MERANT Reports on Stock Movement.Business Editors NEWBURY, U.K. & ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 2001 www.merant.com--MERANT (London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor ): MRN MRN Motor Racing Network MRN Medical Record Number MRN Magnetic Resonance Neurography MRN Medicare Remittance Notice MRN Matières Radioactives Naturelles MRN Meteorological Rocket Network MRN Manufacturers Resource Network ; Nasdaq National Market (NNM NNM Network Node Manager NNM NASDAQ National Market (financial) NNM National Nutrition Month (March; American Dietetic Association) NNM Naryan-Mar (Russia) NNM Net New Money ): MRNT), today made the following announcement on the London Stock Exchange as required by U.K. regulatory authorities. "The Board of Directors of MERANT notes the recent rise in the MERANT share price," said Gary Greenfield, MERANT president and chief executive officer. "MERANT has received expressions of interest in the Company. However, discussions are at a very preliminary stage and may or may not lead to an offer being made for the Company." About MERANT MERANT is a leading provider of software solutions for enterprise change management; legacy development, transformation and integration; and enterprise data connectivity. A major software company, with a 25-year history and more than 5 million customer licenses at over 60,000 sites, MERANT technology is installed in all of the Fortune 100 and the majority of the Global 500. MERANT provides market leading products and services under the PVCS A popular system of version control and configuration management software from Serena Software, Inc., San Mateo, CA, that runs on DOS, Windows, OS/2 and various Unix platforms. It is widely used on PC-based LANs. , Micro Focus and DataDirect brands. The OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partner of choice for more than 500 technology companies, MERANT is a strategic partner with IBM, Microsoft, Sun, Oracle and Compaq. For additional information, visit www.merant.com. Investor inquiries can be forwarded to Investor.Relations@merant.com. Forward-Looking Statements The following statement is made in accordance with the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: This announcement contains forward-looking statements regarding the possibility of an offer being made for some or all of the Company. Such statements are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties including specifically the risk that no offer may in fact be made or, if made, be consummated. Further information on potential risk factors is included in MERANT's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended April 30, 2000, and reports on Form 6-K as submitted to the SEC and as may be updated and amended with future filings or submissions. MERANT undertakes no obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained in this announcement that may reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this announcement. |
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