08 Jun 2004
UGS to Acquire D-Cubed; Acquisition to Expand UGS Position as PLM Industry's Principal Supplier of State-of-the-Art Component Software Technology

PLANO, Texas and CAMBRIDGE, England -- UGS, a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire D-Cubed, Ltd., a Cambridge, England-based supplier of embedded technology used by virtually all of the world's leading computer-aided design (CAD) application developers.

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24 May 2004
Dassault Aviation and Dassault Systèmes Make Industry History -- Falcon 7X Jet Becomes First Aircraft Entirely Developed on Virtual Platform

Paris, France – May 24, 2004 - Just one year after implementing a revolutionary virtual product development platform - the “Virtual Plateau” - based on Dassault Systèmes (Nasdaq: DASTY: Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Solutions, Dassault Aviation has halved the time required to assemble its new Falcon 7X business jet.

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18 May 2004
OAO "Uralorgsintez" (OAO AK "Sibur") became the 2000th customer of ASCON

OAO "Uralorgsintez" (Tchaikovsky, Perm region) became the 2000th customer of ASCON. KOMPAS software, developed by ASCON, is used by Uralorgsintez for design of equipment and building units. Today about 20 seats are installed in RD department and mechanician office. The basic system KOMPAS-GRAFIK is used together with dedicated applications (Engineering library, Drawing of buildings and constructions plans library, Library "Building constructions and profiles", Material directory and other).

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18 May 2004
Autodesk First Quarter Revenues Increase 41 Percent

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., May 18, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK), the world's leading design software and digital content company, today announced financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2004. For the first quarter, Autodesk reported net revenues of $298 million, a 41 percent increase over $211 million reported in the first quarter of the prior year.

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12 May 2004
CAM Software Market Leaders Named

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 12, 2004 — CIMdata recently named UGS PLM Solutions, IBM/Dassault Systẻmes, CNC Software, and SolidCAM as the 2003 worldwide CAM software market leaders. Each was a leader in a different ranking used by CIMdata to position NC software vendors. UGS PLM Solutions was identified as being the largest CAM software supplier on the basis of the dollar volume of NC software and services revenues received by a vendor. IBM/Dassault Systẻmes (IBM/DS), however, is the largest vendor on the basis of end user payments for NC software and services. This grouping not only includes the revenues received by the vendor, but also the revenues retained by business partners or resellers. CNC Software continues to be the market leader on the basis of number of software seats sold and installed in industrial markets. This ranking measures the pervasiveness of the product. SolidCAM, an Israeli firm, was named as the most rapidly growing vendor among the significant NC software suppliers.

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06 May 2004
Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aircraft to Develop Regional Jet Fleet using PLM Solutions from IBM and Dassault Systèmes

Moscow, Russia and Paris, France, May 6, 2004 – IBM and Dassault Systèmes (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) today announced that Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company will use their solutions as the design platform for the new Russian Regional Jet program. Sukhoi Civil Aircraft will become the first Russian aircraft producer to use IBM PLM Solutions developed by Dassault Systèmes for a major new aircraft project, joining the ranks of CATIA V5 users in the aerospace industry, including Airbus and Boeing. The multi-million dollar contract represents a key strategic investment in Sukhoi Civil Aircraft’s IT infrastructure.

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29 Apr 2004
Dassault Systèmes announces First Quarter 2004 results

PARIS, FRANCE, April 29, 2004 – Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a worldwide leading software developer of product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2004. First Quarter Financial Highlights: Total revenue ?176.2 million, up 4% as reported and up 10% in constant currencies; Software revenue ?148.9 million, up 3% as reported and up 9% in constant currencies; PDM revenue up 15% as reported and 22% in constant currencies; Design-centric revenue up 7% as reported (up 25% in U.S. dollars); Operating margin 24.3% and EPS ?0.24 on U.S. GAAP Basis; EPS excluding acquisition costs up 19% to ?0.25 per diluted share in the 2004 first quarter on 3 percentage point operating margin improvement to 24.7% before acquisitions costs.

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