Vastera to Announce Fourth Quarter 2004 Earnings Results; Release Sche

    Business Editors

    DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2005--Vastera, Inc. (Nasdaq:VAST), the worldwide leading provider of solutions for Global Trade Management (GTM), today announced that it will release its fourth quarter earnings on Thursday, February 17 after 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. As a result of the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger with JPMorgan Chase's Logistics and Trade Services Businesses, the Company will not host an earnings conference call.

    About Vastera

    Vastera is the worldwide leader in providing solutions for Global Trade Management (GTM). Utilizing Vastera's GTM solutions, clients realize significant reductions in costs to manage their global trade operations while improving compliance with government regulations and service levels to end customers. Vastera's GTM solutions include: TradeSphere(TM) (software), Trade Management Consulting (business process consulting), and Managed Services (business process outsourcing). As the only publicly traded company focused exclusively on global trade, Vastera is headquartered in Dulles, Virginia and has more than 640 professionals in 14 countries. With over 400 clients throughout the world, many of the world's largest corporations utilize their GTM solutions. For more information, please visit www.vastera.com.

    This press release includes statements that may constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical are "forward looking" statements, which are subject to the many risks and uncertainties that exist in Vastera's operations and business environment. These risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from the expected results and include, but are not limited to, Vastera's limited operating history, history of losses and anticipation of continued losses, potential volatility of quarterly operating results, the ability to successfully implement Vastera's expansion plans, risks related to the Internet, risks related to legal uncertainty and other risks which are set forth in more detail in Vastera's Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as may be amended from time to time, as well as other reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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CONTACT: Vastera, Dulles John Murray, 703-661-9006 john.murray@vastera.com

KEYWORD: VIRGINIA DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BANKING SOFTWARE EARNINGS SOURCE: Vastera

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