Computer Associates Announces Three-For-Two Stock Split.

ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 21, 1997--Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE Symbol: CA) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a three-for-two stock split, in the form of a stock dividend, of its outstanding common stock. The record date will be November 5, 1997 and the payment date will be November 26, 1997. There are currently approximately 365,000,000 shares of CA common stock outstanding, and this number will increase to approximately 547,500,000 shares by reason of the stock split. The company will pay cash in lieu of fractional shares.

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 enterprise computing and information management, application development, manufacturing and financial applications. CA has over 10,000 people in 160 offices in 40 countries and had revenue of $4 billion in fiscal year 1997. CA can be reached by visiting http://www.cai.com on the World Wide Web, emailing [e-mail] or calling 1-516-342-5224.

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