Calico Names Four Executives to Key Positions; New Management Team to Focus on Interactive Selling Software.

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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2001

Calico Commerce, Inc. (Nasdaq:CLIC), a leading provider of software that enables corporations to sell over the Web, today announced four senior management appointments to further strengthen its management team and provide an energized team focused on the Interactive Selling Software market. Alan Naumann, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, has been named, by Calico's Board of Directors to the additional role of Chairman of the Board of Directors. Les Wright will be joining the Company as Interim Chief Financial Officer, as Arthur F. Knapp, Jr., Calico's current CFO, has announced his resignation to spend more time with his family and pursue personal interests. Melissa Baten Caswell, formerly Vice President of Product Management, has been promoted to Vice President of Marketing, and Ed Silky, formerly Senior Staff Architect has been promoted to Chief Technology Officer.

Calico is focusing its efforts on the analytic applications that make up its Interactive Selling Software offering. These applications, which include configuration, recommendation and pricing, enable Calico customers to provide end-users with the tools to analyze their needs and explore all available products, prices and options that match those needs without requiring users to have expert knowledge of the products and services selected. Calico's increased focus on Interactive Selling will benefit customers through increased sales productivity and reduced cost of inaccurate orders, resulting in higher revenue, higher profitability and lower cost of sales.

Les Wright joins the Calico executive team as interim CFO, bringing over 25 years of public and private software company financial and operational experience to the Company. Wright's experience includes 15 years in senior executive positions, with most of that experience as Chief Financial Officer of public companies -- the ASK Group, Fractal Design and Infoseek. Wright also has experience in Chief Operating and Executive roles and is a Certified Public Accountant.

"Les brings a wealth of experience to Calico," said Alan Naumann. "I am pleased to have his strong financial and operational expertise to guide us as we hone our focus and begin our search for a full time Chief Financial Officer. I personally appreciate the many contributions made by Art Knapp from our IPO in October 1999 to today's transaction with Digital River, in which he played a lead role. I wish him and his family well."

In addition to the appointment of Alan Naumann and Les Wright, Calico announced that two veteran executives, Melissa Baten Caswell and Ed Silky, have been promoted to more senior roles.

Melissa Baten Caswell takes on the expanded role of Vice President of Marketing as the Company focuses its marketing activities on its interactive selling software. Baten Caswell, who joined Calico in 1998, has served as Vice President of Product Marketing and has been responsible for driving product strategy. She is replacing Matt DiMaria, Calico's former Vice President of Marketing, who left the Company in early March. Prior to Calico, Baten Caswell was a Director of Marketing at Cadence Design Systems and has held marketing and business development posts at Compression Labs, and Sun Microsystems.

Ed Silky joined Calico in 1996 and has been instrumental in driving the technical direction of the entire Calico product line. He managed the design and development of Calico's first multi-user configuration system and led the engineering effort for Calico's eCommerce configuration systems. Silky has fifteen years of experience in multi-user distributed computing environments and in high performance, high availability system design and development. Prior to joining Calico, Silky worked at Triad Systems Corporation, a provider of inventory control, point-of-sale, and information management systems.

"I am excited to add these senior managers to my executive staff. In their respective positions, Melissa and Ed have demonstrated the leadership and expertise necessary to drive our business forward," said Alan Naumann. "Both of these individuals have earned the respect of the organization and these moves strengthen our management team and leadership position in Interactive Selling."

About Calico Commerce, Inc.

Calico Commerce, Inc. (Nasdaq:CLIC) develops and delivers interactive selling solutions for Global 2000 companies to sell more effectively through every channel. Calico's eBusiness solutions drive significant bottom-line benefits to customers and build competitive advantage by improving sales productivity and reducing the costs of inaccurate orders. Calico's solutions streamline the sale of complex products, enable the execution of real-time pricing, and manage quote and order processes via the Web, delivering a unique experience to every user and channel. Calico's customers include global leaders in high-technology and industrial manufacturing, telecommunications services, financial services, and retail. Calico Commerce, Inc., headquartered in San Jose, Calif., can be found on the World Wide Web at www.calico.com.

The matters discussed in this news release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of Calico Commerce, Inc. that involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that these statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. The forward looking statements contained in this presentation address a variety of subjects and should be considered in the context of the risk factors disclosed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Registration Statements on Form S-1 and Form S-4, as amended, and its reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, as amended, available online at http://www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to Calico on the date hereof, and Calico assumes no obligation to update such statements.