UL International (UK) Ltd. Appointed as Notified Body to the Construction Products Directive

Company Expands European Standards Testing Capabilities and Increases Global Market Access

NORTHBROOK, Illinois, January 14 - Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a world leader in product safety and
conformity testing and certification services, today announced UL
International (UK) Ltd. (UL UK) has been appointed as a Notified Body to the
Construction Products Directive (CPD). UL UK is now notified as a
certification and inspection organization for fire detection and alarm
equipment and fire resistance products and systems. The company can now offer
CE Marking services within the scope of the CPD alongside the already well
established UL Mark.

"UL and UL UK are very proud to achieve this designation and are excited
about what it means for our valued customers," said Marco Crosignani, head of
the Notified Body. "Our new service offerings will help expand our
already-growing certification business in Europe while enhancing overall
global market access for UL customers."

As a CPD Notified Body, UL UK can test products to applicable European
standards (ENs) and European Technical Approvals (ETAGs), utilizing UL's
network of state-of-the-art test facilities and issue a CE Certificate of
conformity. The CE Certificate of conformity is mandatory for fire safety
products and systems marketed in Europe to demonstrate compliance with
relevant CPD requirements.

"Manufacturers who work with UL for UL Mark services and for their CPD
testing and certification needs will gain both a competitive advantage and a
strategic partner in UL." said Chris Hasbrook, vice president and general
manager, UL's Global Building Materials and Life Safety & Security
Industries. "UL's combined services can save customers time and money while
increasing their speed to market, with UL serving as a one-stop-shop for all
their product compliance needs. UL is in a unique position of being able to
offer CE marking services alongside the UL mark, providing economies of scale
and consolidation of factory inspection processes."

UL has more than 100 years of life safety and security experience and is
a global leader in fire safety testing, certification and research. The
company's expert technical teams are knowledgeable in both UL and European
Standards and operate facilities worldwide.

UL UK expects to begin CE certification testing in 2010, and is already
accepting customer requests and inquires. For more information about UL's
expertise in Building Materials and Life Safety & Security testing and
certification, visit the industries section on www.ul.com. For more
information about service offerings, in Europe please contact UL UK at
+44-01-483-402-032 or fire&securitysalesULA@uk.ul.com, in North America
contact Ferd DeVoss at +1-877-ULHELPS ext. 42614 or
ferdinand.devoss@us.ul.com and in China contact Claudia Xu at
+86-512-68086400, Ext: 66691 or claudia.xu@cn.ul.com.

About Underwriters Laboratories

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is an independent product safety
certification organization that has been testing products and writing
Standards for Safety for over a century. UL evaluates more than 19,000 types
of products, components, materials and systems, with 20 billion UL Marks
appearing on 72,000 manufacturers' products each year. UL's worldwide family
of companies and network of service providers includes 64 laboratory, testing
and certification facilities serving customers in 98 countries. For more
information, visit: www.ul.com/newsroom.

Robyn Flaherty of UL Global Corporate Communications, +1-847-664-1076, robyn.r.flaherty at us.ul.com; or Chris Suttile of GolinHarris, +1-312-729-4224, csuttile at golinharris.com, for UL