Corel and Merisel Expand Licensing Distribution Partnership - CLP Universal Licenses Now Available at Merisel.OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 31, 1998--COREL (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :COSFF) (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :COS.) Corel Corporation (company) Corel Corporation - A software publisher best known for the CorelDraw application. Founded in June 1985 by Dr. Michael Cowpland, Corel Corporation was originally a systems integration company. and El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , CA.-based Merisel, Inc., announced today that effective September 1, 1998, resellers, retailers and VARs can purchase CLP 1. CLP - Cornell List Processor. 2. CLP - Constraint Logic Programming. Universal(tm) licenses directly from Merisel. With this addition, Merisel is now authorized to sell Corel's entire licensing line including corporate and academic versions of CLP Choice(tm) and CLP Freedom(tm) through their Licensing Advantage program to resellers throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . CLP Universal is a flexible licensing program offering leading-edge technology and high-quality technical support for medium- to large-sized organizations. Based on an easily managed points system, CLP Universal also offers additional no charge features including concurrent usage and home and laptop usage. "We're very pleased to add CLP Universal to Merisel's line of available products," said Mark Emond, manager of Global Volume Licensing Programs at Corel Corporation. "US licensing sales to medium-and large-sized organizations have grown 11 percent in the first two quarters of 1998 versus the same period in 1997. By expanding our partnership with Merisel we look forward to a continued increase in corporate sales by further leveraging the reseller serving the medium- to large-sized business channel." "Merisel is excited to expand its partnership with Corel," said Merisel's director of Software Services, Yara Barkopoulos. "Offering CLP Universal completes our Corel offering and expands the opportunity available to resellers through Merisel's comprehensive Licensing Advantage program." CLP Universal, CLP Freedom and CLP Choice are widely acclaimed for their flexibility and ease of deployment in both the corporate and academic markets. The CLP program offers a wide range of choice for any size business or institution. Corel Corporation Corel Corporation is an internationally recognized developer of award-winning graphics and business productivity applications. Development of market-leading products such as the CorelDRAW(tm) line of graphics applications and the Corel(r) WordPerfect(r) Suite of business tools is continually evolving to meet the demands of the corporate, retail and academic markets. Committed to value, compatibility, choice and open standards, Corel develops products for the Windows(r), Macintosh(r), UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , Linux(r) and Java(tm) platforms. Corel's common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. (sm) under the symbol COSFF and on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. under the symbol COS. For more information visit Corel's Web site at www.corel.com. Merisel, Inc. Merisel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MSEL MSEL Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory MSEL Milton S. Eisenhower Library (Johns Hopkins University) MSEL Master Scenario Events List MSEL Master of Studies in Environmental Law ) is a leader in the distribution of computer hardware and software products. Based in El Segundo, Calif., Merisel is a Fortune 500 Company with reported 1997 sales of $4.05 billion. Merisel distributes a full line of 25,000 products and services from the industry's leading manufacturers to more than 45,000 resellers throughout North America. In addition, the company provides a full range of customized, value-added services. Merisel also offers dedicated support to high-end resellers through the Merisel Open Computing Alliance (MOCA MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art MOCA Multimedia over Coax MoCA Museum of Chinese in the Americas MOCA Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance MOCA Montezuma Castle National Monument (US National Park Service) ), a specialty division for Sun Microsystems and third-party products. Merisel's corporate Web site is located at www.merisel.com. Corel, WordPerfect, CorelDRAW, CLP Universal, CLP Freedom, CLP Choice and the Go Further logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited. 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CONTACT: Corel Corporation
Sue Ann Wright, 613/728-0826 ext. 5412
E-Mail: sueannw@corel.ca
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Merisel Public Relations
Julie K. Motta, 310/615-1283
E-Mail: julie.motta@merisel.com
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