Captiva to Present to Investors at the Roth Capital Partners New York Conference; Executives to Convey Company's Market Positioning and Growth Strategies.

SAN DIEGO -- Captiva Software Corp. (NASDAQ:CPTV), a leading provider of input management solutions, announced today it will present to investors at the 2004 Roth Capital Partners New York Investor Conference, taking place September 13-15 at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City. More than 200 public companies from the technology, healthcare, financial services and consumer products realms will present at the event, which will be attended by securities analysts, fund managers and other institutional investors.

Captiva's President and CEO Reynolds C. Bish and CFO Rick Russo will present at 9:30 a.m. EST on Tuesday the 14th. Their presentation will describe the company's market positioning and growth strategies to expand its leadership position in the input management segment of the enterprise content management (ECM) market.

A live Web cast of Captiva's presentation will be broadcast at the following link: http://www.wsw.com/webcast/roth4/cptv/. This link will also access a replay of the Web cast shortly after the presentation ends and will be available for the following 60 days. The Web cast link and replay, as well as a copy of Captiva's presentation, will be made available on Captiva's Web site in the investor relations section at www.captivasoftware.com/Investors/.

After their presentation, Captiva executives will conduct one-on-one breakout meetings with investors and analysts throughout the day. Interested parties should contact the MKR Group at 818-556-3700 to schedule a meeting.

The 2004 Roth Capital Partners New York Conference follows on the success of Roth's 2003 New York conference, which showcased 94 companies to an audience of over 650 institutional investors. According to data compiled by Roth Capital Partners, the average stock price of the 94 presenting companies rose 31.04% between September 5, 2003 and July 2, 2004, compared to a gain of 14.51% for the Russell 2000 and 10.18% for the S&P 500 during the same time period. More information about the Roth Capital Partners New York Conference is available at: http://www.rothcp.com/Conf%20NY%20Web%20Site/Roth.htm.

About Roth Capital Partners

Founded in 1984, Roth Capital Partners LLC is one of the last remaining independent investment banks dedicated to emerging growth companies in the small and micro-cap market. Its independence allows Roth Capital Partners to maintain its focus on these companies, their entrepreneurial managers and their highly specialized financing needs. Roth Capital Partners is a leading full-service investment bank dedicated to providing innovative, professional financial services to emerging growth companies. Its commitment to this segment of the market is unsurpassed and its success is founded on delivering solutions while providing the highest quality service. Roth Capital Partners conduct its business with integrity and fairness, which is the backbone of its culture and tradition. More information can be found at: http://www.rothcp.com/.

About Captiva

Captiva Software Corp. (NASDAQ:CPTV) is a leading provider of input management solutions. Since 1989, the company's award-winning products have been used to manage business critical information from paper, faxed and electronic forms, documents and transactions into the enterprise in a more accurate, timely and cost-effective manner. These products automate the processing of billions of forms, documents and transactions annually, converting their contents into information that is usable in database, document, content and other information management systems. Captiva's technology serves thousands of users in insurance, financial services, government, business process outsourcing, manufacturing and other markets. For more information, visit www.captivasoftware.com.

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