Fidelity National Financial, Inc. to Acquire ANFI, Inc.

January 10, 2003

IRVINE and ORANGE, Calif., /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF - News), a national provider of title insurance and real estate related products and services, and ANFI, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANFI - News), a provider of title insurance and other real estate related services today announced the signing of a definitive agreement whereby FNF will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of ANFI that it does not currently own. FNF currently owns, directly or indirectly, approximately 33% of the outstanding common stock of ANFI. On December 16, 2002, FNF announced that it had entered into a letter of intent to acquire ANFI.

Under the terms of the Definitive Agreement, each share of ANFI common stock will be exchanged for .4540 shares of FNF common stock. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and the approval of ANFI shareholders. The parties expect to close the transaction in the second quarter of 2003.

Source: Fidelity National Financial, Inc.


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