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Gold/Mining/Energy : LGS Group Inc. Y/2000 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gilbert Drapeau who wrote (156)	11/18/1999 10:18:00 AM
From: Gilbert Drapeau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 169

LGS Group Wins a Contract in excess of $1 million With National Parole Board NOVEMBER 18, 1999 MONTREAL, QUEBEC--LGS Group Inc. (NASDAQ: LGSA) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract in excess of $1 million by the National Parole Board for the development of a Pardon Application Decision System (PADS), a computerized system that will support the processing of applications for pardons. The National Parole Board receives approximately 20,000 applications for pardons a year. The development and implementation of this system will significantly shorten the processing time for these applications. The scope of this project includes project management, functional analysis, architectural definition, designing, building, testing, documenting, training, implementation and ongoing support and maintenance of the PADS system for a year. The integrated environment will include conversion of the existing system and introduction of both commercial off-the-shelf and custom developed software. LGS will also be responsible for the design and implementation of an interface to RCMP databases. LGS Group President Raymond Lafontaine said he is pleased with the scope of this important contract, "which includes the development, implementation and support of a complete computerized system". The project team started work in the fall of 1999 and will have the system implemented in the summer of the year 2000. LGS Group Inc. (LGSA at NASDAQ, LGS.A at ME) is one of Canada's largest information technology consulting firms specializing in management and systems integration. With annual sales of $230 million, LGS employs more than 2,200 professionals in 20 offices in Canada, the United States and Europe. The company is active in most areas of the private and public sectors. This release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties which might cause the actual results to differ materially from those projected. Potential risks and uncertainties include the ability to procure, properly price, retain, and successfully complete projects, the availability of technical personnel, and competition. These risks and uncertainties are discussed under the heading "Risk Management" in the Company's Annual Report.