Commerce One Continues European E-marketplace Leadership.

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2001

Research report shows Commerce One as the leader for

e-marketplace solutions across Europe, Middle East, India and Africa

Research conducted by Intercai Mondiale Management Consultants ranked Commerce One (NASDAQ:CMRC) as the leader in European e-marketplaces. The research was conducted amongst senior board executives and purchasing directors from five European countries. Commerce One now powers a total of 54 e-marketplaces in the region. These e-marketplaces include 30 regional/MRO and 24 industry -specific marketplaces. In addition, Commerce One has 48 e-procurement customers across Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA). Many of these successes are in conjunction with strategic partner SAPMarkets, the collaborative solutions company of SAP (NYSE ADR: SAP).

In addition, Commerce One saw its revenues increase 1,033% to $191.4 million in the last quarter, of which international revenue contributed 49% on a proforma basis, excluding the Appnet acquisition. Many analysts predict that the market opportunity for Commerce One in Europe will be between 60%-80% the size of the US opportunity by 2004.

Mark Hoffman, chairman and CEO of Commerce One said, "The value of Commerce One's solution is demonstrated through our customer success in EMEIA. We believe Commerce One is seizing the best opportunities in the most financially robust regions in the world to further develop our extensive network of e-marketplaces around the globe."

Momentum of existing European customers:

France: France Telecom has joined answork, taking a 10% equity stake. BNP-Paribas, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Credit Agricole and Societe Generale established answork, a regional e-marketplace open to all industry sectors. answork went live on November 6, 2000.

United Kingdom: Asite signed a definitive agreement with Commerce One and Microsoft on February 2, 2001. Asite, a UK-based e-marketplace, is aimed at the US$786 billion European construction industry. Partners include Stanhope, Rotch Property Group, Aurora, Intel, Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ) and Attenda.

United Kingdom: BT MarketSite announced it has 180 suppliers on-line as of February 13, 2001. The regional e-marketplace is open to companies across the UK and its customers include Boots, Powergen and Credit Suisse First Boston.

France: Constructeo, a leading vertical service provider for the European engineering and construction industry signed definitive agreements with Commerce One and Microsoft to power its e-marketplace on January 18, 2001. Partners include Vinci Group, GTM Group, Masai, Coteba Management and Eyrolles Group.

Germany: Deutsche Telekom, the largest telecommunications company in Europe, has achieved, on average, a 67% reduction in process cost by using Commerce One solutions. Currently 9,000 Deutsche Telekom employees use the system and this is expected to rise to 20,000 by the end of 2001. From August 2000 to January 2001, a total of 12,000 purchase orders were created, involving 90,000 catalogued line items. Commerce One solutions have helped reduce its purchasing process from 17 steps to 7.

Nordic Region: IBX (Integrated Business Exchange) is now transacting in the Nordic region, comprising Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway. IBX is a joint customer of Commerce One and SAPMarkets and a joint venture with Ericsson, SEB, and b-business partners.

Italy: mondus.it, the regional e-marketplace announced October 4, 2000 and created by Seat Pagine Gialle, the leading European publisher of telephone directories, is currently conducting a pilot, which is expected to go live early next quarter.

France: Schlumberger is using Commerce One's solution to transact with 2,200 end users, at 640 locations in 70 countries worldwide. On average, 6,000 purchase orders are processed per month and to date 54,000 purchase orders worth more than US$400m have been processed.

Portugal: Tradecom has 100 buying organizations regularly transacting on their e-marketplace and has hosted 100 auction events, averaging savings of 20% per buyer. Tradecom, which is powered by Commerce One, offers B2B solutions in Portugal, Brazil and Argentina.

France: Valeo, one of the top 10 independent suppliers of automotive components, modules, and integrated systems worldwide has implemented Commerce One solutions in USA, Mexico, Brazil, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. There are currently 20 catalogue suppliers and 2,500 non-catalogue suppliers online. Valeo has been live since July 2000.

About Commerce One

Commerce One is the e-marketplace company. Through its software, services and Global Trading Web of interconnected business communities, Commerce One enables worldwide commerce on the Internet. With headquarters in Pleasanton, California and offices around the world, Commerce One can be reached by phone at [phone] or [phone] or [phone] or via the Internet at www.commerceone.com.

Note to editors: The Intercai Mondiale research was based on telephone interviews with 225 procurement directors and decision makers across Western Europe. Countries covered by the research are UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Scandinavia during Q4, 2000. Organisations among the top 500 in Europe were targeted for the interviews.

Forward Looking Statements

The foregoing paragraphs include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements include statements concerning the market leadership of Commerce One as the provider of e-marketplace solutions, the significant and continuing demand for e-marketplace solutions and Commerce One's ability to provide e-marketplace solutions that allow its customers and affiliates to realize cost savings and revenue opportunities. The words "believe," "expect," "intend," "plan," "project," "will" and similar phrases as they relate to Commerce One are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current views and assumptions of Commerce One, and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. These risks include, but are not limited to, the ability of Commerce One to successfully implement its expansion plans, delays in developing or shipping new versions of our e-marketplace solutions, the e-marketplace solutions offered may not meet user expectations, the extent of customer adoption and utilization of the solutions provided, operational difficulties including unexpected delays integrating acquired companies, risks related to the World Wide Web, general economic conditions, intense and increasing competition in the market and volatility of the stock market. For a discussion of these and other risk factors that could affect Commerce One's business, see "Risk Factors" in Commerce One's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 and its quarterly report on Form 10Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000.