29 Jul 2004
Dassault Systèmes Reports Excellent EPS Growth on Revenues of €192.5 Million as Second Quarter Performance Exceeds Objectives

PARIS, FRANCE, July 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 second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2004. Second Quarter Financial Highlights: Total revenue €192.5 million, up 6% as reported and up 8% in constant currencies; Software revenue €158.9 million, up 5% as reported and up 6% in constant currencies; PDM revenue up 11% as reported and up 13% in constant currencies; Design-centric revenue up 19% as reported (up 26% in U.S. dollars); EPS €0.31 on U.S. GAAP basis; EPS excluding acquisition costs up 19% to €0.31 per diluted share

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23 Jul 2004
UGS Reports 2nd Quarter Revenue of US$236.2 Million or 11 Percent Growth

PLANO, Texas – UGS, a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2004. Financial highlights from the second quarter include: Revenue of US$236.2 million, or 11 percent growth over the same period a year earlier. The fourth consecutive quarter of strong revenue growth over the same period a year earlier. EBITDA of US$52.4 million, or 22 percent growth over the same period a year earlier. Operating income of US$29.3 million, or 16 percent growth over the same period a year earlier, excluding the effects of purchase accounting relating to the UGS acquisition. The acquisition had the effect of increases in amortization costs by US$4.0 million and in depreciation by US$0.6 million, and an in-process research and development charge of US$43.7 million.

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21 Jul 2004
PTC Reports Fiscal 2004 Third Quarter Results

NEEDHAM, Mass., July 21, 2004 – PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), the product development company, today reported revenue totaling $168.4 million for the third quarter ended July 3, 2004, up 2% from $165.2 million for the same period last year. Revenue also grew 2% sequentially, from $164.7 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2004.

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14 Jul 2004
Autodesk Expands Operations to Support Growing Customer Base in Russia and Surrounding Areas

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., and MOSCOW, July 14, 2004— Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), the world's leading design software and digital content company, executing on one of its key corporate initiatives for the fiscal year, continues to expand into new markets by opening an office in Moscow this summer. The office will bring Autodesk closer to its growing number of customers in the region, enabling current and future customers to create, manage, and share their design information to better build their businesses in a fast growing, increasingly competitive economy. The news was announced at a press conference in Moscow attended by leading industry and business media.

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08 Jul 2004
Dassault Systèmes and Lattice Technology Team Up with Industry to Develop 3D XML for Product Lifecycle Management

Tokyo, Japan and Paris, France – July 8, 2004 – Dassault Systèmes (NASDAQ: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) and Lattice Technology today announced a strategic, long-term partnership whereby Dassault Systèmes will leverage Lattice Technology’s XVL solutions and expertise to create a universal 3D XML (Extensible Markup Language) open format for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).

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25 Jun 2004
Nearly 5 Million CAD Solid Modeling Seats Says Wohlers Report

FORT COLLINS, Colorado, June 25, 2004 - Wohlers Associates, Inc., in cooperation with industry analyst Joe Greco, has announced that 4.96 million mechanical CAD (MCAD) seats were installed worldwide through the end of 2003. This total includes both commercial and educational seats. The leading MCAD product family in cumulative commercial installations, according to the study, is Pro/ENGINEER, followed by CATIA, Unigraphics (including IDEAS), Mechanical Desktop, Inventor, SolidWorks, and Solid Edge. Among the MCAD products not counted were Alibre, KeyCreator (formerly CADKEY), OneSpace Designer, IronCAD, thinkdesign, VX CAD/CAM, and Cobalt (formally Vellum Solids).

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15 Jun 2004
Proficiency licensed LGS 2D – two-dimension variational solver by LEDAS

NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia – 15 June 2004. LEDAS announced that Proficiency has licensed the LEDAS LGS geometric solver and has integrated it in Proficiency's Collaboration Gateway feature-based interoperability solution. The LGS 2D solver is being used to support the exchange of 2D geometric constraints present in the CAD systems currently supported by Proficiency, including CATIA(R) V4, CATIA(R) V5, I-DEAS NX(R) Series, Pro/ENGINEER(R), and Unigraphics(tm) NX Series.

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