Burger King Corporation Selects Business Objects as Business Intelligence Standard; A Leader in the Fast-Food Industry to Deploy Business Objects Across the Enterprise.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2002

Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that Burger King Corporation has selected Business Objects as its enterprise business intelligence standard. BURGER KING(R), with restaurants in 11,435 locations worldwide, will implement Business Objects software to drive improvements in operations, sales, marketing, and human resource management.

"Burger King Corporation's commitment to Business Objects is further proof of the importance of business intelligence to large corporations today," said Dave Kellogg, senior group vice president, worldwide marketing at Business Objects. "They are using business intelligence to help them achieve operational excellence throughout their organization, and maintain their leadership in a competitive industry. BI allows companies to access the pulse of their business at any given moment, an important capability in today's fast changing economy."

About Burger King Corporation

Burger King Corporation was founded in 1954 and created the American icon, the HOME OF THE WHOPPER(R), in 1957. The company and its franchisees operate more than 11,453 restaurants in all 50 states and 58 countries and territories around the world, with 91% of BURGER KING(R) restaurants owned and operated by independent franchisees. Since the company's founding in Miami in 1954, the BURGER KING(R) brand has become recognized for great flame-broiled taste and HAVE IT YOUR WAY(R) food customization. BURGER KING(R) restaurants were recently voted "Best Place for Burgers"*. In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, the BURGER KING(R) system had system-wide sales of $11.3 billion. Burger King Corporation is a part of Diageo (NYSE:DEO), the international food and drinks company. To learn more about the BURGER KING(R) system, please visit the company's website at www.burgerking.com.

*Based on a June 2002 nationwide telephone survey conducted by an independent research firm of adults 18 and older who have eaten in fast food hamburger restaurants in the previous 30 days.

About Business Objects

Business Objects is the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions. Business intelligence lets organizations access, analyze, and share information internally with employees and externally with customers, suppliers, and partners. It helps organizations improve operational efficiency, build profitable customer relationships, and develop differentiated product offerings.

The company's products include data integration tools, the industry's leading integrated business intelligence platform, and a suite of enterprise analytic applications. Business Objects is the first to offer a complete BI solution that is composed of best-of-breed components, giving organizations the means to deploy end-to-end BI to the enterprise, from data extraction to analytic applications.

Business Objects has more than 16,500 customers in over 80 countries. The company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ: BOBJ and Euronext Paris (Euroclear code 12074). It is included in the SBF 120 and IT CAC 50 French stock market indexes. Business Objects can be reached at 408/953-6000 and www.businessobjects.com.

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