COMPUTER ASSOCIATES RESULTS EXCEED EXPECTATIONS; Billion Dollar Quarter, Revenue Increases 39%.

ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 17, 1996--Fueled by continuing demand for CA-Unicenter and other client/server solutions, Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA) today announced record results for its fiscal third quarter, marking the 17th consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue growth.

For the quarter ended December 31, 1995, revenue was $1,004,439,000, an increase of 39% over the $721,032,000 reported in the previous year's third quarter. Net income for the quarter was $227,178,000, an increase of 30% over last year's $174,206,000. Income per share was $.90 compared to $.69 a year ago, adjusted for the August 1995 three-for-two stock split.

For the nine months ended December 31, 1995, revenue was $2,394,207,000, an increase of 31% over the $1,821,003,000 reported in the previous year. Net income and income per share, exclusive of a charge for purchased research and development associated with the acquisition of Legent Corporation and a similar charge last year associated with the acquisition of The ASK Group, Inc., were $486,581,000 and $1.92 an increase of 30% over the $373,568,000 and $1.48 for the first nine months of the prior year. After the charges, the net loss and loss per share were $321,453,000 and $1.33 compared with net income of $219,002,000 and income per share of $.87 from the corresponding period last year.

"Our results reflect solid, across-the-board financial and marketplace gains" said CA Chairman and CEO Charles B. Wang. "While CA-Unicenter continues to set the standard for managing systems in the distributed enterprise, demand for our mainframe, client/server database and business application software remains strong."

CA President and COO Sanjay Kumar added, "We're extremely pleased with the results from the quarter, which reflect solid contributions from our operations throughout the world, including Europe and other international sectors. We've made major progress integrating Legent technologies into our product line to help clients manage the distributed enterprise. Our financial position remains strong, and we look forward to the opportunities ahead."

Among the quarter's highlights:

The integration of Agentworks and other key technologies from Legent Corporation into CA-Unicenter, greatly extending CA's lead in enterprise network and systems management.

The announcement of new CA-Unicenter and CA-OpenIngres technologies that provide the first comprehensive solutions for securing and managing Internet and Intranet-based electronic commerce, thus bringing the World Wide Web into the mainstream of enterprise computing.

Agreements with Netscape Communications Corporation and Microsoft Corporation that further CA's entry into the electronic commerce marketplace.

During Charles B. Wang's (CA's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer) October visit to China, the Ministry of Communications, the China National Petroleum Company and China Radio International all indicated their intention to standardize on CA software.

CA-Unicenter captured Unix Review's "Outstanding Product Award" and swept CIO Magazine's Annual Reader's Choice Awards for the third consecutive year.

CA-Manman/X and CA-PRMS led the rest of the industry in Advanced Manufacturing Research's (AMR) 1995 Annual Customer Satisfaction Survey.

Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), with headquarters in Islandia, N.Y., is the world leader in mission-critical business software. The company develops, licenses and supports more than 500 integrated products that include systems and database management, application development, manufacturing and financial applications. CA has 9,000 people in 130 offices in 36 countries and had revenue of $3.2 billion in calendar year 1995. CA can be reached by visiting its homepage on the worldwide web (http://www.cai.com). -0- All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies. -0-

                  COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                        Earnings Before Charges
                (table in thousands, except per share data)

                            Three Months            Nine Months
                         Ended December 31,      Ended December 31,
                          1995      1994         1995(A)    1994(B)

Revenue               $1,004,439   $721,032    $2,394,207  $1,821,003
Income before taxes      364,589    280,978       778,510     602,529
Net Income               227,178    174,206       486,581     373,568
Net Income per
   Common Share (C)         $.90       $.69         $1.92       $1.48
Shares used in
 computation (C)          253,714    251,667       253,146    252,096

Excludes the write-off of $1,303,280,000 (pre-tax) for purchased research and
development associated with the acquisition of Legent Corporation.  With this
charge, loss before taxes for the nine months would be $524,770,000, net loss
would be $321,453,000, and net loss per share would have been $1.33 (see
table below).

Excludes write-off of $249,300,000 (pre-tax) for purchased research and
development associated with the acquisition of The ASK Group, Inc.  With this
charge, income before taxes would be $353,229,000, net income would be
$219,002,000, and net income per share would have been $.87 for the nine
months (see table below).

Earnings per share and common share amounts have been adjusted to reflect the
three-for-two stock split effective August 21, 1995.

                 Condensed Consolidated Income Statement
               (table in thousands, except per share data)

                            Three Months            Nine Months
                         Ended December 31,      Ended December 31,
                         1995         1994       1995         1994

Revenue               $1,004,439    $721,032   $2,394,207   $1,821,003
Income(Loss)
  before taxes           364,589     280,978     (524,770)     353,229
Net Income(Loss)         227,178     174,206     (321,453)     219,002
Net Income(Loss) per
  Common Share (C)         $.90        $.69       $(1.33)        $.87
Shares used in
   computation (C)       253,714     251,667      241,317      251,982

CONTACT: Doug Robinson - Investor Relations

[phone]

Bob Gordon - Public Relations

[phone]