Bentley and HMR Merge; Companies Promise Improved Imaging Technology Solutions for Users.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2000

Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that it and its former strategic affiliate, HMR, Inc., have fully merged.

The merger will allow the synergy of people, imaging technology and products to be fully realized and deliver better imaging solutions to users of Bentley and HMR products.

Bentley and HMR have had a close and mutually beneficial relationship for the past two and a half years, during which HMR has contributed imaging products to the Bentley channel and imaging technology to Bentley products. Both Bentley and HMR sought a full merger to dissolve any constraint on implementing their joint technology vision.

Members of the former HMR team continue to develop technology such as Image++(TM), Descartes(TM), and Raster Manager. Additionally, their new mission within Bentley now includes responsibility for products and technology for Web publishing and plotting. The former HMR team is also responsible for the integration of raster functionality into other Bentley technologies, starting with ProjectBank(TM).

Members of the team will not only leverage the strength of ModelServer Imager(R) for image data publishing, but will also assume responsibility for the publishing of vector and hybrid data.

"We look forward to working even more closely with Styli Camateros in his new capacity as a Bentley Vice President, and with all of our other new colleagues from HMR's offices," said Greg Bentley, president and chairman of Bentley.

"Imaging has a greater role in a networked economy, and we are certain that our users will benefit from enhanced imaging features of our technology today but even further through our Viecon(TM) initiative."

About Bentley

Founded in 1984, Bentley Systems, Incorporated is a premier technology supplier dedicated to improving the process of designing, building and operating permanent assets such as buildings, roadways, manufacturing facilities and utility and telecommunications networks.

The professionals who use Bentley technology include architects, engineers, constructors and owner/operators. Bentley's MicroStation(R), ProjectBank and Viecon technology and services make Bentley the leader in the Engineering, Construction and Operations (E/C/O) market.

Bentley's annual revenues exceed $190 million, and its reach spans the globe, serving more than 300,000 professionals and over 20,000 companies and organizations. Bentley is the second-largest privately held PC software company in the United States. More than 200,000 Bentley users participate in the Bentley SELECT(R) technology and service subscription program.

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