VRMS ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH NETEZZA AT 2005 MARKETECHNICS® SHOW

SHELTON, Conn., Feb. 13, 2005: Valassis Relationship Marketing Systems (VRMS ), the premier developer of customer database products for high-transaction-volume retailers, announced today a strategic alliance with Framingham, Mass.-based Netezza Corporation. The alliance is designed to offer VRMS' CRM/loyalty marketing software to retailers with a Netezza Performance Server platform.

"We are very excited about our alliance with Netezza," said VRMS' General Manager Drew Bennett. "It fits well with our continued efforts to work with the latest and greatest technologies, and lives up to our high standards of top performance. Offering our clients an additional platform for MarketEXPERT XR, the Netezza Performance Server data warehouse appliance gives our clients an innovative and competitive choice."

"Our strategic alliance allows retailers to deploy a best-of-breed solution, leveraging the robust application functionality of VRMS alongside the performance and cost advantage of the Netezza data warehouse appliance," said Andy Winans, Vice President of Retail Sales at Netezza. "With such a solution, retailers can quickly conduct richer analyses against detailed data sets, and ultimately garner greater competitive advantage through a deeper understanding of their business."

VRMS will be exhibiting in Booth #629 at the 2005 Marketechnics Show on Feb. 13-15, 2005, at the Washington D.C. Convention Center. Netezza will be exhibiting at the show in Booth #352.

About VRMS
Valassis Relationship Marketing Systems, LLC (VRMS) offers customer relationship marketing software products worldwide to grocery retailers, mass merchants, pharmacies, convenience chains, wholesale clubs and telecommunications companies. With customers in 10 countries, VRMS' CRM/loyalty marketing software MarketEXPERT(TM) manages more than 90 databases with over 100 million transactions per week. Named by Software Magazine as one of the world's largest software companies, VRMS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Valassis (NYSE:VCI). For additional information, visit the company Web site at http://www.vrms.com , or call 1.203.225.1300.

About Valassis
Valassis offers a wide range of marketing services to consumer packaged goods manufacturers, retailers, technology companies and other customers with operations in the United States, Europe, Mexico and Canada. Valassis' products and services portfolio includes: newspaper advertising & inserts, preprints, sampling, direct mail, 1 to 1 marketing programs, coupon clearing and consulting and analytic services. Valassis has been listed as one of FORTUNE magazine's "Best Companies to Work For" for eight consecutive years. Valassis subsidiaries and investments include Valassis Canada, PreVision Marketing(R), LLC, Coupons, Inc., Promotion Watch, Valassis Relationship Marketing Systems, LLC and NCH Marketing Services, Inc. For additional information, visit the company Web site at http://www.valassis.com .

About Netezza Corporation
Netezza is a fast-growing provider of enterprise-class data warehouse appliances that deliver breakthrough performance and ease-of-use at a fraction of the cost of traditional data warehouses. The Netezza Performance Server® (NPS®) system enables Fortune 1000 customers with terabytes of dynamic, detailed data to dramatically simplify even the most complex business intelligence initiatives. Many customers have recognized the performance benefits of Netezza's approach, including Ahold USA and Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation. Founded in 2000 and based in Framingham, Mass., the company is financed by leading venture capital firms, including Matrix Partners, Charles River Ventures, Battery Ventures, Orange Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Meritech Capital Partners. For more information about Netezza, please visit www.netezza.com .

VRMS Contact: Magnus Eliasson, meliasson@vrms.com or (203) 225-1325

Valassis Contact: Tamara Oliverio, oliveriot@valassis.com or (734) 591-4955