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To: Robert Gignac who wrote (37)4/28/1998 9:07:00 PM
From: Robert Gignac  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 69
 
SPEEDWARE ANNOUNCES EXPECTED SECOND QUARTER LOSS AND ENGAGEMENT OF YORKTON SECURITIES INC. AS FINANCIAL ADVISOR

17:32 EST Wednesday, April 22, 1998

Canada NewsWire

TORONTO, April 22 /CNW/ - Speedware Corporation Inc. today announced that it expects to report a second quarter loss of between $1.4 million and $1.8 million for the period ended March 31, 1998 which may be compared with the second quarter loss of $371,000 in the 1997 fiscal period. The Company's first quarter gain in Fiscal 1998 was $18,000 and therefore the Company anticipates a loss of between $1.4 million and $1.8 million for the six month period in Fiscal 1998 which may be compared to a net loss of $768,000 for the corresponding six-month period in fiscal 1997. The Company anticipates issuing its actual second quarter results in the week of May 4, 1998.

The Company also announced that it has implemented certain cost-cutting measures and engaged Yorkton Securities Inc. as financial advisor for the purpose of exploring methods of maximizing shareholder value including the entering business combinations, mergers or acquisition transactions.

Speedware Corporation (SPW: TSE) is a worldwide vendor of software solutions. The Company specializes in Business Intelligence, Internet Commerce, and Development Technology. Speedware's Business Intelligence products include Media, an OLAP tool, and Esperant. Speedware Autobahn and Speedware OrderPoint are development and application products for the Internet Commerce industry. Visual Speedware is used for development of commercial client/server applications. The Company has over 250 employees in 12 offices servicing customers in 35 countries.

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c Canada NewsWire - 1998