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  • Subject: Interesting news item on todays GEAC website
  • From: Pete Massiello <pmassiello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 17:59:15 -0400
  • Organization: OS Solutions

FYI

This may have nothing to do with the JBA division, but I read this at the GEAC
website after wondering why their stock had risen almost 16% at one point
today.  Enjoy.

GEAC RETAINS FINANCIAL ADVISOR

                     TORONTO, Ontario - September 5, 2000 - Geac Computer
Corporation Limited
                     (TSE: GAC) announced today that, as part of its continuing
process of
                     reviewing strategic alternatives, it has retained CIBC
World Markets as
                     financial advisor. Geac may give consideration to potential
transactions
                     involving part or all of its businesses, with the
overriding aim of maximizing
                     shareholder value. Two parties have approached Geac on an
unsolicited
                     basis, conveying their interest in exploring possible
transactions.

                     As a result of over sixty acquisitions, Geac has
established itself as one of the
                     most significant enterprise software companies in the
world. Installed
                     enterprise applications provide the backbone for all
e-commerce applications,
                     ASP initiatives, and corporate-wide information technology
projects. Geac
                     derives more than 45% of all revenue from the United States
and more than
                     35% from Europe.

                     Geac has also established its Interealty.com subsidiary as
a leading provider
                     of full-service business-to-business solutions for real
estate brokerage
                     professionals. In addition, Geac has become a leading
software solutions
                     provider in many specialized areas such as the property
management,
                     publishing and construction industries.

                     Geac is a provider of mission critical software and systems
solutions to
                     corporations around the world. Geac solutions include
cross-industry
                     enterprise business applications for financial
administration and human
                     resources functions, and enterprise resource planning
applications for
                     manufacturing, distribution, and supply chain management.
As well, Geac
                     provides industry applications to the hospitality, property
and publishing
                     marketplaces, as well as a wide range of applications for
libraries and public
                     administration. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Geac
ranks as one of the
                     world's largest software companies. Further information is
available on the
                     World Wide Web at http://www.geac.com, or through e-mail at
info@geac.com.

                     This press release contains forward-looking statements
based on current
                     expectations. These forward-looking statements entail
various risks and
                     uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those
                     reflected in these forward-looking statements. Risks and
uncertainties about
                     the Company's business are more fully discussed in
Management Discussion
                     and Analysis published in the Company's annual report.

                     For more information, please contact:
                     Doug Bergeron, President and Chief Executive Officer
                     Geac Computer Corporation Limited
                     Tel: (416) 642-1960
                     Fax: (416) 642-8454



--
Pete Massiello
OS Solutions International
Phone: (203)-744-7854  Ext 11.
http://www.os-solutions.com
mailto:pmassiello@os-solutions.com


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