West Corporation Announces Purchase of InPulse Response Group

West Corporation, a leading provider of outsourced communication solutions, announced today that it has acquired InPulse Response Group, Inc. InPulse will operate as part of West’s Communications Services segment.

The total cost before transaction expense and working capital adjustments is approximately $44.5 million and was funded with a combination of cash on hand and West’s existing bank credit facility. InPulse had revenues of $37.8 million in 2005. West expects the transaction to have no impact on 2006 earnings per share and to be slightly accretive to net income in 2007.

InPulse is a leading provider of outsourced sales solutions to direct response marketers. Clients entrust InPulse with their most critical task — generating sales. These sales are generated from inbound calls from consumers responding to direct response advertising. InPulse is a leader in pay-per-performance marketing, and receives a commission for most of the sales it makes.

“This acquisition reflects our commitment to better serve the Direct Response market by blending InPulse’s strength in the soft offer market and West’s strengths in the hard offer and IVR markets,” stated Thomas B. Barker, Chief Executive Officer of West Corporation.