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Forward Looking Statements
This document contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties concerning the Business Objects products, SRC Software’s products, the closing of the transaction, and impact of the transaction on Business Objects financial results.  Actual events or results may differ materially from those described in this document due to a number of risks and uncertainties. The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others: Business Objects ability to attract and retain customer support for SRC Software’s products, the ability to generate new sources of revenue from SRC Software’s products, to realize other financial benefits from the proposed acquisition, to strengthen its position in enterprise performance management, as well as the outcome of regulatory reviews of the transaction and the ability of the parties to complete the proposed transaction. More information about potential factors that could affect Business Objects business and financial results is included in Business Objects Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 and Business Objects Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and available at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Business Objects is not obligated to undertake any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this document. This document will also include non-GAAP financial measures described as pro forma information. A reconciliation of this pro forma information to U.S. GAAP financial statements is available on our investor relations web page at www.businessobjects.com.

Over SRC Software
SRC Software (www.srcsoftware.com) is leverancier van flexibele en intelligente oplossingen voor financiele planning en het beheer van bedrijfsprestaties. Met ongeveer 2.400 implementaties wereldwijd in middelgrote en grote ondernemingen, worden SRC’s oplossingen voor budgetterings-, loonplanning en rapportage, gebruikt door bedrijven zoals Amerisure, National Farmers Union Insurance, United Guaranty Corporation, PICA, Comerica, New Balance, en C-SPAN. SRC biedt een volledige set van tools voor financiele planning en analyse middels de integratie van spreadsheets en industrie standaard databases en toegangsmogelijkheden via het Web. Het bedrijf is particulier bezit met het hoofdkantoor in Portland, Oregon en regionale kantoren in Boston, New York, Austin, Chicago, Atlanta, Tampa, San Francisco; and internationale kantoren in Brussel, Stockholm, Londen en Singapore. Vista Equity Partners, een $1.3 miljard particulier investeringsfonds gebaseerd in San Francisco, is de grootste aandeelhouder. Voor meer informatie, neem contact op met SRC Software op +1-503-608-3300 of per email info@srcsoftware.com.

Over Business Objects
Business Objects (Euronext Paris: ISIN FR0004026250 - BOB en Nasdaq: BOBJ) is wereldwijd marktleider op het gebied van Business Intelligence-oplossingen. BusinessObjects XI biedt organisaties een compleet platform voor rapportage, interactieve queries en analyses, performance management en data integratie. Crystal Reports is geïntegreerd in Business Objects XI. Hiermee krijgen organisaties beter inzicht in hun bedrijfsprestaties. Business Objects bedient samen met ruim 3.000 partners wereldwijd meer dan 30.000 klanten in meer dan 80 landen. www.businessobjects.com.

Voor meer informatie:

Business Objects
Jeroen Coenen
Tel: 030 225 90 00
jeroen.coenen(at)businessobjects.com 

Whizpr
Marieke Adama
Tel: 0317 410 483
bobj(at)whizpr.nl