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To: BM who wrote (136)	3/26/1998 9:16:00 PM
From: BM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 222

CGI Group Signs Contracts Worth $33.4 Million MONTREAL, QUEBEC--CGI today announced the signing of several contracts related to financial services business solutions and year 2000 conversion activities. The projects, taking place across its network, are expected to generate total revenue of approximately $33.4 million. CGI has signed: - An agreement to provide First Heritage Savings, British Columbia's fifth largest credit union, with its state-of-the-art RFS for Windows NT(r) client-server banking system. CGI's solution uses a comprehensive management information system that will allow First Heritage to generate a greater level of business and increase profitability through a sales oriented approach. This agreement is expected to generate revenue of $6 million over its five-year term. - A five-year, $8 million agreement with Saskatchewan-based Sherwood Credit Union to support the financial institution's Ovation(r) banking system. CGI will provide Sherwood with facilities management and systems integration services and software licenses. - A two-year, $7 million contract with the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services for a year 2000 conversion project. As part of the agreement, CGI will conduct testing, conversion and implementation activities for the client's core mainframe applications which support the social assistance infrastructure in Ontario. - A two-year, $3.8 million contract to help the Quebec government's Information Services' Division adapt its technology infrastructure to the year 2000. This contract was awarded to CGI and its year 2000 partner Informission following their qualification as year 2000 suppliers to the Quebec government. The project involves coordinating hardware and software conversion work for the government's mainframe computers, among others. CGI and Informission will support the government's Information Services Division's team in this project. - A $2.5 million year 2000 contract with Desjardins-Laurentian Life Group to provide conversion services for the client's applications in Quebec and Ontario. The project will be completed in cooperation with Informission. - In Montreal, a series of year 2000 impact studies and conversion projects with a total value of $4.7 million. Clients include Levesque Beaubien Geoffrion, the National Bank of Canada, the Laurentian Bank of Canada, the Groupement des assureurs automobiles and the Federation des Caisses Populaires et d'Economie de l'Ouest de Montr,al. The company also recently signed two contracts with a total value of $1.2 million. One of the projects, for the professional liability insurance fund of the Chambre des notaires du Qu,bec, involves developing a web solution. The other, with the Industrielle-Alliance insurance company, is for the implementation of a new employee benefits software. - In the U.S., CGI's insurance division ISI recently renewed software processing services contracts with several clients, worth $1.4 million. CGI is the largest Canadian-owned independent information technology consulting firm, providing end-to-end IT services and business solutions to some 2,000 clients throughout North America and internationally. CGI has more than 4,000 professionals, a revenue-run rate of approximately $550 million and an order backlog of more than $1.5 billion. After completing its previously announced acquisition of Bell Sygma, pending final approvals, CGI will have more than 7,000 professionals, a revenue-run rate of approximately $1 billion, and an order backlog totalling $4.5 billion. CGI's shares (GIB.A) are included in The Toronto Stock Exchange's TSE 300 Composite and TSE 200 indexes. Website address: www.cgi.ca.

To: BM who wrote (136)	4/6/1998 11:00:00 PM
From: BM	Respond to of 222

TPI and MainControl, Inc. Announce Strategic Alliance March 31, 1998 -- Vienna, VA and Mississauga, ON: In a move to provide comprehensive Information Technology (IT) asset management solutions for their respective customers, MainControl, Inc., a leader in the enterprise Information Technology asset and systems management market, and Transformation Processing Inc., (TPI and OTCBB:TPII), a leader in Year 2000 solutions and Groupware, today announced a strategic marketing agreement. Under the agreement, TPI will provide consulting and support services for Canadian customers using MainControl's MC/EMpower integrated suite of asset and system management products. TPI, in turn, will recommend MainControl's products to TPI's customer base. "Organizations throughout Canada and elsewhere have been clamoring for comprehensive IT asset management solutions," said Patrick Batty, General Manager, Canadian Operations for MainControl. "By working with an organization like TPI, that understands that IT asset management requirements have been intensified by Year 2000 projects, we can provide our Canadian customers the full range of asset management solutions - from procurement and installation of IT assets to upgrades and, eventually retirement. TPI will provide essential technical, consulting and implementation support for our MC/EMpower product." "We selected MainControl for a strategic alliance after thorough research revealed MC/EMpower provided the tightest integration between asset tracking and financial reporting of IT investments and supplied customers with a full repository/accounting of all assets," said Doug Woolridge, President of TPI. "That repository is a critical starting point for any organization seeking to optimize their use of the IT infrastructure, centralize costs and ensure its technology assets are Year 2000 compliant. We were also impressed by MC/EMpower's ability to provide an entire lifecycle approach to asset management." The alliance underscores MainControl's commitment to the Canadian market. In December, MainControl announced the establishment of a Canadian operation in Toronto to meet growing demand for its MC/EMpower product suite. TPI continues to broaden its Year 2000 solution offering while building on its already successful Groupware business. Founded in January 1994, MainControl, Inc. is a privately held company based in Vienna, VA. MainControl's product suite provides industry-leading, end-to-end enterprise-wide asset and systems management solutions to corporations worldwide. MainControl's Canadian telephone number is (905) 854-1973. Transformation Processing Inc. is an Information Technology company that develops and markets software and services that enable companies worldwide to automatically migrate their application programs and data from legacy systems to open system and client/server environments. TPI has evolved from providing AS/400 legacy code migration services to a company supporting four lines of business: Client Server Migration, Year 2000 Solutions, Groupware and Support Services. This news release includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including the timely development and acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, the timely funding of customers' projects, customer payments to the Company and the other risks detailed from time to time by the Company. For more information about MainControl, Inc. see their web site at www.maincontrol.com Anne Marie Pascoe MainControl, Inc. Vienna, Virginia USA E-mail: pascoe@maincontrol.com Tel: (703) 827-7047 Matthew Hutchison Brodeur Porter Novelli E-mail: mhutchison@brodeur.com Tel: (202) 973-1374 For more information about TPI, see our web site at www.tpii.com Hal Schweig Martin E. Janis & Company, Inc., Public Relations 919 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois USA 60611 Phone: (312) 943-1100 Fax: (312) 943-3583 Samantha Chapman, Internal Investor Relations Transformation Processing Inc. 2121 Argentia Road, Suite 200 Mississauga, ON CANADA L5N 2X4 email: schapman@tpii.com Tel: (905) 812-7907 Fax: (905) 812-7920 Toll-free: (888) 222-5967 Copyright c 1998 TPI Email Address - info@tpii.com Revised : April 3, 1998