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	SunGard Receives Top Rankings in Energy Risk Software Survey UtiliPoint Releases Findings of European ETRM Integration Study GAZPROM Subsidiary ZMB Gmbh Goes Live With SunGard’s FAME Energy SUNGARD RECEIVES TOP RANKINGS IN ENERGY RISK SOFTWARE SURVEY Thanks to the participation of many of you, SunGard Energy Solutions received top rankings in many categories of the Energy Risk annual software ranking. Results of the survey, released in the March Issue of Energy Risk Magazine, show SunGard Energy solutions rated as the preferred brand of software, most-used in front, middle and back office, and the market leader. Our products were rated number one in the following four categories: ease of use, trade confirmation, favored system for data management, quality and usefulness of data. SunGard energy products were also rated among the top two or three in twelve other categories: best advisor/implementation specialist market risk trade execution trade capture portfolio management modeling risk metrics straight-through-processing integrated trading and risk management physical and financial integration customer services knowledge of the market We are pleased to have received recognition in these categories and thank you for your votes of support. There are also areas where we must improve and we are committed to enhancing the quality and business value of the products and services we provide to help you more effectively compete in your markets. UTILIPOINT RELEASES FINDINGS OF EUROPEAN ETRM INTEGRATION STUDY Albuquerque, New Mexico — 11 March 2008 — UtiliPoint® International, Inc. (UtiliPoint) has issued a new report at the conclusion of its European Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management (ETRM) Integration survey. The major conclusion of the study is that ETRM related software markets appear to be quite immature with a high number of custom solutions being used as opposed to vendor-based solutions and indications of some confusion in the marketplace as to what software is available. While not all respondents replied to all questions, meaning that there is only limited data for some application areas, the data suggests that European energy traders appear unaware of many of the mainstream vendor-based applications that are available to them. “This study confirms our belief that many energy companies prefer custom built models and best of breed applications to address their energy transaction needs,” says Roger Donovan, Managing Director - Europe, SunGard Energy Solutions. “SunGard’s product strategy provides an integrated suite of solutions and also supports customer preference by enabling heterogeneous systems to interoperate. This helps our customers to flexibly address business requirements across their energy value chains today and for the future.” GAZPROM SUBSIDIARY ZMB GMBH GOES LIVE WITH SUNGARD’S FAME ENERGY London, UK – 15 January 2008 – SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) today announced that German energy company, ZMB GmbH, has gone live on SunGard’s FAME Energy data management and analytics solution. ZMB GmbH, a natural gas supplier to 21 markets across Europe, uses FAME Energy solutions to manage its gas pricing data and to support decisions for optimal operation of its gas storage facilities and long-term contracts. "Gas storage is a major consideration for our company and we need to predict how gas prices will develop in the future in order to optimise our decisions for storage operations," said a spokesperson for ZMB. "Our contracts with customers are based on forward prices making the generation of accurate forward curves paramount to our business. SunGard provides us with both the depth and breadth of data and functionality to build and analyse forward curves. The EnergyScope solution helps us to achieve a reliable basis for forward price estimation to support day-to-day trading decisions by helping us to organise, update, and analyse energy market and reference data efficiently." ZMB also uses SunGard’s EnergyServer, an open technology platform for the enterprise-wide consolidation, management and integration of energy data for business applications. "By replacing multiple disparate feeds with one consolidated fully managed feed provided by FAME Energy, we have streamlined our data acquisition process, addressing disparate data issues and reconciling business processes," said ZMB’s spokesperson. Ian Gordon, managing director of SunGard’s FAME Energy business, said, “We are delighted with the impact that FAME Energy has had on ZMB’s business processes. Data inconsistencies due to multiple disparate systems, tightening regulatory pressures, trade failure due to poor quality data, and the general lack of control of energy market data, pose great challenges to European energy companies. FAME Energy solutions help them to overcome these challenges by providing reliable and accurate energy data management." About ZMB GmbH ZMB GmbH (ZMB), founded in 1993, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GAZPROM Germania GmbH. The company is focused on the marketing of natural gas of Russian and Central Asian origin in Europe. The core business areas are production, trading and storing of natural gas. Via its subsidiaries Gazprom Marketing & Trading Ltd., ZMB operates in the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, France and the USA on the one hand, and via ZMB (Schweiz) AG in Eastern Europe and CIS countries, on the other hand. Currently more than 20 countries in Central and Western Europe are supplied with gas. About SunGard FAME Energy FAME Energy provides enterprise data management, decision support, and quality-checked managed data services to support energy traders, research analysts and risk managers of energy companies and financial institutions. Used by oil, power and gas companies, and financial institutions, FAME Energy provides Web-based, desktop charting and analysis capabilities for energy trading, market analysis and risk management; hosted or on-site data management for managing, manipulating and distributing energy information across the enterprise. www.sungard.com/fameenergy About SunGard With annual revenue exceeding US$4 billion, SunGard is a global leader in software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also helps information-dependent enterprises of all types to ensure the continuity of their business. SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 50 countries, including the world’s 50 largest financial services companies. Visit SunGard at www.sungard.com. Trademark Information: SunGard, the SunGard logo, FAME, EnergyScope and EnergyServer are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. For more information, contact: Sharon Fortmeyer-Selan SunGard Energy Solutions Tel: +1.713.210.8214 Email: sharon.fortmeyer-selan@sungard.com