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Sybase Completes Acquisition of Mobile 365

November 9, 2006



SYBASE COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF MOBILE 365

Acquisition Makes Sybase the World’s Largest Provider of Mobile Enterprise Software and Services

DUBLIN, Calif. — November 8, 2006 — Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, today announced that it completed the acquisition of Mobile 365, Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at $417 million. Net of acquired cash, the transaction is valued at $397 million. Mobile 365 will now operate as Sybase 365, a wholly-owned subsidiary. Marty Beard, senior vice president of corporate development and marketing for Sybase, Inc., will lead the new subsidiary as president. The Sybase mFolio business will be integrated into Sybase 365 immediately, and certain assets of Sybase AvantGo will be integrated into Sybase 365 early in 2007.

“Our acquisition of Mobile 365 is strategic, visionary and progressive in scope,” said John Chen, Sybase chairman, CEO and president. “Built on unique intellectual property and a comprehensive global network, Sybase 365 provides the messaging infrastructure-of-choice for interoperability and content delivery. With this acquisition, we expand our Unwired Enterprise offerings and our ability to deliver information anytime, anywhere, to any type of device.”

Sybase 365 is the global leader in
mobile inter-operator messaging—including SMS, MMS and IMS—delivering more than 3.5 billion messages per month.
Through its extensive network of approximately 700 mobile operators, including Verizon Wireless, Vodafone, T-Mobile, Cingular, Telefonica and China Mobile, Sybase 365 will continue to focus on enabling the world’s leading content providers and global brands, such as Citibank, Yahoo!, AOL, MSN and Twentieth Century Fox, to mobilize their content and applications.

“Verizon Wireless enjoys a close relationship with Mobile 365, partnering for the timely delivery of mobile data worldwide,” said Jim Straight, vice president of Wireless Internet and Multimedia Services for Verizon Wireless. “As we approach the fifth anniversary of Mobile 365 launching carrier services here in the U.S., I’m pleased they have found a corporate parent who brings additional resources and opportunities to the market and that Mobile 365 will continue to serve us as they have in the past.”

“The acquisition solidly positions Sybase between mobile operators, content providers, and global brands—further extending our worldwide leadership in enterprise mobility,” said Marty Beard, the newly appointed president of Sybase 365. “It also brings Sybase a robust software-as-a-service business, and it creates new opportunities to leverage our AvantGo, mFolio and data analytics solutions.”

“Mobile 365 offers Sybase customers a direct delivery channel to nearly any mobile device on any carrier, anywhere in the world—something no other mobile middleware provider can claim…We expect Sybase to maintain its leadership position in the mobile middleware market,” writes Jack Gold of J. Gold Associates in the firm’s September 25, 2006 Technology Brief.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />