To: Gilbert Drapeau who wrote (786 ) 6/7/2001 10:21:26 PM From: Gilbert Drapeau Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 843 COGNICASE to Provide CICA With Online Career Management Portal MONTREAL, CANADA--JUNE 7, 2001 - 12:31 EDT COGNICASE Inc. (Nasdaq: "COGI"), a leading e-business services provider specializing in secure and scalable real-time transactional solutions, is pleased to announce that it has recently completed a vertical employment portal for the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA). The portal is based on the existing COGNICASE CLICKONJOB framework, but was customized for the CICA. It is a virtual meeting place, developed by COGNICASE and recruiting experts, that allows employers and job seekers to exchange high-quality information efficiently using leading edge IT and Internet technologies. Chartered accountants can use it to help manage their careers in a virtual marketplace. Here, CAs seeking new career opportunities, as well as companies seeking CAs with a specific skill set, can exchange information. The COGNICASE solution is an end-to-end one, engineered and developed in COGNICASE's e-Business Development Centre, and will be hosted in the company's state-of-the-art data centre. "This contract leverages our existing expertise in engineering and developing employment portals," stated Ronald Brisebois, COGNICASE President and CEO. "We are pleased to be in a position to provide value-added services to Canadian chartered accountants." About COGNICASE COGNICASE is an innovative company specializing in the development and integration of real-time transactional solutions. Relying on its results-driven approach, software and technology, and its international Internet engineering and hosting centre, COGNICASE offers secure and scalable solutions that contribute to the success of its customers in the age of the new economy. The Company is active in several countries, including Canada, the United States, France, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Australia. About the CICA The CICA, together with the provincial and territorial institutes of chartered accountants, represents a membership of over 66,000 professional accountants and 8,500 students. The CICA conducts research into current business issues and sets accounting and auditing standards for business, not-for-profit organizations and government. It issues guidance on control and governance, publishes professional literature, develops education programs and represents the CA profession nationally and internationally.