Business Objects Announces Executive Promotions.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 1999--

Business Objects (NASDAQ:BOBJ), the world's leading provider of integrated enterprise decision support tools, today announced the promotion of Dave Kellogg to senior vice president of marketing, the promotion of Alexandre Dayon to senior vice president of technology, and the promotion of Eric Bregand to vice president of enterprise product development.

Kellogg joined Business Objects in 1995 as vice president of product marketing and was promoted to vice president of corporate marketing in 1997. Kellogg is responsible for the company's strategic marketing; product marketing; corporate communications; marketing services; and Business Objects University, the company's innovative internal training and employee induction program.

Dayon, previously vice president of products, will move from operational management to a strategic advisory position as senior vice president of technology. In this advisory role, Dayon will participate in defining the technology vision of the company and provide technical guidance to the research and development organization.

Bregand has been with the organization for more than five years, and is currently responsible for the development and delivery of BusinessObjects(tm) 5.0 and WebIntelligence(tm) 2.5. These products are in beta with production expected in June 1999.

"This promotion for Dave Kellogg is in recognition of his strong contribution in our corporate marketing over the past four years," said Bernard Liautaud, president and CEO of Business Objects. "He has that rare combination of strategic thinking and operational execution that makes him a tremendous asset to my senior management team."

"Alexandre Dayon has done a tremendous job running our products organization, and now I expect him to make strong contributions in his new advisory role," Liautaud continued. "Finally, I am excited about Eric Bregand taking this new role. As the architect of our upcoming new release, Eric will undoubtedly continue our tradition of outstanding engineering in our core enterprise business intelligence products."

About Business Objects

Business Objects is the world's leading provider of integrated enterprise decision support tools. Business Objects products provide non-technical business users with access to information stored in data warehouses, data marts, and packaged business applications. Business Objects provides a complete suite of decision support tools including query, reporting, online analytical processing, data mining, and DSS administration for both client/server and internet environments. Business Objects has sold more than 1,180,000 licenses to over 8,100 organizations in more than 60 countries worldwide.

Business Objects may be reached by phone at 408-953-6000 or on the worldwide web at http://www.businessobjects.com. The Company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbol BOBJ.

BusinessObjects and WebIntelligence are trademarks of Business Objects SA. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

This press release contains statements that may constitute "forward looking statements" within the meaning of applicable law, including statements regarding the company's ability to improve its operating performance, the newly promoted managers' abilities to contribute to such endeavors, and the new business opportunities available to the company. Actual results could differ materially from those projected if, among other reasons, the organization does not adjust well to the new management structure, or if any of the newly promoted or other senior personnel were to leave the company. In addition, the company's success in pursuing new business opportunities will depend upon continued and expanding market acceptance of the company's products, of which there can be no assurance, and upon competitive product offerings by others.