (6,827)     (16,971)         (2,499)
                                   --------     --------        --------
Other income.....................     1,038          213             607
                                   --------     --------        --------
Net loss.........................    (5,789)     (16,758)         (1,892)
                                   ========     ========        ========
Deemed preferred stock
  dividends......................        --           --
                                   --------     --------        --------
Loss attributable to common
  stockholders...................  $ (5,789)    $(16,758)       $ (1,892)
                                   ========     ========        ========
Basic net loss per common
  share..........................      (.15)        (.42)           (.04)
                                   ========     ========        ========
Weighted-average number of shares
  used in computation of basic
  net loss per share.............    38,097       40,087          42,256
                                   ========     ========        ========
PRO FORMA BASIC NET LOSS PER
  COMMON SHARE
Loss attributable to common
  stockholders...................  $ (5,789)    $(16,758)       $ (1,892)
Add amortization of deferred
  stock compensation.............     1,066          173            (256)
Add deemed preferred stock
  dividends......................        --           --              --
Add restructuring and asset
  impairment charge..............        --       12,239              --
Add provision for impairment of
  investments....................        --          400              --
                                   --------     --------        --------
Net loss in computing pro forma
  basic net loss per common
  share..........................  $ (4,723)    $ (3,946)       $ (2,148)
                                   ========     ========        ========
Shares used in computation of
  basic net loss per common
  share..........................    38,097       40,087          42,256
Add pro forma adjustment to
  reflect weighted average effect
  of the assumed conversion of
  convertible preferred stock....        --           --              --
                                   ========     ========        ========
Shares used in computing pro
  forma basic net loss per common
  share..........................    38,097       40,087          42,256
                                   ========     ========        ========
Pro forma basic net loss per
  common share...................  $  (0.12)    $  (0.10)       $  (0.05)
                                   ========     ========        ========
</Table>

------------------------------

*   Certain reclassifications have been made to the 1999 and 2000 financial
    statements to conform with the 2001 presentation. See footnote #2 to the
    financial statements included herein.

NET LOSS PER COMMON SHARE

    Basic net loss per common share was computed by dividing net loss
attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common
shares outstanding. Diluted net loss per share has not been presented since the
impact of options, warrants and the conversion of preferred shares would have
been antidilutive.

    Pro forma basic net loss excludes the amortization of deferred stock
compensation, deemed preferred stock dividends, restructuring charges and the
provision for impairment of investments of $4,755, $5,404, $54,324, $3,616,
$(103), $1,066, $12,812 and $(256) for the three months ending March 31, 2000
through December 31, 2001 (in thousands), respectively.

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    Pro forma basic net loss per common share has been computed as described
above and also gives effect, even if anti-dilutive, to common equivalent shares
from preferred stock as if such conversion had occurred at the beginning of the
period or at the date of original issuance, if later.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

    We have financed our operations through private sales of equity and debt
securities and through our initial public offering. Sales of equity securities
included $57.9 million of net proceeds from our August 2000 initial public
offering of common stock and $46.2 million of net proceeds received from the
July 2000 private placement of convertible preferred stock, which converted into
common stock upon the completion of our initial public offering. As of
December 31, 2001 and 2000, we had cash and cash equivalents and marketable
securities of approximately $64.1 million and $98.1 million respectively.

    We operate from leased premises in New York, satellite offices in San
Francisco, London and Iowa. Our current aggregate annual rental obligations
under these leases are approximately $2.1 million for 2001 and 2002. For the
years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, our capital expenditures were
$3.2 million and $7.9 million, respectively. Capital expenditures were primarily
for computers, hardware, software and professional services to design our new
financial systems and networking equipment.

    As of December 31, 2001, our principal commitments consisted of obligations
outstanding under a series of capital leases of computer and networking
equipment and our facilities leases. At the end of each capital lease term, we
have the option to purchase the equipment, typically at the lesser of fair
market value or 10% of gross asset value. We presently intend to exercise the
purchase option for the majority of the leases. In connection with the
acquisition of Stockpoint Inc., a financial institution acting as a trustee for
debenture holders is the beneficiary of an irrevocable standby letter of credit
for $6.3 million. Our obligation regarding the $6.3 million letter of credit has
been 99% satisfied as of March 28, 2002. A leasing company is the beneficiary of
a $3.6 million irrevocable standby letter of credit with a financial institution
securing their leasing agreement with us. Our landlord is the beneficiary of a
$175,000 irrevocable standby letter of credit with a financial institution
securing our New York office lease arrangement with them.

    For the year ended December 31, 2001, net cash used in operating activities
was approximately $14.8 million. The net cash used in operating activities for
the year ended December 31, 2001 resulted primarily from net losses of
$29.0 million, offset by $12.8 million in non-cash charges. The non-cash charges
consist primarily of approximately $5.5 million of depreciation, $6.1 million of
restructuring charge, $881,000 of stock based compensation, and a $400,000
charge for impaired investments. In addition, accounts receivable decreased by
$1.2 million, accrued restructuring expenses increased by $4.5 million and
prepaid expenses decreased by approximately $320,000. This was offset by a
$4.2 million decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses and a decrease in
deferred revenue of approximately $352,000.

    The net cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31,
2000 resulted primarily from net losses of $40.1 million and an increase in
trade accounts receivable of $3.6 million. This was offset by $22.2 million in
non-cash charges, of which stock-based compensation accounted for
$17.6 million, an increase of $1.0 million in accounts payable and accrued
expenses, a $1.8 million increase in deferred revenue and a $967,000 decrease in
prepaid expenses and other assets.

    The net cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31,
1999 resulted primarily from net losses of $13.2 million, an increase in prepaid
expenses and other assets of $3.9 million and an increase in trade accounts
receivable of $1.4 million offset by a $6.1 million non-cash charge for
stock-based compensation.

    For the year ended December 31, 2001 the net cash used in investing
activities was approximately $26.7 million. Net cash used in investing
activities resulted from $8.8 million for the purchase of marketable securities
and $3.2 million for the purchase of property and equipment. In addition, the

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acquisition of Stockpoint resulted in a net cash outflow of approximately
$14.7 million. This consisted primarily of debt repayments of approximately
$13.2 million and severance and other exit costs.

    For the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, net cash used in investing
activities was $47.7 million and $3.8 million, respectively. The net cash used
in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2000 was principally for
the purchase of marketable securities, equipment leasehold improvements and the
rollout of our new financial system. The net cash used in investing activities
for the year ended December 31, 1999 was principally for the purchase of
equipment and leasehold improvements.

    For the years ended December 31, 2001 net cash used by financing activities
was approximately $1.8 million. Net cash used by financing activities for the
year ended December 31, 2001 resulted primarily from the repayment of capital
leases of $2.8 million offset by approximately $1.0 million in proceeds from the
exercise of stock options and the employee stock purchase plan.

    For the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999 net cash provided by
financing activities was $101.6 million and $33.5 million. Net cash provided by
financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2000 was primarily the
result of net proceeds from the sale of convertible preferred stock of
$46.2 million and the net proceeds from the sale of common stock upon completion
of our initial public offering of $57.9 million. This was offset by repayments
of our capital lease obligations of $2.2 million and payment for the repurchase
of treasury stock for $1.0 million, offset by proceeds from the exercise of a
warrant and stock options of $765,000. Net cash provided by financing activities
for the year ended December 31, 1999 was provided substantially by net proceeds
generated from our issuances of Series A and B preferred stock.

    We believe that the net proceeds from our initial public offering, together
with the net proceeds from the Series C preferred stock offering and our current
cash and cash equivalents, and marketable securities will be sufficient to meet
our operating expenses, for at least the next twelve months. In addition, if we
undertake significant acquisitions or make significant strategic investments, we
may need to raise additional funds within that time. We may also need to raise
additional funds if competitive pressures force us to make unforseen
expenditures, such as to acquire or develop new technology. If we need to raise
additional funds, we will likely do so through the issuance and sale of equity
securities. If this were to occur, the percentage ownership of our stockholders
could be reduced, our stockholders may experience additional dilution and these
securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of our
stockholders. We cannot assure you that additional financing will be available
on terms favorable to us, or at all. If adequate funds are not available or are
not available on acceptable terms, our ability to fund our expansion, take
advantage of unanticipated opportunities, develop or enhance services or
products or otherwise respond to competitive pressures would be significantly
limited. Our business, results of operations and financial condition could be
materially adversely affected by these limitations.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

    In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 133, "Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities," as amended in June 2000 by SFAS
No. 138, "Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging
Activities," which requires companies to recognize all derivatives as either
assets or liabilities in the balance sheet and measure such instruments at fair
value. As amended by SFAS No. 137, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities--Deferral of the Effective Date of FASB 133," the provisions
of SFAS No. 133 were adopted by the Company as of January 1, 2001. Adoption of
SFAS No. 133, as amended by SFAS No. 138, did not and has not had a material
effect on the Company's financial statements.

    In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141, "Business Combinations", and
SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets". SFAS No. 141 prohibits the
use of the pooling-of-interest

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method for business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001 and also applies
to all business combinations accounted for by the purchase method that are
completed after June 30, 2001. The Company has applied the provisions of SFAS
No. 141 to its acquisition of Stockpoint. SFAS No. 142 is effective for fiscal
years beginning after December 15, 2001. Under SFAS No. 142, goodwill and
intangible assets deemed to have indefinite lives will no longer be amortized
but will be subject to annual impairment tests. Other intangible assets will
continue to be amortized over their useful lives. Under the transition
provisions of SFAS No. 142, goodwill and long lived intangible assets related to
the Company's Stockpoint acquisition will not be periodically amortized. The
Company will adopt this standard as of the beginning of its fiscal year 2002
(January 1, 2002). The Company has not yet completed its fair value study of the
net assets acquired in its Stockpoint acquisition and therefore cannot estimate
the impact of SFAS No. 142 on its financial statements.

    In July 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement
Obligations. SFAS No. 143 is effective for fiscal years beginning after
June 15, 2002, and establishes an accounting standard requiring the recording of
the fair value of liabilities associated with the retirement of long-lived
assets in the period in which they are incurred. The Company is in the process
of determining the future impact that the adoption of SFAS No. 143 may have on
our earnings and financial position.

    In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment
or Disposal of Long-lived Assets." SFAS No. 144, which supercedes SFAS No. 121,
"Accounting for the Impairment of Long-lived Assets and for Long-lived Assets to
be Disposed Of" and the accounting and reporting provisions of APB Opinion
No. 30, "Reporting Results of Operations--Reporting the Effects of Disposal of a
Segment of a Business, Extraordinary, Unusual and Infrequently occurring Events
and Transactions, and amends ARB No. 51, "Consolidated Financial Statements,"
addresses financial accounting and reporting for the impairment or disposal of
long-lived assets. SFAS No. 144 is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2001, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early
adoption encouraged. The provisions of this Statement are generally to be
applied prospectively. As of the date of this filing, the Company is still
assessing the requirements of SFAS No. 144 and has not determined the impact the
adoption will have on the financial condition or results of the Company.

    In November 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Emerging
Task Force (EITF) reached a consensus on EITF Issue 01-09, ACCOUNTING FOR
CONSIDERATION GIVEN BY A VENDOR TO A CUSTOMER OR A RESELLER OF THE VENDOR'S
PRODUCTS, which is a codification of EITF 00-14, 00-22 and 00-25. This issue
presumes that consideration from a vendor to a customer or reseller of the
vendor's products to be a reduction of the selling prices of the vendor's
products and, therefore, should be characterized as a reduction of revenue when
recognized in the vendor's income statement and could lead to negative revenue
under certain circumstances. Revenue reduction is required unless consideration
relates to a separate identifiable benefit and the benefit's fair value can be
established. This issue should be applied no later than in annual or interim
financial statements for periods beginning after December 15, 2001. We are
currently evaluating the effects of these changes on our consolidated financial
statements.

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

    Interest Rate Sensitivity. We do not enter into financial instrument
transactions for trading purposes. Some of our investments may be subject to
market risk which means that a change in prevailing interest rates may cause the
principal amount of the investment to fluctuate.

    Exchange Rate Sensitivity. We consider our exposure to foreign currency
exchange rate fluctuations to be minimal as we currently do not have significant
amount of revenue and assets denominated in a foreign currency and have minimal
expenses paid in a foreign currency. Currently, the exposure is primarily
related to revenue and operating expenses in the U.K. We do not currently use
derivative financial instruments. As of December 31, 2001 the effect of foreign
exchange rate fluctuations was not material.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

                   INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                PAGE
                                                              --------
<S>                                                           <C>
ScreamingMedia, Inc

Independent Auditors' Report................................     41

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2001 and
  December 31, 2000.........................................     42

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended
  December 31, 2001, 2000, and 1999.........................     43

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity
  (Deficiency) for the Years Ended December 31, 2001, 2000,
  and 1999..................................................     44

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended
  December 31, 2001, 2000, and 1999.........................     45

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements..................     47
</Table>

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                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
ScreamingMedia Inc.

    We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of
ScreamingMedia Inc. (the "Company") as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity (deficiency)
and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
2001. 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 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 audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

    In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31,
2001 and 2000, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of
the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001, in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Deloitte & Touche LLP
New York, New York
February 5, 2002

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                              SCREAMINGMEDIA INC.

                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                              DECEMBER 31,   DECEMBER 31,
                                                                  2001           2000
                                                              ------------   ------------
<S>                                                           <C>            <C>
                           ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents...................................  $ 15,189,440   $ 58,305,096
Marketable securities.......................................    48,925,499     39,819,978
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts
  of $1,130,000 and $1,150,000 as of December 31, 2001 and
  2000, respectively........................................     5,577,430      3,968,123
Prepaid expenses............................................     1,402,467      1,229,680
                                                              ------------   ------------
Total current assets........................................    71,094,836    103,322,877
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT--Net of accumulated depreciation and
  amortization..............................................    11,007,497     16,230,591
INVESTMENTS.................................................            --        399,987
GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS........................    34,063,396             --
OTHER ASSETS................................................     1,009,224      2,313,072
                                                              ------------   ------------
TOTAL ASSETS................................................  $117,174,953   $122,266,527
                                                              ============   ============
            LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses.......................  $  6,217,752   $  4,281,053
Accrued restructuring expenses..............................     4,452,883             --
Deferred revenue............................................    11,036,116      2,684,026
Current portion of capital lease obligations................     2,138,723      2,726,639
                                                              ------------   ------------
Total current liabilities...................................    23,845,474      9,691,718
                                                              ------------   ------------
NONCURRENT LIABILITIES:
Capital lease obligations, less current portion.............     1,857,707      3,399,617
                                                              ------------   ------------
Total liabilities...........................................    25,703,181     13,091,335
                                                              ------------   ------------
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized
  and 43,901,678 and 39,539,351 issued and 42,350,139 and
  37,937,812 outstanding at December 31, 2001 and December
  31, 2000..................................................       439,017        395,394
Additional paid-in capital..................................   225,455,188    223,798,675
Warrants....................................................     1,638,388      1,008,925
Deferred compensation.......................................    (1,822,393)   (10,456,432)
Treasury stock..............................................      (968,738)      (999,956)
Accumulated deficit.........................................  (133,630,005)  (104,581,127)
Accumulated other comprehensive income......................       360,315          9,713
                                                              ------------   ------------
Total stockholders' equity..................................    91,471,772    109,175,192
                                                              ------------   ------------
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY..................  $117,174,953   $122,266,527
                                                              ============   ============
</Table>

          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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                              SCREAMINGMEDIA INC.

                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

              FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000 AND 1999

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                               YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                      ------------------------------------------
                                                          2001           2000           1999
                                                      ------------   ------------   ------------
<S>                                                   <C>            <C>            <C>
NET REVENUE.........................................  $ 30,951,528   $ 21,864,750   $  2,985,190
                                                      ------------   ------------   ------------
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Cost of services (excluding depreciation of
  $803,634, $656,282, and $118,702, for the years
  ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999,
  respectively, shown below)........................     9,210,844      5,901,953      1,017,043
Research and development (excluding stock-based
  compensation of $123,784, $1,967,477 and $63,943
  for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and
  1999, respectively, shown below)..................     7,853,478      6,354,821      1,048,651
Sales and marketing (excluding stock-based
  compensation of ($110,042), $4,379,818 and
  $1,821,708 for the years ended December 31, 2001,
  2000 and 1999, respectively, shown below).........    14,512,318     20,763,115      4,027,682
General and administrative (excluding stock-based
  compensation of $866,888, $11,228,342 and
  $4,176,647 for the years ended December 31, 2001,
  2000 and 1999, respectively, shown below).........    13,111,678     10,848,327      3,872,217
Depreciation and amortization.......................     5,456,470      3,633,805        451,309
Restructuring and asset impairment charge...........    12,239,202             --             --
Stock-based compensation............................       880,630     17,575,637      6,062,298
                                                      ------------   ------------   ------------
Total operating expenses............................    63,264,620     65,077,658     16,479,200
                                                      ------------   ------------   ------------
OPERATING LOSS......................................   (32,313,092)   (43,212,908)   (13,494,010)
                                                      ------------   ------------   ------------
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest income.....................................     4,157,740      3,446,425        381,373
Interest expense....................................      (493,539)      (377,683)       (53,102)
Impairment of investments...........................      (399,987)            --             --
                                                      ------------   ------------   ------------
Total other income, net.............................     3,264,214      3,068,742        328,271
                                                      ------------   ------------   ------------
NET LOSS............................................   (29,048,878)   (40,144,166)   (13,165,739)
Deemed preferred stock dividends....................            --    (50,523,221)      (102,024)
                                                      ------------   ------------   ------------
LOSS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS..............   (29,048,878)   (90,667,387)   (13,267,763)
Basic net loss per common share applicable to common
  stockholders......................................  $      (0.73)  $      (4.00)  $      (1.08)
Weighted-average number of shares of common stock
  outstanding.......................................    39,670,295     22,679,745     12,298,091
</Table>

          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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                              SCREAMINGMEDIA INC.
    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)
             FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, AND 1999
<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                    CONVERTIBLE
                                                                  PREFERRED STOCK
                                          PREFERRED STOCK            SERIES A              COMMON STOCK        COMMON STOCK
                                       ---------------------   ---------------------   ---------------------   ----------
                                         SHARES      AMOUNT      SHARES      AMOUNT      SHARES      AMOUNT      SHARES
                                       ----------   --------   ----------   --------   ----------   --------   ----------
<S>                                    <C>          <C>        <C>          <C>        <C>          <C>        <C>
Balance, January 1, 1999.............   4,000,000    $ 400                  $           3,400,000    $ 340
Reincorporation......................  (4,000,000)    (400)                            (3,400,000)    (340)    13,492,064
Stock grants.........................                                                                             105,238
Issuance of Series A preferred
  stock..............................                           1,527,085    15,271
Warrants granted to investment
  bankers............................
Warrants granted for legal
  services...........................
Warrants granted for architechtural
  services...........................
Conversion of notes into common
  stock..............................                                                                             443,298
Interest expense on convertible
  note...............................
Issuance of stock options to
  employees..........................
Amortization of deferred
  compensation.......................
Preferred stock dividends............
Net loss.............................
Comprehensive loss...................
                                       ----------    -----     ----------   --------   ----------    -----     ----------
Balance, December 31, 1999...........                           1,527,085    15,271                            14,040,600
Issuance of stock options to
  employees..........................
Warrant granted to sublessor.........
Exercise of warrant granted to
  sublessor..........................                                                                              67,460
Exercise of stock options by
  employees..........................                                                                             346,819
Warrant granted to advertising
  firm...............................
Amortization of deferred
  compensation.......................
Conversion of preferred stock -Series
  A, B, C............................                          (1,527,085)  (15,271)                           19,602,772
Preferred stock dividends............
Initial public offering..............                                                                           5,481,700
Warrant granted to landlord..........
Issuance of stock from treasury
  stock..............................
Comprehensive Loss...................
Net loss.............................
Unrealized gain on securities........
Unrealized loss on foreign currency
  translation........................
Comprehensive loss...................
                                       ----------    -----     ----------   --------   ----------    -----     ----------
Balance,
  December 31, 2000                                                                                            39,539,351
Issuance of stock from treasury
  stock..............................
Amortization of deferred
  compensation.......................
Common stock issued for acqusition of
  Stockpoint.........................                                                                           3,725,735
Warrants issued for acquisition of
  Stockpoint.........................
Exercise of stock options by
  employees..........................                                                                             457,253
Issuance of common stock to employees
  through employee stock purchase
  plan...............................                                                                             179,339
Net loss.............................
Unrealized gain on securities........
Unrealized gain on foreign currenty
  translation........................
Comprehensive loss:..................
-------------------------------------  ----------    -----     ----------   --------   ----------    -----     ----------
Balance,
  December 31, 2001..................          --    $  --             --   $    --            --    $  --     43,901,678
=====================================  ==========    =====     ==========   ========   ==========    =====     ==========

<Caption>

                                     MMON STOCK
                                          ----------     PAID-IN                      DEFERRED
                                             AMOUNT      CAPITAL       WARRANTS     COMPENSATION
                                            --------   ------------   ----------   --------------
<S>                                         <C>        <C>            <C>          <C>
Balance, January 1, 1999.............       $          $    474,874   $             $
Reincorporation......................        134,921       (134,181)
Stock grants.........................          1,052         76,723
Issuance of Series A preferred
  stock..............................                     5,381,176
Warrants granted to investment
  bankers............................                                    687,000
Warrants granted for legal
  services...........................                                     50,000
Warrants granted for architechtural
  services...........................                                     50,000
Conversion of notes into common
  stock..............................          4,433        545,567
Interest expense on convertible
  note...............................                        35,138
Issuance of stock options to
  employees..........................                    16,441,347                  (16,441,347)
Amortization of deferred
  compensation.......................                                                  6,062,298
Preferred stock dividends............
Net loss.............................

Comprehensive loss...................
                                            --------   ------------   ----------    ------------
Balance, December 31, 1999...........        140,406     22,820,644      787,000     (10,379,049)
Issuance of stock options to
  employees..........................                    17,479,520                  (17,479,520)
Warrant granted to sublessor.........                                    740,000
Exercise of warrant granted to
  sublessor..........................            675      1,019,325     (740,000)
Exercise of stock options by
  employees..........................          3,468        481,538
Warrant granted to advertising
  firm...............................                                        102
Amortization of deferred
  compensation.......................                                                 17,402,137
Conversion of preferred stock -Series
  A, B, C............................        196,028     73,436,129
Preferred stock dividends............                    50,523,221
Initial public offering..............         54,817     57,884,153
Warrant granted to landlord..........                                    221,823
Issuance of stock from treasury
  stock..............................                       154,145
Comprehensive Loss...................
Net loss.............................
Unrealized gain on securities........
Unrealized loss on foreign currency
  translation........................

Comprehensive loss...................
                                            --------   ------------   ----------    ------------
Balance,
  December 31, 2000                          395,394    223,798,675    1,008,925     (10,456,432)
Issuance of stock from treasury
  stock..............................                       118,633
Amortization of deferred
  compensation.......................                    (7,903,259)                   8,634,039
Common stock issued for acqusition of
  Stockpoint.........................         37,257      8,382,904
Warrants issued for acquisition of
  Stockpoint.........................                                    629,463
Exercise of stock options by
  employees..........................          4,572        639,925
Issuance of common stock to employees
  through employee stock purchase
  plan...............................          1,794        418,310
Net loss.............................
Unrealized gain on securities........
Unrealized gain on foreign currenty
  translation........................

Comprehensive loss:..................
-------------------------------------       --------   ------------   ----------    ------------
Balance,
  December 31, 2001..................       $439,017   $225,455,188   $1,638,388    $ (1,822,393)
=====================================       ========   ============   ==========    ============

<Caption>
                                                       TREASURY STOCK
                                       ----------------------------------------------                     ACCUMULATED
                                             COMMON STOCK           PREFERRED STOCK                          OTHER
                                       ------------------------   -------------------    ACCUMULATED     COMPREHENSIVE
                                         SHARES       AMOUNT       SHARES     AMOUNT       DEFICIT          INCOME
                                       ----------   -----------   --------   --------   -------------   ---------------
<S>                                    <C>          <C>           <C>        <C>        <C>             <C>
Balance, January 1, 1999.............    (539,682)  $    (6,659)  (380,000)  $(12,652)  $   (645,977)      $
Reincorporation......................  (1,025,397)      (12,652)   380,000    12,652
Stock grants.........................
Issuance of Series A preferred
  stock..............................
Warrants granted to investment
  bankers............................
Warrants granted for legal
  services...........................
Warrants granted for architechtural
  services...........................
Conversion of notes into common
  stock..............................
Interest expense on convertible
  note...............................
Issuance of stock options to
  employees..........................
Amortization of deferred
  compensation.......................
Preferred stock dividends............                                                       (102,024)
Net loss.............................                                                    (13,165,739)

Comprehensive loss...................
                                       ----------   -----------   --------   --------   -------------      --------
Balance, December 31, 1999...........   1,565,079       (19,311)                         (13,913,740)
Issuance of stock options to
  employees..........................
Warrant granted to sublessor.........
Exercise of warrant granted to
  sublessor..........................      67,460    (1,000,000)
Exercise of stock options by
  employees..........................
Warrant granted to advertising
  firm...............................
Amortization of deferred
  compensation.......................
Conversion of preferred stock -Series
  A, B, C............................
Preferred stock dividends............                                                    (50,523,221)
Initial public offering..............
Warrant granted to landlord..........
Issuance of stock from treasury
  stock..............................     (31,000)       19,355
Comprehensive Loss...................
Net loss.............................                                                    (40,144,166)
Unrealized gain on securities........                                                                        30,184
Unrealized loss on foreign currency
  translation........................                                                                       (20,471)

Comprehensive loss...................
                                       ----------   -----------   --------   --------   -------------      --------
Balance,
  December 31, 2000                    (1,601,539)     (999,956)                        (104,581,127)         9,713
Issuance of stock from treasury
  stock..............................      50,000        31,218
Amortization of deferred
  compensation.......................
Common stock issued for acqusition of
  Stockpoint.........................
Warrants issued for acquisition of
  Stockpoint.........................
Exercise of stock options by
  employees..........................
Issuance of common stock to employees
  through employee stock purchase
  plan...............................
Net loss.............................                                                    (29,048,878)
Unrealized gain on securities........                                                                       286,220
Unrealized gain on foreign currenty
  translation........................                                                                        64,382

Comprehensive loss:..................
-------------------------------------  ----------   -----------   --------   --------   -------------      --------
Balance,
  December 31, 2001..................  (1,551,539)  $  (968,738)        --   $    --    $(133,630,005)     $360,315
=====================================  ==========   ===========   ========   ========   =============      ========

<Caption>

                                                             TOTAL
                                                         STOCKHOLDER'S
                                        COMPREHENSIVE       EQUITY
                                            LOSS         (DEFICIENCY)
                                       ---------------   -------------
<S>                                    <C>               <C>
Balance, January 1, 1999.............                    $   (189,674)
Reincorporation......................                              --
Stock grants.........................                          77,775
Issuance of Series A preferred
  stock..............................                       5,396,447
Warrants granted to investment
  bankers............................                         687,000
Warrants granted for legal
  services...........................                          50,000
Warrants granted for architechtural
  services...........................                          50,000
Conversion of notes into common
  stock..............................                         550,000
Interest expense on convertible
  note...............................                          35,138
Issuance of stock options to
  employees..........................                              --
Amortization of deferred
  compensation.......................                       6,062,298
Preferred stock dividends............                        (102,024)
Net loss.............................   $(13,165,739)     (13,165,739)
                                        ------------
Comprehensive loss...................   $(13,165,739)
                                        ============     ------------
Balance, December 31, 1999...........                        (548,779)
Issuance of stock options to
  employees..........................                              --
Warrant granted to sublessor.........                         740,000
Exercise of warrant granted to
  sublessor..........................                        (720,000)
Exercise of stock options by
  employees..........................                         485,006
Warrant granted to advertising
  firm...............................                             102
Amortization of deferred
  compensation.......................                      17,402,137
Conversion of preferred stock -Series
  A, B, C............................                      73,616,886
Preferred stock dividends............                              --
Initial public offering..............                      57,938,970
Warrant granted to landlord..........                         221,823
Issuance of stock from treasury
  stock..............................                         173,500
Comprehensive Loss...................
Net loss.............................   $(40,144,166)     (40,144,166)
Unrealized gain on securities........         30,184           30,184
Unrealized loss on foreign currency
  translation........................        (20,471)         (20,471)
                                        ------------
Comprehensive loss...................   $(40,134,453)
                                        ============     ------------
Balance,
  December 31, 2000                                       109,175,192
Issuance of stock from treasury
  stock..............................                         149,851
Amortization of deferred
  compensation.......................                         730,780
Common stock issued for acqusition of
  Stockpoint.........................                       8,420,161
Warrants issued for acquisition of
  Stockpoint.........................                         629,463
Exercise of stock options by
  employees..........................                         644,497
Issuance of common stock to employees
  through employee stock purchase
  plan...............................                         420,104
Net loss.............................   $(29,048,878)     (29,048,878)
Unrealized gain on securities........        286,220          286,220
Unrealized gain on foreign currenty
  translation........................         64,382           64,382
                                        ------------
Comprehensive loss:..................   $(28,698,276)              --
-------------------------------------   ============     ------------
Balance,
  December 31, 2001..................                    $ 91,471,772
=====================================                    ============
</Table>

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                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                       YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                              ------------------------------------------
                                                                  2001           2000           1999
                                                              ------------   ------------   ------------
<S>                                                           <C>            <C>            <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
  Net loss..................................................  $(29,048,878)  $(40,144,166)  $(13,165,739)
  Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
    operating activities:
    Depreciation and amortization...........................     5,456,470      3,633,805        451,309
    Provision for doubtful accounts receivable..............       (20,000)     1,011,198        128,802
    Stock-based compensation................................       730,780     17,402,137      6,062,298
    Stock/warrants issued for services......................       149,850        173,500        105,400
    Non-cash portion of restructuring charge................     6,111,276             --             --
    Impairment of investments...............................       399,987
    Interest from beneficial conversion.....................            --             --         35,138
  Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
    Decrease (increase) in account receivable...............     1,184,605     (3,580,341)    (1,435,670)
    Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses and other
      assets................................................       320,680        967,262     (3,926,813)
    (Decrease) increase in accounts payable and accrued
      expenses..............................................    (4,150,262)     1,007,526      3,149,277
    (Decrease)increase in deferred revenue..................      (351,871)     1,810,666        828,252
    Increase in accrued restructuring expenses..............     4,452,883             --             --
                                                              ------------   ------------   ------------
      Net cash used in operating activities.................   (14,764,480)   (17,718,413)    (7,767,746)
                                                              ------------   ------------   ------------
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Payment for business acquired, net of cash received of
  $675,829..................................................    (7,846,632)            --             --
Payment for debt of business acquired.......................    (5,900,000)            --             --
Payment of severance and other exit costs related to
  Stockpoint acquisition....................................      (881,810)            --             --
Purchase of property and equipment..........................    (3,208,964)    (7,886,702)    (3,415,656)
Purchase of investments and marketable securities...........    (8,819,301)   (39,839,794)      (349,987)
                                                              ------------   ------------   ------------
      Net cash used in investing activities.................   (26,656,707)   (47,726,496)    (3,765,643)
                                                              ------------   ------------   ------------
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from the issuance of convertible preferred stock...            --             --     28,018,814
Borrowings from directors and officers......................            --             --        275,000
Payments of loans to stockholders...........................            --             --        (19,350)
Payment of capital lease obligations........................    (2,823,452)    (2,238,215)      (208,587)
Payments for the repurchase of treasury stock...............            --     (1,000,000)            --
Proceeds from the issuance of Series C Preferred Stock,
  net.......................................................            --     46,183,048             --
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock upon completion
  of IPO....................................................            --     57,938,970             --
Proceeds from the issuance of Series A Preferred Stock......            --             --      5,468,822
Proceeds from exercise of warrants and stock options........       644,497        765,006             --
Proceeds from issuance of common stock to employees through
  employee stock purchase plan..............................       420,104             --             --
                                                              ------------   ------------   ------------
      Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities...    (1,758,851)   101,648,809     33,534,699
                                                              ------------   ------------   ------------
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash
  equivalents...............................................        64,382        (20,471)            --
NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS........   (43,115,656)    36,183,429     22,001,310
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS BEGINNING OF YEAR.................    58,305,096     22,121,667        120,357
                                                              ------------   ------------   ------------
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS END OF YEAR.......................  $ 15,189,440   $ 58,305,096   $ 22,121,667
                                                              ============   ============   ============
</Table>

          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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               CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                       YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                              ------------------------------------------
                                                                  2001           2000           1999
                                                              ------------   ------------   ------------
<S>                                                           <C>            <C>            <C>
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid for interest......................................  $    493,539   $    377,682   $     22,648
                                                              ============   ============   ============
Cash paid for income taxes..................................  $         --   $         --   $      1,171
                                                              ============   ============   ============
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF NON-CASH TRANSACTIONS:
Fixed assets acquired under capital leases..................  $    598,589   $  7,026,242   $  1,531,418
                                                              ============   ============   ============
Conversion of promissory notes into common stock............  $         --   $         --   $    550,000
                                                              ============   ============   ============
Warrant issued for common stock to sublessor in connection
  with new lease............................................  $         --   $    740,000   $         --
                                                              ============   ============   ============
Warrant issued to lessor in connection with lease...........  $         --   $    221,823   $         --
                                                              ============   ============   ============
Warrant granted for legal services..........................  $         --   $         --   $     50,000
                                                              ============   ============   ============
Warrant granted for architectural services..................  $         --   $         --   $     50,000
                                                              ============   ============   ============
Common stock grants issued to board members.................  $    149,850   $    168,750   $         --
                                                              ============   ============   ============
Common stock donated to University..........................  $         --   $      4,750   $         --
                                                              ============   ============   ============
Amounts related to business combinations:
  Fair value of assets acquired, net of cash received of
    $675,829................................................  $ 37,583,035
  Liability assumed.........................................   (13,633,076)
                                                              ------------
  Purchase price, net of cash received of $675,829..........    23,949,959
  Debt assumed..............................................    (5,900,000)
  Fair value of equity instruments issued...................    (9,049,623)
  Consideration withheld....................................    (1,111,154)
  Accrued transaction costs.................................       (42,550)
                                                              ------------
Payment for business acquired, net of cash received of
  $675,829..................................................  $  7,846,632
                                                              ============
</Table>

          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, AND 1999

1. ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF BUSINESS

    ScreamingMedia Inc. was incorporated in the state of Delaware on
January 22, 1999, for the purpose of reincorporating The
InteractiveConnection, Inc. ("Interactive"), a corporation incorporated in the
state of New York on August 16, 1993. On January 28, 1999, a merger took place
between these two companies (under common control) with ScreamingMedia Inc.
being the surviving corporation. The merger was treated as if it were a pooling
of interests.

    On August 21, 2001, ScreamingMedia acquired Stockpoint, Inc. (Stockpoint).
This acquisition provides expanded financial services product offerings.
Stockpoint is a provider of global online and wireless investment tools and
financial market information. (see note 4).

    ScreamingMedia provides information management solutions to the enterprise.
The Company provides turnkey solutions to customers in target segments where
information is mission-critical, namely Financial Services, Corporate
Websites & Intranets and Access Providers. ScreamingMedia's solutions encompass
technology for integrating third party information and internal information into
business systems, applications to present and analyze that information, a range
of licensed information from various sources, and services to enable
customization and integration of this information into any platform including
websites, intranets, wireless solutions and interactive television services.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

    BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION--The consolidated
financial statements include the accounts of ScreamingMedia Inc. (collectively,
the "Company") and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant inter-company
balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The financial
statements of the Company have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting.
A summary of the major accounting policies followed in the preparation of the
accompanying financial statements, which conform to accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America, is presented below.

    USE OF ESTIMATES--The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amount of assets and liabilities and disclosures 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 these estimates.

    RECLASSIFICATIONS--Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to
conform to the 2001 presentation.

    CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS--The Company considers all highly liquid
investments purchased with original maturities of three months or less to be
cash equivalents.

    MARKETABLE SECURITIES--Marketable securities consist of corporate notes and
bonds with a maturity date greater than three months when purchased. Management
has classified ScreamingMedia's marketable securities as available-for-sale
securities in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

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             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, AND 1999

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (CONTINUED)
    Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value, with unrealized
gains and losses reported as a separate component of stockholders' equity.
Realized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities are included in other
income. Gains and losses, both realized and unrealized, are measured using the
specific identification method. Market value is determined by the most recently
traded price of the security at the balance sheet date.

    PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT AND RELATED DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION--Property
and equipment are stated at cost, and in the case of equipment under capital
leases, the present value of the future minimum lease payments, less accumulated
depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization is calculated using
the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the depreciable
assets, which range from three to nine years, or, if shorter, the lease term.
Improvements are capitalized, while repair and maintenance costs are charged to
operations as incurred.

    INTANGIBLES--The Company's intangibles consist primarily of goodwill from
our acquisition of Stockpoint accounted for under the purchase method. The
Company is in the process of obtaining an independent valuation of the assets
and liabilities it has acquired as well as identifying the intangible assets it
has acquired in order to finalize its allocation of the purchase price of the
transaction. The Company will finalize its valuation as soon as possible or
within one year of the acquisition date. The Company's preliminary allocation of
the purchase price is subject to refinement based on the final determination of
fair value. Under the transition provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards ("SFAS") No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets", goodwill and
long lived intangible assets related to the Company's Stockpoint acquisition
have not been periodically amortized in fiscal 2001.

    IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS--The Company's long-lived assets and
identifiable intangibles are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes
in circumstances indicate that the net carrying amount may not be recoverable.
When such events occur, the Company measures impairment by comparing the
carrying value of the long-lived asset to the estimated undiscounted future cash
flows expected to result from use of the assets and their eventual disposition.
If the sum of the expected undiscounted future cash flows is less than the
carrying amount of the assets, the Company would recognize an impairment loss.
The Company determined that, as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, there had been no
impairment in the carrying value of long-lived assets other than reflected in
notes 5 and 6 to these consolidated financial statements.

    COSTS OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE DEVELOPED OR OBTAINED FOR INTERNAL USE--As of
January 1, 1999, costs of computer software developed or obtained for internal
use are capitalized while in the application development stage and are expensed
while in the preliminary stage and post-implementation stage. The Company
amortizes these capitalized costs over the life of the systems, which is
estimated to be two years. As of December 31, 2001, the Company capitalized
approximately $2,227,000 of internal development and software purchase costs
relating to its internal use software incurred during the application
development stage. Prior to January 1, 1999, the Company had no significant
costs related to software development, normal maintenance of internal use
software is expensed as incurred.

    SOFTWARE CAPITALIZATION FOR SOFTWARE SOLD EXTERNALLY--Until 2002, the
Company did not sell Software as a standalone product. During 2001, the Company
made a decision to modify certain

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                              SCREAMINGMEDIA INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, AND 1999

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (CONTINUED)
existing internal use software and attempt to sell it as "Actrellis". At the
time this decision was made, the Company determined that it would need to modify
our existing software capitalization policy, such that in the future, the
Company would now follow the guidance of SFAS 86,"Accounting for the Costs of
Computer Software to Be Sold, Leased, or Otherwise Marketed" for software to be
sold externally. The internal use software predecessor to Actrellis was
developed prior to the issuance of SOP 98-1, "Accounting for the Costs of
Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use". SOP 98-1 requires
certain costs attributable to internally developed software to be capitalized in
the application development stage. Since the application development of
Actrellis' predecessor occurred prior to the issuance of SOP 98-1, no amounts
related to Actrellis' development were capitalized at December 31, 2001.

    Under SFAS No. 86, research and development costs are expensed as incurred.
Additionally, software development costs are subject to capitalization beginning
when a product's technological feasibility has been established and ending when
a product is available for release to customers. The Company's Actrellis
software was released soon after technological feasibility was established in
2002. As a result, costs subsequent to achieving technological feasibility under
SFAS No. 86 have not been incurred before 2002 and all software development
costs have been expensed through December 31, 2001.

    DEFERRED REVENUES--Deferred revenues represents amounts billed in excess of
revenues recognized. (See revenue recognition below.) Included in accounts
receivable are amounts due (under contract) relating to deferred revenues.

    REVENUE RECOGNITION--The Company's income is derived primarily from its
services and related fees. Typically, the Company enters into multiple element
arrangements whereby it earns revenue from a combination of services. Revenue
from each element is recorded when the following conditions exist: (1) the
product or service provided represents a separate earnings process; (2) revenue
is allocated among the elements based on the fair value of the elements and;
(3) the undelivered elements are not essential to the functionality of a
delivered element. If the conditions for each element described above do not
exist, revenue is recognized as earned using revenue recognition principles
applicable to those elements as if it were one arrangement, generally on a
straight-line basis. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has
recognized the diversity in practice in accounting for multiple element
arrangements and the complexity of these arrangements. The staff of the SEC has
asked the Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF") to provide additional accounting
guidance on those transactions. The EITF has added issue No. 00-21, ACCOUNTING
FOR MULTIPLE ELEMENT REVENUE ARRANGEMENTS, to its agenda to address the
accounting issues related to the recognition of revenue.

    ADVERTISING COSTS--The costs of advertising are expensed as incurred.

    INCOME TAXES--The Company accounts for income taxes under the provisions of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 109, Accounting for
Income Taxes, pursuant to which deferred income tax assets and liabilities are
determined based on the difference between the financial statement and tax bases
of assets and liabilities, using enacted tax rates currently in effect. State
and local taxes are based on factors other than income.

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             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, AND 1999

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (CONTINUED)
    FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION--The functional currency of the Company's
wholly-owned subsidiaries in the UK is the local currency. Accordingly, all
assets and liabilities of the foreign subsidiaries are translated into U.S.
dollars at period-end exchange rates. Revenues and expenses are translated using
the average rates during the period. The effects of foreign currency translation
adjustments have been recorded as a separate component of stockholders' equity.
Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are included in consolidated net
loss.

    OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)--The Company reports other comprehensive
income (loss) in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
("SFAS") No. 130, which requires the disclosure of comprehensive income (loss).
SFAS No. 130 requires that in addition to net income (loss), a Company should
report other comprehensive income (loss) consisting of gains and losses which
bypass the traditional income statement and are recorded directly into
stockholders' equity (deficiency) on the balance sheet. The components of other
comprehensive income for the Company consist of unrealized gains and losses
relating to the translation of foreign currency and unrealized gains and losses
relating to the Company's investments in marketable securities. Comprehensive
loss was $28.7 million, $40.1 million, and $13.2 million for the years ended
December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively.

    SEGMENTS--The Company operates in one principal business segment, hosting,
aggregating, processing, filtering and delivering information. Substantially all
of the Company's material operating results and identifiable assets are in the
United States. In 1999, one customer accounted for approximately 12% of net
revenue. In 2001 and 2000, no customer accounted for more than 10% of net
revenue.

    NET LOSS PER COMMON SHARE--Basic net loss per share was computed by dividing
net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of
common shares outstanding. Diluted net loss per share has not been presented
since the impact of options, warrants and the conversion of preferred shares
would have been antidilutive (see notes 12, 13, 14).

    FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS--The Company's financial instruments,
including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable
are carried at cost, which approximates their fair value because of the
short-term maturity of these instruments and the relatively stable interest rate
environment. Marketable securities are recorded at market value.

3. IMPACT OF RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

    In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 133, "Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities," as amended in June 2000 by SFAS
No. 138, "Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging
Activities," which requires companies to recognize all derivatives as either
assets or liabilities in the balance sheet and measure such instruments at fair
value. As amended by SFAS No. 137, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities--Deferral of the Effective Date of FASB 133," the provisions
of SFAS No. 133 were adopted by the Company as of January 1, 2001. Adoption of
SFAS No. 133, as amended by SFAS No. 138, did not and has not had a material
effect on the Company's financial statements.

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             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, AND 1999

3. IMPACT OF RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS (CONTINUED)
    In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141, "Business Combinations", and
SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets". SFAS No. 141 prohibits the
use of the pooling-of-interest method for business combinations initiated after
June 30, 2001 and also applies to all business combinations accounted for by the
purchase method that are completed after June 30, 2001. The Company has applied
the provisions of SFAS No. 141 to its acquisition of Stockpoint (see Note 4).
SFAS No. 142 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001.
Under SFAS No. 142, goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have indefinite
lives will no longer be amortized but will be subject to annual impairment
tests. Other intangible assets will continue to be amortized over their useful
lives. Under the transition provisions of SFAS No. 142, goodwill and long lived
intangible assets related to the Company's Stockpoint acquisition will not be
periodically amortized. The Company will adopt this standard as of the beginning
of its fiscal year 2002 (January 1, 2002). The Company has not yet completed its
fair value study of the net assets acquired in its Stockpoint acquisition and
therefore cannot estimate the impact of SFAS No. 142 on its financial
statements.

    In July 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement
Obligations. SFAS No. 143 is effective for fiscal years beginning after
June 15, 2002, and establishes an accounting standard requiring the recording of
the fair value of liabilities associated with the retirement of long-lived
assets in the period in which they are incurred. The Company is in the process
of determining the future impact that the adoption of SFAS No. 143 may have on
our earnings and financial position.

    In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment
or Disposal of Long-lived Assets." SFAS No. 144, which supercedes SFAS No. 121,
"Accounting for the Impairment of Long-lived Assets and for Long-lived Assets to
be Disposed Of" and the accounting and reporting provisions of APB Opinion
No. 30, "Reporting Results of Operations--Reporting the Effects of Disposal of a
Segment of a Business, Extraordinary, Unusual and Infrequently occurring Events
and Transactions, and amends ARB No. 51, "Consolidated Financial Statements,"
addresses financial accounting and reporting for the impairment or disposal of
long-lived assets. SFAS No. 144 is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2001, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early
adoption encouraged. The provisions of this Statement are generally to be
applied prospectively. As of the date of this filing, the Company is still
assessing the requirements of SFAS No. 144 and has not determined the impact the
adoption will have on the financial condition or results of the Company.

    In November 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Emerging
Task Force (EITF) reached a consensus on EITF Issue 01-09, ACCOUNTING FOR
CONSIDERATION GIVEN BY A VENDOR TO A CUSTOMER OR A RESELLER OF THE VENDOR'S
PRODUCTS, which is a codification of EITF 00-14, 00-22 and 00-25. This issue
presumes that consideration from a vendor to a customer or reseller of the
vendor's products to be a reduction of the selling prices of the vendor's
products and, therefore, should be characterized as a reduction of revenue when
recognized in the vendor's income statement and could lead to negative revenue
under certain circumstances. Revenue reduction is required unless consideration
relates to a separate identifiable benefit and the benefit's fair value can be
established. This issue should be applied no later than in annual or interim
financial statements for periods beginning after December 15, 2001. We are
currently evaluating the effects of these changes on our consolidated financial
statements.

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             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, AND 1999

4. ACQUISITION

    On August 21, 2001, (the "Merger Date") ScreamingMedia Inc. (the "Company"),
acquired Stockpoint, Inc. ("Stockpoint") pursuant to a merger of our
newly-formed wholly-owned subsidiary SCRM Merger Corp. with and into Stockpoint
with Stockpoint surviving as our wholly-owned subsidiary (the "Merger"). The
Company has accounted for the combination with Stockpoint as a purchase business
combination under SFAS No. 141. Stockpoint is a provider of online financial
applications, investment analysis tools and market information. As a result of
the acquisition, the Company has significantly strengthened its offerings to the
financial services industry, a key client sector. It also expects to reduce
costs through economies of scale.

    The results of Stockpoint's operations have been included in the Company's
consolidated statement of operations since the Merger Date.

    The total purchase price agreed to was approximately $24.6 million and
consisted of approximately $1,056,000 cash paid, 4.1 million shares of common
stock issued, valued at approximately $9.4 million determined based on the
average closing market price of ScreamingMedia's common shares at the time of
acquisition, warrants for the purchase of 362,000 shares of common stock valued
at approximately $699,000 using the Black-Scholes Valuation Model, using an
exercise price of $6.00, expected lives of 5 years, 146% volatility, 4.5%
discount rate, and a Company stock price of $2.26, and Stockpoint debt of
approximately $6.2 million paid off at the Merger Date. As part of the
approximate $24.6 million purchase price agreed to and in addition to the
aforementioned items, the Company paid approximately $5.9 million in other
assumed debt subsequent to the Merger Date that was directly attributable to
this transaction. Pursuant to the merger agreement, the Company withheld ten
percent of the consideration agreed to be paid to Stockpoint's equity holders,
totaling approximately $1.1 million in cash, common stock and warrants for
possible future purchase price adjustments. This holdback amount has not been
placed in escrow and such withheld common shares and warrants have not been
issued. In addition, the Company incurred approximately $1.4 million in
acquisition expenses. The Company funded the acquisition through the use of its
cash and cash equivalents.

    The Company is in the process of obtaining an independent valuation of the
assets and liabilities it has acquired as well as identifying the intangible
assets it has acquired in order to finalize its allocation of the purchase price
of the transaction. The Company will finalize its valuation as soon as possible
or within one year of the acquisition date. The Company's preliminary allocation
of the purchase price is subject to refinement based on the final determination
of fair value. The following table summarizes management's preliminary estimated
fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the Merger Date.

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             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, AND 1999

4. ACQUISITION (CONTINUED)

<Table>
<S>                                                           <C>
Cash........................................................  $    675,829
Current assets..............................................     3,166,819
Property and equipment......................................     1,333,810
Goodwill and other intangible assets........................    33,082,405
                                                              ------------
  Total assets acquired.....................................    38,258,863
                                                              ------------
Liabilities assumed.........................................   (13,633,076)
                                                              ------------
  Total purchase price......................................  $(24,625,787)
                                                              ------------
</Table>

    In connection with this acquisition, the Company has recorded preliminary
exit costs of $980,991 as of December 31, 2001 to exit certain Stockpoint
activities. Of this amount, $881,810 was paid and $99,181 remains unpaid as of
December 31, 2001. Such costs primarily relate to employee terminations and
lease terminations and have been recorded as additions to goodwill.

    The unaudited pro forma information below represents the consolidated
results of operations as if the merger with Stockpoint had occurred as of
January 1, 2000. The unaudited pro forma information has been included for
comparative purposes and is not indicative of the results of operations of the
consolidated Company had the merger occurred as of January 1, 2001 and 2000, nor
is it necessarily indicative of future results.

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                          FOR THE YEARS ENDED
                                                             DECEMBER 31,
                                                          -------------------
                                                            2001       2000
                                                          (000'S)    (000'S)
                                                          -------    --------
<S>                                                       <C>        <C>
Net Revenue.............................................  $ 44,002   $ 38,456
                                                          ========   ========
Net loss................................................  $(31,986)  $(48,080)
                                                          ========   ========
Net Loss attributable to common stockholders............  $(31,986)  $(99,015)
                                                          ========   ========
Proforma Basic net loss per common share................  $  (0.76)  $  (3.75)
                                                          ========   ========
Weighted-average number of shares of common stock
  outstanding...........................................    42,008     26,405
                                                          ========   ========
</Table>

5. RESTRUCTURING AND ASSET IMPAIRMENT CHARGE

    During the fiscal year 2001 we recorded a $12.2 million restructuring
charge. This charge consisted of $6.0 million for the shutdown or other
rationalization of certain sales facilities, workforce reduction costs of
$1.3 million and asset impairment charges of $4.9 million. The plan was
materially completed at the end of fiscal year 2001.

    Rationalization entails the consolidation, shutdown or movement of
facilities to achieve more efficient operations. Six locations, located in both
the United States and Europe, were affected by these actions. Facility shutdown
charges related to the abandonement of leased office space consisted of
$4.8 million of lease cancellation payments and $1.2 million for expense
recognition related to the termination of warrants issued to lessors.

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             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, AND 1999

5. RESTRUCTURING AND ASSET IMPAIRMENT CHARGE (CONTINUED)
    The workforce reduction charge of $1.3 million included involuntary employee
separation costs for 74 employees worldwide. The Company reduced headcount in
sales and marketing, research and development and general and administrative
areas. The affected employees received severance benefits pursuant to
established severance policies or by governmentally mandated labor regulations.
As of December 31, 2001, all of the planned employee eliminations were
completed. Cash severance payments of $975,000 were made during the year ended
December 31, 2001. At December 31, 2001 the remaining balance of the unpaid
severance of $321,751 was classified in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as part
of accrued restructuring expenses. Cash payments to complete the remaining
accelerated integration actions will be funded from operations and are not
expected to significantly impact the Company's liquidity.

    The $4.9 million asset impairment charge consists of $3.4 million for the
abandonment of software modules and related professional services incurred in
the design of our computing infrastructure and MIS systems as well as
$1.5 million for the abandonment of leasehold improvements, furniture and
fixtures and computer equipment in conjunction with our facility shutdowns.

    The following table summarizes the components of the restructuring charge:

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                               BALANCE REMAINING AT
                                   COST          UTILIZED       DECEMBER 31, 2001
                                   ----       --------------   --------------------
<S>                             <C>           <C>              <C>
Facility shutdowns............  $ 6,028,201     $1,897,069          $4,131,132
Workforce reductions..........    1,297,019        975,268             321,751
Asset impairment charges......    4,913,982      4,913,982                  --
                                -----------     ----------          ----------
                                $12,239,202     $7,786,319          $4,452,883
                                ===========     ==========          ==========
</Table>

6. PROVISION FOR IMPAIRMENT OF INVESTMENTS

    During the third quarter of 2001, the Company wrote off approximately
$400,000 as an impairment charge equal to the difference between the carrying
value and the estimated values of certain of our long-term investments accounted
for under the cost basis. The impairment charge is related to an other than
temporary decline in their carrying value.

7. CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK

    Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations
of credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and
accounts receivable. Cash and cash equivalents are deposited with major
financial institutions; at times, such balances with any one financial
institution may be in excess of FDIC insurance limits. The Company has both
short-term and long-term investments in various corporate bonds and commercial
paper.

    The Company extends credit based upon an evaluation of the customer's
financial condition and generally collateral is not required on accounts
receivable. The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts based upon
factors surrounding the credit risk of customers, historical trends and other
information. To date such losses have been within management's expectations.

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             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, AND 1999

8. MARKETABLE SECURITIES

    Marketable securities investments as of December 31, 2001 and 2000 consist
of the following:

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                    DECEMBER 31, 2001
                                        -----------------------------------------
                                                       UNREALIZED
                                           COST       HOLDING GAINS   FAIR VALUE
                                        -----------   -------------   -----------
<S>                                     <C>           <C>             <C>
Corporate Notes and Bonds.............  $48,609,095      $316,404     $48,925,499
                                        ===========      ========     ===========
</Table>

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                        COST       FAIR VALUE
                                                        ----       -----------
<S>                                                  <C>           <C>
Due within one year................................  $27,776,292   $27,893,302
Due after one year through five years..............  $20,832,803   $21,032,197
                                                     -----------   -----------
Total marketable securities........................  $48,609,095   $48,925,499
                                                     ===========   ===========
</Table>

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                    DECEMBER 31, 2000
                                        -----------------------------------------
                                                       UNREALIZED
                                           COST       HOLDING GAINS   FAIR VALUE
                                        -----------   -------------   -----------
<S>                                     <C>           <C>             <C>
Corporate Notes and Bonds.............  $39,789,794      $30,184      $39,819,978
                                        ===========      =======      ===========
</Table>

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                        COST       FAIR VALUE
                                                        ----       -----------
<S>                                                  <C>           <C>
Due within one year................................  $35,598,579   $35,788,379
Due after one year through five years..............  $ 4,191,215   $ 4,031,599
                                                     -----------   -----------
Total marketable securities........................  $39,789,794   $39,819,978
                                                     ===========   ===========
</Table>

    Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value, with unrealized
gains and losses reported as a separate component of stockholders' equity as of
December 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000. The Company does not hold these
securities for speculative or trading purposes.

9. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

    Major classifications of property and equipment are as follows:

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                           DECEMBER 31,
                                                     -------------------------
                                                        2001          2000
                                                     -----------   -----------
<S>                                                  <C>           <C>
Software and computer equipment, including assets
  under capital leases.............................  $14,418,891   $15,266,490
Leasehold improvements.............................    1,791,274     2,850,810
Office furniture and equipment.....................    2,123,251     1,942,330
                                                     -----------   -----------
                                                      18,333,416    20,059,630
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization....   (7,325,919)   (3,829,039)
                                                     -----------   -----------
Property and equipment, net........................  $11,007,497   $16,230,591
                                                     ===========   ===========
</Table>

    Depreciation expense (including assets under capital leases) amounted to
approximately $5.5 million, $3.6 million and $451,000 for the years ended
December 31, 2001, 2000, and 1999, respectively.

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             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, AND 1999

10. INCOME TAXES

    No provision for income taxes has been made because the Company has
sustained cumulative losses since the commencement of operations. At
December 31, 2001, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards ("NOLs") of
approximately $77.1 million, which will be available to reduce future taxable
income. There may be some limitation on the use of these NOLs under the Internal
Revenue Code Section 382 ownership change rules. The NOLs are expected to expire
in the following years (in thousands):

<Table>
<Caption>
YEARS ENDING DECEMBER 31,
-------------------------
<S>                                                           <C>
2008........................................................  $ 1,479
2009........................................................    1,562
2010........................................................    2,491
2011........................................................    2,805
2012........................................................    4,279
2013........................................................       54
2014........................................................    7,558
2018........................................................    3,572
2019........................................................    4,412
2020........................................................   27,222
2021........................................................   21,641
                                                              -------
                                                              $77,075
                                                              =======
</Table>

    In accordance with SFAS No. 109, the Company has computed the components of
deferred income taxes as follows:

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                          DECEMBER 31,
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                       2001           2000
                                                   ------------   ------------
<S>                                                <C>            <C>
Deferred tax assets..............................  $(47,437,900)  $(25,011,000)
Less valuation allowance.........................   (47,437,900)   (25,011,000)
                                                   ------------   ------------
Net deferred taxes...............................  $         --   $         --
                                                   ============   ============
</Table>

    The Company's NOLs primarily generated the deferred tax assets. At
December 31, 2001 and 2000, a valuation allowance was provided as the
realization of the deferred tax benefits is not likely.

    The effective tax rate varies from the U.S. Federal statutory tax rate for
the years ended December 31, principally due to the following:

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                               2001       2000       1999
                                                             --------   --------   --------
<S>                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>
U.S. Federal statutory tax.................................     34%        35%        35%
State and local taxes......................................     10         12         12
Valuation allowance........................................    (44)       (47)       (47)
                                                               ---        ---        ---
Effective tax rate.........................................     --%        --%        --%
                                                               ===        ===        ===
</Table>

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             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, AND 1999

11. COMMITMENTS

    OFFICE LEASES--The Company leases office space in New York, Miami, San
Francisco, Iowa and London under non-cancelable operating leases expiring on
various dates through March 31, 2009. These leases contain provisions for
escalations due to increases in real estate taxes and operating costs.

    The following schedule reflects future required minimum lease payments at
December 31, 2001, excluding the anticipated receipt of sublease income of
approximately $206,000, $208,000, $211,000 and $126,000 in 2002 through 2005,
respectively.

<Table>
<Caption>
YEARS ENDING DECEMBER 31,
-------------------------
<S>                                                           <C>
2002........................................................  $ 2,073,275
2003........................................................    1,641,555
2004........................................................    1,461,760
2005........................................................    1,190,500
2006........................................................    1,128,629
Thereafter..................................................    2,568,888
                                                              -----------
Total.......................................................  $10,064,607
                                                              ===========
</Table>

    Rent expense under these leases was $2,060,902, $1,329,029, and $295,672 for
the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000, and 1999, respectively.

    EQUIPMENT LEASES--Fixed assets included assets acquired under capital leases
of $7,761,002 $7,026,242 and $1,531,418 at December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999
respectively. The related accumulated amortization was approximately $1,524,966,
$1,358,344 and $141,371 as of December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively.

    The Company is a lessee under several capital lease agreements expiring
through 2005 with third parties for certain equipment. Future minimum lease
payments under non cancelable capital leases, together with the present value of
the net minimum payments as of December 31, 2001, are as follows:

<Table>
<Caption>
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31,                                        AMOUNT
------------------------                                      -----------
<S>                                                           <C>
2002........................................................  $ 2,350,696
2003........................................................    1,113,869
2004........................................................      730,707
2005........................................................      186,592
                                                              -----------
Total minimum lease payments................................    4,381,864
Less: amount representing interest..........................     (385,434)
                                                              -----------
Present value of minimum capital lease payments.............    3,996,430
Less: current portion.......................................   (2,138,723)
                                                              -----------
Long-term capitalized lease obligations.....................  $ 1,857,707
                                                              ===========
</Table>

    The assets and liabilities under capital leases are recorded at the present
value of the minimum lease payments using effective interest rates ranging from
3.29% to 31.92% per annum as of December 31, 2001.

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             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, AND 1999

11. COMMITMENTS (CONTINUED)
    A financial institution has extended a $3.6 million irrevocable standby
letter of credit to the Company as collateral in a leasing arrangement. In
connection with the acquisition of Stockpoint Inc., a financial institution
acting as a trustee for debenture holders is the beneficiary of an irrevocable
standby letter of credit for $6.3 million. Our landlord is the beneficiary of a
$175,000 irrevocable standby letter of credit with a financial institution
securing our New York office lease arrangement with them. Commitment fees range
from three quarters of one percent per annum on the amounts of standby letter of
credit up to 1% per annum.

12. REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

    In October 1999, the Company issued 2,678,572 shares of Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock ("Series B Preferred Stock") through a private placement for
$30,000,000 resulting in net proceeds to the Company of $28,018,814. The
outstanding shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock automatically
converted into 7,227,872 shares of common stock, upon completion of our initial
public offering on August 2, 2000.

    In July 2000, the Company issued 8,254,227 shares of Series C Convertible
Redeemable Preferred Stock ("Series C Preferred Stock") at a price of $5.81 per
share to a group of institutional accredited investors, exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(2). This
private placement resulted in net proceeds of $46,183,048. The Series C
Preferred Stock was recorded at $46,183,048, which reflects the face amount of
the preferred stock reduced by all issuance costs, resulting in a discount of
$1,776,800. The outstanding shares of our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock
automatically converted into 8,254,227 shares of common stock, upon completion
of our initial public offering on August 2, 2000.

13. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)

    In January 1999, the Company was reincorporated in the state of Delaware.
Pursuant to that reorganization, common stockholders of Interactive received one
share of common stock of the Company with a par value of $0.01 per share in
exchange for each common share of Interactive with a par value of $0.0001 per
share. In addition, each preferred stockholder of Interactive received 2.6984
shares of the Company's common stock in exchange for each share of Interactive
preferred stock owned. Shares of common treasury stock and shares of preferred
treasury stock of Interactive were replaced by shares of common treasury stock
of the Company at exchange rates of one for one and 2.6984 for one,
respectively.

    STOCK SPLITS--On July 17, 2000, the Board of Directors of the Company and
the Company's stockholders approved a one for 1.26 reverse stock split. On
December 22, 1999, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a 100% stock
dividend (two for one stock split). Additionally, on April 11, 2000, the Company
effected a 1.7 for one stock split. As a result of such stock splits, one share
of Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock became convertible into
2.6984 shares of common stock. The Company's financial statements have been
retroactively adjusted to show the effect of these stock splits for all periods
presented.

    COMMON STOCK--On August 2, 2000, the Company completed an initial public
offering that, after inclusion of the exercise of the 481,700 share
underwriter's over-allotment, resulted in the issuance of

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             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, AND 1999

13. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY) (CONTINUED)
5,481,700 shares of common stock. Simultaneously with the consummation of the
initial public offering, each outstanding share of our Series A, Series B and
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock automatically converted into common stock,
resulting in an additional 19,602,785 shares of common stock. Additionally
9,766,099 shares of common stock are reserved for the employee stock purchase
plan and the Company's stock option plans at December 31, 2001.

    On August 21, 2001, in connection with the acquisition of Stockpoint, the
Company issued 3,725,735 shares of common stock valued at $8.4 million based on
the average closing market price of ScreamingMedia's common shares at the time
of acquisition. In addition, 413,971 shares are to be issued upon final
settlement of the transaction which is expected to take place during the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2002.

    PREFERRED STOCK--The Company is authorized to issue up to 20,000,000 shares
of preferred stock.

    In March and April 1999, the Company issued 1,527,085 shares of Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock ("Series A Preferred Stock") through a private
placement, in consideration of gross proceeds to the Company of $5,500,000. The
outstanding shares of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock automatically
converted into 4,120,686 shares of common stock, upon completion of our initial
public offering on August 2, 2000.

    At the time of its initial public offering, the Company recorded an
approximate $50.2 million preferred stock dividend comprising of (a)
approximately $4.0 million representing the issuance costs of the Series B and
Series C preferred stock that remained unaccreted as of August 2, 2000 and (b)
approximately $46.2 million representing the unamortized portion of the amount
by which the value of the common stock issued on conversion of the Series C
preferred stock exceeded the proceeds the Company received on its issuance.

    TREASURY STOCK--At December 31, 1999 common treasury stock was comprised of
1,565,079 shares of common stock with a cost basis of $19,311. At January 1,
1999 preferred treasury stock consisted of 380,000 shares of preferred stock
with a cost basis of $12,652. In January 1999, pursuant to the reorganization of
the Company, the 380,000 shares of preferred stock held in treasury were
converted to 1,025,397 shares of common stock held in treasury. There are no
preferred shares of treasury stock at December 31, 1999.

    During the fiscal year 2000, the Company issued 30,000 shares of common
stock from shares held in treasury stock to a board member and recorded
compensation expense of $168,750 in connection with such grants. Such
compensation expense equaled the fair value of the stock at the time of
issuance. In addition, during fiscal year 2000 the Company donated 1,000 shares
of common stock to an educational institution, which was value at $4,750, the
fair value of the stock at the time of issuance.

    During the fiscal year 2001, the Company issued a total of 50,000 shares of
common stock from shares held in treasury stock to several board members and
recorded compensation expense of $149,851 in connection with such grants. Such
compensation expense equaled the fair value of the stock at the time of
issuance.

    WARRANTS--In June 1999, in connection with legal services provided, the
Company issued a warrant to purchase up to 19,275 shares of Common Stock at an
exercise price of $2.60 per share. The warrant

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             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, AND 1999

13. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY) (CONTINUED)
was valued at $50,000, using the Black-Scholes options pricing model with the
following assumptions: no dividend yield, a volatility factor of 50%, risk free
interest rate of 6.0%, and an expected life of 5 years. The warrant may be
exercised at any time prior to June 10, 2004. The exercise price and the number
and type of securities for which the warrant is exercisable are subject to
adjustment in the event the Company issues any stock dividends, combines or
splits its Common Stock or issues rights to acquire Common Stock under certain
circumstances.

    In June 1999, in connection with architectural services provided, the
Company issued a warrant to purchase up to 19,275 shares of Common Stock at an
exercise price of $2.60 per share. The warrant was valued at $50,000, which was
the invoiced amount of the services provided. The warrant may be exercised at
any time prior to June 15, 2004. The exercise price and the number and type of
securities for which the warrant is exercisable are subject to adjustment in the
event the Company issues any stock dividends, combines or splits its Common
Stock or issues rights to acquire Common Stock under certain circumstances.

    On February 4, 2000, the Company entered into an agreement with another
tenant with contiguous space in the building to sublease the space with consent
of the landlord. The lease expires on January 31, 2009, and results in
additional straight line rent expense of $513,000 per year. The Company issued a
warrant to the tenant allowing the tenant the right to purchase 67,460 shares of
the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $4.15 per share. In addition,
the tenant received the right to require the Company to buy back the warrant, or
stock if the warrant was exercised, at $10.67 per share. The fair value of the
common stock at the issuance date of the warrant was $14.82 per share. The value
of the warrant was determined to be $740,000; such value was derived by using
the Black-Scholes option model. The value of the warrant was initially amortized
ratably over the life of the additional space until September 2001 when the
remaining unamortized balance of $596,111 was charged to expense as part of the
Company's restructuring and asset impairment charge.

    On March 9, 2000, the tenant exercised the warrant and received 67,460
shares of common stock for which the Company received $280,000. On June 22,
2000, the Company repurchased the 67,460 shares of common stock from the holder
for $1,000,000 in accordance with the terms of the warrant agreement. These
repurchased shares have been recorded as Treasury Stock in the Company's
financial statements.

    On July 14, 2000, the Company entered into a lease modification agreement
whereby it leased additional space from its primary landlord through
March 2009. In connection with such lease, the Company granted the landlord a
warrant to purchase 79,365 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $12.60
per share. The warrant may be exercised at any time prior to July 14, 2003. The
exercise price and the number and type of securities for which the warrant is
exercisable are subject to adjustment in the event the Company issues any stock
dividends, combines or splits its Common Stock or issues rights to acquire
Common Stock under certain circumstances. The fair value at the time of issuance
was $12.00 per share. The value of the warrant has been determined to be
$221,823. Such value was derived by using the Black-Scholes option pricing model
with the following assumptions: no dividend yield, a volatility factor of 80%, a
risk free interest rate of 5.32% and an expected life of seven months. The value
of the warrant was initially amortized ratably over the life of the additional
space until September 2001 when the remaining unamortized balance of $198,405
was charged to expense as part of the Company's restructuring and asset
impairment charge.

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             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, AND 1999

13. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY) (CONTINUED)
    On August 21,2001 in connection with the acquisition of Stockpoint, the
Company issued warrants for 326,033 shares of common stock with an exercise
price of $6.00 each valued at $629,463. The warrants may be exercised at any
time prior to August 21, 2006. The exercise price and the number and type of
securities for which the warrant is exercisable are subject to adjustment in the
event the Company issues any stock dividends, combines or splits its Common
Stock or issues rights to acquire Common Stock under certain circumstances. The
value of the warrants was derived by using the Black-Scholes option pricing
model with the following assumptions: no dividend yield, a volatility factor of
146%, a risk free interest rate of 4.5% and expected lives of five years. In
addition, warrants for 36,000 shares valued at $70,000 are to be issued upon
final settlement of the transaction, which is expected to take place during the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2002. The value of the warrants has been included
in the purchase price of Stockpoint.

14. STOCK OPTION PLAN

    The Company has established the 1999 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") to
provide for the granting of nonqualified stock options and incentive stock
options to employees, directors and advisors to reward them for service to the
Company and to provide incentives for future service and enhancement of
shareholder value. As amended in April 1999, the Plan authorized the issuance of
stock options covering up to 6,746,032 shares of Common Stock. The options vest
in accordance with the terms of the agreements entered into by the Company and
the grantee of the options which range from immediate vesting to vesting ratably
over a four year period. A total of 6,382,387 options have been granted under
this plan at December 31, 2001.

    In the first quarter of 2000, the Company established the 2000 Equity
Incentive Plan (the "Plan") to provide for the granting of options (including
Incentive Stock Options), Restricted Stock, Phantom Stock, Stock Bonuses and
other stock-based Awards to promote the long-term growth and profitability of
the Company. The Plan is intended to provide key people with incentives to
improve stockholder value and to contribute to the growth and financial success
of the Company and attract, retain and reward employees. The maximum number of
shares of the Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan is 3,174,603
shares. A total of 3,134,406 options to purchase common stock have been granted
under this plan at December 31, 2001.

    For the year ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, options to purchase
3,077,490, 3,108,549 and 5,155,776 shares of common stock were granted. The
weighted-average grant date fair values were $2.09, $9.75 and $3.58 per share,
respectively.

    The Company has elected to follow Accounting Principles Board Opinion
No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" ("APB 25") and related
interpretations in accounting for its employee stock options.

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                              SCREAMINGMEDIA INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, AND 1999

14. STOCK OPTION PLAN (CONTINUED)
    Transactions involving the Company's stock options granted are summarized as
follows:

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                        WEIGHTED
                                                           NUMBER OF    AVERAGE
                                                            OPTIONS     EXERCISE
                                                          (IN SHARES)    PRICE
                                                          -----------   --------
<S>                                                       <C>           <C>
Outstanding, January 1, 1999............................          --     $  --
Granted.................................................   5,155,776     $1.63
Exercised...............................................          --        --
Forfeited...............................................    (247,865)    $0.62
                                                          ----------     -----
Outstanding, December 31, 1999..........................   4,907,911     $1.68
Granted.................................................   3,108,549     $5.90
Exercised...............................................    (346,819)    $1.40
Forfeited...............................................  (1,373,683)    $1.71
                                                          ----------     -----
Outstanding, December 31, 2000..........................   6,295,958     $3.34
Granted.................................................   3,077,490     $3.30
Exercised...............................................    (457,253)    $1.41
Forfeited...............................................  (2,489,385)    $4.39
                                                          ----------     -----
Outstanding, December 31, 2001..........................   6,426,810     $3.43
                                                          ==========     =====
</Table>

    There were 1,177,900, 2,230,493 and 3,410,212 options exercisable at
December 31, 1999, December 31, 2000, and December 31, 2001, respectively.

    The following information is as of December 31, 2001:

<Table>
<Caption>
                                           WEIGHTED
                                            AVERAGE
                                           REMAINING                             WEIGHTED
                              NUMBER      CONTRACTUAL   WEIGHTED     NUMBER      AVERAGE
                            OUTSTANDING      LIFE       EXERCISE   EXERCISABLE   EXERCISE
RANGE OF EXERCISE PRICE     (IN SHARES)   (IN YEARS)     PRICE     (IN SHARES)    PRICE
-----------------------     -----------   -----------   --------   -----------   --------
<S>                         <C>           <C>           <C>        <C>           <C>
$0.37.....................     129,523        2.37       $ 0.37       129,523     $ 0.37
$1.26-$1.94...............     941,871        2.64       $ 1.34       841,127     $ 1.33
$2.06-$3.00...............   4,018,375        3.76       $ 2.43     1,886,793     $ 2.47
$4.00-$4.69...............     113,218        3.41       $ 4.41        53,204     $ 4.33
$5.74-$5.75...............     370,260        3.38       $ 5.75       178,224     $ 5.75
$9.06-$12.13..............     853,563        3.54       $11.92       321,341     $11.90
</Table>

    SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," provides for a fair
value based method of accounting for employee options and options granted to
non-employees and measures compensation expense using an option valuation model
that takes into account, as of the grant date, the exercise price and expected
life of the option, the current price of the underlying stock and its expected
volatility, expected dividends on the stock, and the risk-free interest rate for
the expected term of the options.

    In connection with the issuance of options to certain employees and
directors at prices below fair market value, the Company had recorded deferred
compensation of $1,822,393, $10,456,432 and

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                              SCREAMINGMEDIA INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, AND 1999

14. STOCK OPTION PLAN (CONTINUED)
$10,379,049 as of December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999 respectively, net of
recognized compensation expense of $880,630, $17,575,637 and $6,062,298, for the
years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999 respectively, representing the
unamortized difference between the exercise price and the estimated fair market
value of the Company's common stock at such date. Such amount is included as a
reduction of stockholders' equity (deficiency) and is being amortized by charges
to operations over the vesting period.

    Pro forma disclosure as if the Company had adopted the expense recognition
requirement under SFAS 123 is presented below for the years ended December 31,
2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively.

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                     DECEMBER 31,
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                          2001           2000           1999
                                      ------------   ------------   ------------
<S>                                   <C>            <C>            <C>
Net loss attributable to common
  stockholders--as reported.........  $(29,048,878)  $(90,667,387)  $(13,267,763)
Net loss attributable to common
  stockholders--pro forma...........  $(30,447,490)  $(96,025,070)  $(14,011,909)
Net loss per common share--as
  reported..........................  $      (0.73)  $      (4.00)  $      (1.08)
Net loss per common share--pro
  forma.............................  $      (0.77)  $      (4.23)  $      (1.14)
</Table>

    The fair value of options granted under the Plan for the years ended
December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999 in complying with SFAS No. 123, was estimated
on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the
following weighted-average assumptions used: no dividend yield, a volatility
factor of 146%, risk-free interest rate of 4.5% and expected lives of 5 years.

15. RETIREMENT PLAN

    Effective December 1, 2000, the Company implemented the ScreamingMedia
401(k) Plan (the "2000 Savings Plan") under Section 401(k) of the Internal
Revenue Code. Under the 2000 Savings Plan, eligible employees may defer a
portion of their pre-tax earnings, up to 15% of their pre-tax earnings not to
exceed the Internal Revenue Service annual limit. Currently, there is no
eligibility service requirement. The Company is not required to, but may match
employee contributions. In addition, the Company may make a discretionary
contribution to the Plan. The Company has not made any contributions to the plan
to date.

16. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

    During fiscal 2000, the Company established the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(the "Plan") for the benefit of employees of the Company. The Plan is intended
to provide the employees an opportunity to purchase common shares, par value
$.01 per share. Employees may authorize a payroll deduction of any whole
percentage from 1 percent to 15 percent each pay period. The option price per
share subject to an offering shall be 85% of the fair market value of a share on
the offering date or the exercise date, whichever is lower. The maximum number
of shares reserved under the Plan is 357,143 shares, plus an annual increase to
be added on the first day of the Company's fiscal year beginning in 2001 equal
to the lesser of (i) 158,730 shares, (ii) 0.5% of the shares outstanding on such
date or (iii) a

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                              SCREAMINGMEDIA INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000, AND 1999

16. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (CONTINUED)
lesser amount determined by the Plan committee. As of December 31, 2001 and
December 31, 2000, 179,339 and 0 shares, respectively, have been issued under
the Plan.

17. QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)

    The following table presents unaudited quarterly results of operations for
2000 and 2001. This unaudited information has been prepared on the same basis as
the audited consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management,
this table includes all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring
adjustments, that are considered necessary for a fair presentation of the
Company's financial position and results of operations for the quarters
presented.
<Table>
<Caption>
                                                     THREE MONTHS ENDED
                               --------------------------------------------------------------
                               MARCH 31   JUNE 30,   SEPTEMBER 30,   DECEMBER 31,   MARCH 31,
                                 2000       2000         2000            2000         2001
                               --------   --------   -------------   ------------   ---------
                                            (IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<S>                            <C>        <C>        <C>             <C>            <C>
Total revenue................    2,719       4,705         6,584          7,856        7,601
                               --------   --------      --------       --------      -------
Operating expenses:
Cost of services.............      947       1,427         1,985          1,543        2,219
Research and Development.....    1,206       1,354         1,835          1,960        1,855
Sales and marketing..........    4,195       4,528         6,156          5,884        4,320
General and Administrative...    2,378       2,176         2,199          4,071        3,839
Depreciation and
  amortization...............      549         732           936          1,417        1,487
Stock-based compensation.....    4,602       5,249         4,109          3,616         (103)
Restructuring charge.........       --          --            --             --           --
                               --------   --------      --------       --------      -------
Total operating expenses.....   13,877      15,466        17,220         18,491       13,617
                               --------   --------      --------       --------      -------
Operating loss...............  (11,158)    (10,761)      (10,636)       (10,635)      (6,016)
                               --------   --------      --------       --------      -------
Other income.................      250         113         1,161          1,521        1,407
                               --------   --------      --------       --------      -------
Net loss.....................  (10,908)    (10,648)       (9,475)        (9,114)      (4,609)
                               ========   ========      ========       ========      =======
Deemed preferred stock
  dividends..................     (154)       (155)      (50,215)            --           --
                               --------   --------      --------       --------      -------
Loss attributable to common
  stockholders...............  $(11,062)  $(10,803)     $(59,690)      $ (9,114)     $(4,609)
                               ========   ========      ========       ========      =======
Basic net loss per common
  share......................     (.88)       (.85)        (2.16)          (.24)        (.12)
                               ========   ========      ========       ========      =======
Weighted-average number of
  shares used in computation
  of basic and diluted net
  loss per share.............   12,526      12,773        27,594         37,932       37,964
                               ========   ========      ========       ========      =======

<Caption>
                                         THREE MONTHS ENDED
                               ---------------------------------------
                               JUNE 30,   SEPTEMBER 30,   DECEMBER 31,
                                 2001         2001            2001
                               --------   -------------   ------------
                                (IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<S>                            <C>        <C>             <C>
Total revenue................    6,701          7,244          9,405
                               -------       --------       --------
Operating expenses:
Cost of services.............    1,887          2,239          2,866
Research and Development.....    1,955          2,150          1,893
Sales and marketing..........    3,670          3,145          3,377
General and Administrative...    3,474          3,128          2,671
Depreciation and
  amortization...............    1,476          1,141          1,353
Stock-based compensation.....    1,066            173           (256)
Restructuring charge.........       --         12,239             --
                               -------       --------       --------
Total operating expenses.....   13,528         24,215         11,904
                               -------       --------       --------
Operating loss...............   (6,827)       (16,971)        (2,499)
                               -------       --------       --------
Other income.................    1,038            213            607
                               -------       --------       --------
Net loss.....................   (5,789)       (16,758)        (1,892)
                               =======       ========       ========
Deemed preferred stock
  dividends..................       --             --             --
                               -------       --------       --------
Loss attributable to common
  stockholders...............  $(5,789)      $(16,758)      $ (1,892)
                               =======       ========       ========
Basic net loss per common
  share......................     (.15)          (.42)          (.04)
                               =======       ========       ========
Weighted-average number of
  shares used in computation
  of basic and diluted net
  loss per share.............   38,097         40,087         42,256
                               =======       ========       ========
</Table>

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

    None.

PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

    The information regarding directors is incorporated herein by reference from
the section entitled "Proposal No. 1--Election of Directors" of the Registrant's
definitive Proxy Statement (the "Proxy Statement") to be filed pursuant to
Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the
Registrant's Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on June 11, 2002. The
Proxy Statement will be filed within 120 days after the end of the Registrant's
fiscal year ending December 31, 2001.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

    Information regarding executive compensation is incorporated herein by
reference from the section entitled "Executive Compensation and Related
Information" of the Proxy Statement.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

    Information regarding security ownership of certain beneficial owners and
management is incorporated herein by reference from the section entitled "Stock
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management" of the Proxy Statement.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

    Information regarding certain relationships and related transactions is
incorporated herein by reference from the section entitled "Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions" of the Proxy Statement.

PART IV

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

        (a)(1)  Financial Statements: The following financial statements are
    filed: Report of Independent Auditors, Consolidated Balance Sheet,
    Consolidated Statement of Operations, Consolidated Statements of
    Stockholders' Equity, Consolidated Statements of Cash flow, and Notes to
    Consolidated Financial Statements.

        (a)(2)  Financial Statement Schedules: All applicable financial
    statement schedules have been omitted because the required information is
    included in the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 14(a)(1).

        (b) Reports on Form 8-K: no reports on form 8K were filed by the
    Registrant during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ending December 31,
    2001.

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        (c) Exhibits

    The following exhibits, which are furnished with this annual report or
incorporated herein by reference, are filed as part of this annual report.

<Table>
<Caption>
       EXHIBIT
       NUMBER                                   DESCRIPTION
---------------------   ------------------------------------------------------------
<C>                     <S>                                                           <C>
     3.1                Amendment and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
                          Registrant.*

     3.1.1              Certificate of Amendment.*

     3.2                Form of Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant.*

     4.1                Form of ScreamingMedia's stock certificate.*

     4.2                Form of ScreamingMedia's Rights Plan.*

    10.1                Master Lease Agreement No. 13330 dated July 16, 1999 by and
                          among the Registrant and Data General Corporation.*

    10.2                Master Agreement No. 2430 dated December 9, 1999 by and
                          among the Registrant and Cisco Systems Capital Corp.*

    10.3                Master Lease Agreement No. 7345913 dated May 25, 1999 by and
                          among the Registrant and Dell Financial Services, L.P.*

    10.4.1              Agreement of Lease dated March 31, 1999 by and among the
                          Registrant and 601 West Associates LLC.*

    10.4.2              First Lease Modification Agreement dated June 18 1999 by and
                          among the Registrant and 601 West Associates LLC.*

    10.5                Sublease Agreement dated February 4, 2000 by and among the
                          Registrant and Tomar Studios, Inc.*

    10.6                Warrant Agreement dated June 7, 1999 by and among the
                          Registrant and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.*

    10.7                Warrant Agreement dated June 10, 1999 by and among the
                          Registrant and Carter, Ledyard, Milburn, LLP.*

    10.8                Warrant Agreement dated February 4, 2000 by and among the
                          Registrant and Tomar Studios, Inc.*

    10.9                Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of
                          June 8, 1999 by and among the Registrant, the investors
                          named therein and I-Recall, Inc.*

    10.10               Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement of Series A Preferred
                          Stock dated as of May 14, 1999 by and among the
                          Registrant and SoftCom, Inc.*

    10.11               1999 Stock Option Plan.*

    10.12               Form of 2000 Equity Incentive Plan.*

    10.13               Form of ScreamingMedia Management Incentive Plan.*

    10.14               Warrant Agreement dated June 15, 1999 by and among the
                          Registrant and Hut Sachs Studio.*

    10.15               Form of Employee Stock Purchase Plan.*

    10.16               Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated April 6, 2000 between
                          the Registrant and Spyglass, Inc.*

    10.17               Agreement dated January 29, 2000 by and among the
                          Registrant, Tomar Studios, Inc. and Jay Chiat.*
</Table>

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<Table>
<Caption>
       EXHIBIT
       NUMBER                                   DESCRIPTION
---------------------   ------------------------------------------------------------
<C>                     <S>                                                           <C>
    10.18               Amendment No. 1 to Agreement by and among the Registrant,
                          Tomar Studios, Inc. and Jay Chiat dated February 4,
                          2000.*

    10.19               Guaranty of Jay Chiat dated February 4, 2000.*

    10.20               Master Lease Agreement dated March 2, 2000 between the
                          Registrant and Jacom Computer Services, Inc.*

    10.21               Lease Agreement dated February 17, 2000 between the
                          Registrant and Working Capital Technologies of America.*

    10.22               Lease Agreement dated June 13, 2000 between the Registrant
                          and Northbridge House Limited.*

    10.23               Warrant Agreement dated August 16, 2000 between the
                          Registrant and Mad Dogs and Englishmen.*

    10.24               Employment Agreement dated March 8, 2000 between the
                          Registrant and David Obstler.*

    10.25               Investor Rights Agreement dated October 6, 1999 between the
                          Registrant and the holders of Series B Convertible
                          Preferred Stock.*

    10.26               Form of Investor Rights Agreement dated July 17, 2000
                          between the Registrant and the holders of Series C
                          Convertible Preferred Stock.*

    10.27               Lease Modification and Expansion Agreement dated July 14,
                          2000 between the Registrant and 601 West Associates, LLC.*

    10.28               Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated July 14, 2000 between
                          the Registrant and 601 West Associates, LLC.*

    16                  Letter regarding change in certifying accountant.*

    23.1                Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

    24.1                Power of Attorney (included in Part IV of this Form 10-K).
</Table>

------------------------

*   Previously filed as an exhibit to Registration Statement No. 333-30548 on
    Form S-1 and incorporated herein by reference.

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                                   SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New
York, State of New York, on March 29, 2002.

<Table>
<S>                                                    <C>  <C>
                                                       SCREAMINGMEDIA INC.

                                                       By:               /s/ KIRK LOEVNER
                                                            -----------------------------------------
                                                                           Kirk Loevner
                                                                     CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
</Table>

    KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, the undersigned officers and
directors of Screaming Media Inc., hereby severally constitute Kirk Loevner and
David M. Obstler, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with
full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in
the capacities indicated below, the Form 10-K filed herewith and any and all
amendments to said Form 10-K, and generally to do all such things in our names
and in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Screaming Media Inc.
to comply with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and all
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of
them, to said Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto. Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed
below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities
indicated on March 29, 2002.

<Table>
<Caption>
                      SIGNATURE                                   TITLE                    DATE
                      ---------                                   -----                    ----
<C>                                                    <S>                          <C>
     -------------------------------------------       Chairman Emeritus of the       March   , 2002
                      Jay Chiat                          Board

                 /s/ KEVIN C. CLARK
     -------------------------------------------       Chairman of the Board          March 29, 2002
                   Kevin C. Clark

                  /s/ KIRK LOEVNER
     -------------------------------------------       Chief Executive Officer and    March 29, 2002
                    Kirk Loevner                         Director

                /s/ DAVID M. OBSTLER
     -------------------------------------------       Chief Financial Officer        March 29, 2002
                  David M. Obstler

                 /s/ ROBERT B. PECK
     -------------------------------------------       Principal Accounting           March 29, 2002
                   Robert B. Peck                        Officer
</Table>

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<Page>

<Table>
<Caption>
                      SIGNATURE                                   TITLE                    DATE
                      ---------                                   -----                    ----
<C>                                                    <S>                          <C>
                   /s/ ALAN ELLMAN
     -------------------------------------------       Vice Chairman of the Board     March 29, 2002
                     Alan Ellman

              /s/ JAMES D. ROBINSON III
     -------------------------------------------       Director                       March 29, 2002
                James D. Robinson III

                 /s/ KEVIN O'CONNOR
     -------------------------------------------       Director                       March 29, 2002
                   Kevin O'Connor

                /s/ MICHAEL H. JORDAN
     -------------------------------------------       Director                       March 29, 2002
                  Michael H. Jordan

                  /s/ JOHN SCULLEY
     -------------------------------------------       Director                       March 29, 2002
                    John Sculley

                /s/ DAVID C. HODGSON
     -------------------------------------------       Director                       March 29, 2002
                  David C. Hodgson
</Table>

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