Critical Path Named World's Best-managed, Fastest Growing Tech Company by Forbes ASAP.

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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2000

Internet Messaging Leader Takes Top Spot In First Annual Forbes ASAP 

Ranking Of Technology, Telecommunications And Biotech Companies

Critical Path Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH), the dominant global provider of business-to-business Internet messaging and collaboration solutions, today announced it has been named the world's best-managed and fastest growing tech company by Forbes ASAP.

Forbes ASAP chose Critical Path from a comprehensive list of the fastest-growing technology, telecommunications and biotech companies in the world, based on year-over-year growth.

To narrow the list down to 20 firms, Forbes ASAP asked almost 200 analysts to help rate the 100 fastest growers based on four factors: management, finances, market opportunity and competitive position. Forbes ASAP then combined those scores with a score based on each company's growth rate and, in the end, they had 20 of the fast-growing firms that achieved the highest scores.

Critical Path's explosive revenue growth for 1999, up 1,701 percent from 1998 revenue, demonstrates its clear leadership position in the Internet messaging and collaboration services market. In addition to this financial success, Critical Path has expanded its services well beyond traditional email and is now delivering on the company's allsourcing strategy, which enables its customers to insource, midsource or outsource part or all of their Internet messaging and collaboration needs. This unique market approach has further positioned Critical Path ahead of the competition by providing the ultimate in flexibility for today's businesses and has established Critical Path as the dominant global provider of advanced Internet messaging and collaboration solutions.

"Being ranked as the best-managed, fastest growing tech company in the world by Forbes ASAP provides further validation that Critical Path is successfully addressing the increasingly complex communication demands of businesses worldwide," said Doug Hickey, CEO of Critical Path. "Critical Path's combination of industry leading technology aligned with dedicated employees, strong customer relationships and strategic partnerships has enabled Critical Path to deliver the most secure, reliable, scalable and comprehensive platforms for Internet messaging and collaboration services available today."

About Critical Path, Inc.

Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH) is the dominant global provider of complete end-to-end Internet messaging and collaboration solutions for wireless, Internet-centric, telecommunication and corporate businesses. Through its allsourcing strategy, Critical Path is the only advanced messaging provider to offer businesses the flexibility to outsource, midsource or insource all or part of their messaging and collaboration applications. Critical Path has built an industry-leading global infrastructure with data centers connected to key Internet exchange points. Critical Path's technology currently reaches more than 55 million end-users through its customer relationships and more than 20 million wireless devices. Critical Path provides reliable, secure, and scalable e-mail and a flexible suite of enhanced messaging services to partners such as E*TRADE, CompuServe, Network Solutions, US West, Sprint, France Telecom, British Telecommunications, and ICQ. Critical Path is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in locations nationwide and in Germany, England, Ireland, France, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, Brazil and Argentina. More information on Critical Path can be found at www.cp.net.

Critical Path and the Critical Path logo are the trademarks of Critical Path, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their holders.

The statements in this press release relating to matters that are not historical are forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties facing Critical Path are described in its prospectus dated June 1, 1999 and with its periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov).