Business Objects Announces December Financial Conference Participation Schedule.

SAN JOSE, Calif. & PARIS -- Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ)(Euronext Paris ISIN code FR0004026250 - BOB), announces participation in the following upcoming events with the financial community:

Wedbush Morgan Securities Software Bus Tour
Date: December 1, 2004
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. California time, 2:00 p.m. New York,
      8:00 p.m. Paris
Where: San Jose, CA
Presenter: Jim Tolonen, Chief Financial Officer and SVP, Finance
and Administration and Lance Walters, VP Product Marketing
Dial-in: [phone] or international [phone] and ID# 2587233.
A replay will be available at [phone] or [phone] and ID#
2587233.

JP Morgan Software Forum
Date: December 7, 2004
Time: 9:45 a.m. California Time, 12:45 p.m. New York, 6:45 p.m. Paris
Where: San Francisco, CA
Presenter: Jim Tolonen, Chief Financial Officer and SVP, Finance
and Administration

First Albany Capital Annual Growth Conference
Date: December 8, 2004
Time: 6:20 a.m. California Time and 9:20 a.m. New York, 3:20 p.m.
      Paris
Where: New York, NY
Presenter: Jim Tolonen, Chief Financial Officer and SVP, Finance
and Administration

Interested parties can listen to the JP Morgan Software Forum and
First Albany Capital Annual Growth Conference events on the Internet
by visiting Business Objects' IR website
http://www.businessobjects.com/investors/.

About Business Objects

Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. Business intelligence enables organizations to track, understand, and manage enterprise performance. The company's solutions leverage the information that is stored in an array of corporate databases, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and customer relationship management (CRM) systems.

Popular uses of BI include enterprise reporting, management dashboards and scorecards, customer intelligence applications, financial reporting, and both customer and partner extranets. These solutions enable companies to gain visibility into their business, acquire and retain profitable customers, reduce costs, optimize the supply chain, increase productivity, and improve financial performance.

In December 2003, Business Objects completed the acquisition of Crystal Decisions, the leader in enterprise reporting. The combined product line includes software for reporting, query and analysis, performance management, analytic applications, and data integration. In addition, Business Objects offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects.

Business Objects has more than 29,000 customers in over 80 countries. The company's stock is traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ:BOBJ and Euronext Paris (ISIN:FR0004026250 - BOB). 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 http://www.businessobjects.com.

Business Objects, the Business Objects logo, Crystal Reports, and Crystal Enterprise are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects SA or its affiliated companies in the United States and other countries.