About Best Software /The Sage Group plc

Best Software offers leading business management products and services that
support the needs, challenges and dreams of more than 2.bestsoftware.

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Fax: +353 1 4100 980

5 million customers worldwide.

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Research and Markets: The American Hospital Register a Comprehensive and Detailed Database of American Hospitals

Organic revenue growth was 7%*.

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3 million , an increase of
21%* compared to the first half last year.

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Our vision of providing global reach with local touch is
proving itself as the right model for serving our customers well.

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For example, easily find how many hospitals are in the zip code area beginning
with 54.

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*Foreign currency results for the period ended March 31, 2004 have been
retranslated based on the average exchange rates for the six months ended
March 31, 2005 to facilitate the comparison of results. For more
than 25 years, Best Software has delivered easy-to-use, scalable and
customizable applications through its portfolio of leading brands,
including Abra, ACCPAC, ACT!, BusinessWorks, CPASoftware, FAS, MAS 90, MAS
200, MAS 500, MIP, Peachtree, SalesLogix, and Timberline Office, among many
others.

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- Create a telephone list for all the hospitals in California with a
dermatology department.

5 million businesses, excluding Customer Relationship Management
("CRM") customers.

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(Logo: http://www. Shipped as an easy-to-use CD-ROM, the AHR
contains information on over 5,800 hospitals in 50 states (plus the District
of Columbia).
- Identify all the private non-profit hospitals with a CT scanner,
categorise them by size and export the data as an ASCII file. Find all the hospitals with "HealthSouth" in their name.6
million, an increase of 16 %* over the prior year period.

"Our deep understanding of the needs of small and mid-sized businesses
continues to drive our success, and these latest results strongly
underscore the value of those relationships," said Best Software President
and CEO Ron Verni.L), supports 4.com/moreinfo or call (866) 308-BEST.

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The American Hospital Register (AHR) is a comprehensive and detailed
database of American hospitals.8
million for the half-year ended March 31, 2005, an increase of 17%* over
the same prior year period.6 million) in its latest fiscal year ended September 30, 2004. For more information, please visit the Web site at
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Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
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The American Hospital Register covers 137 medical specialities and
services split across nine main sections:

Medical
Surgery
Psychiatry
Laboratories
Diagnostics
Alternative
Therapies
Imaging
Storage
Equipment
Internet

Types hospital types covered:

- Acute
- Psychiatric
- LTAC/Rehabilitation (LTAC is Long Term Acute Care)

Four Ownerships:

- Public (State or Federal)
- Private non-profit
- Private for profit
- Military

Examples of typical usage:

- Find all the small private-for-profit hospitals in the East Coast
states and create a mailing list.
- Create a HTML file with the data set out in a table.

Total revenue for the Sage Group's North American business, Best Software,
for the half-year ended March 31, 2005 was $294.

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com/reports/c15895 ) has announced the addition
of The American Hospital Register to their offering.
- Identify hospitals by ZIP code, hospital name and the name of the town. announced today that its
UK-based parent company, the Sage Group plc, reported revenues of $722.

Worldwide, the company added 149,000 customers, bringing its global total
to 4.4 million small and
mid-sized customers in North America.

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- For each state select the whole state or specific towns.researchandmarkets.
Best Software, Inc. Best Software will begin adopting the Sage name in
various marketing programs beginning this month at the company 's Insights
2005 business partner conference being held May 17-20 in Dallas.

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Location and Contact Details:

Hospital Name
Street Address
Town
Zip Code
Region
Telephone Number
Fax Number
E-mail
Web Address
Number of Beds
Type
Ownership

For more information visit
http://www .

PRESS RELEASE Best Software's Customer-Focused Initiatives Drive Strong Revenue Growth for First Half 2005

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In the first half of fiscal 2005, Best Software extended its
customer-focused initiatives with the November 2004 acquisition of
Dallas-based FLS Inc.89 U.

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- Contact hospitals - "One Click " option to email or visit a hospital web
site.

In March 2005, the Sage Group plc announced a plan to resume use of the
Sage name and mark in North America, enabling Sage to better leverage its
worldwide strengths.

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Pre-tax profit for the period was $190. that enables the company to offer customers extensive
online tax compliance services; the launch of 19 new versions of its award-
winning accounting, operations, CRM, and other end-to-end business
management applications; and new corporate branding programs supporting the
company's "Your Business in Mind" philosophy. Its parent company , The Sage Group
plc (London: SGE.

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The easy-to-use CD-ROM interface allows you to:

- Search within any combination of 50 states plus the District of
Columbia.
- Restrict search to towns and/or hospitals with specific sizes.

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- Print address details for mailing labels of all the acute hospitals in
the West Coast states with more than 200 beds which do not have a diagnostic
laboratory.
Operating income increased to 24%* from 23%* in the first half last year.4 million North American customers (excluding
CRM).S.

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- Select any combination of hospital type and ownership. Find every
hospital in every town called Springfield .
Best Software has more than 2.

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- Select any combination of 137 characteristics.
- Export information as a comma delimited , tab delimited or Excel file. Best Software also augmented
its unique approach to partnering with its network of 6,900 reselling
business partners by delivering its 100-in-100 Partners for Growth program
that provided a $1 million dollar infusion to help business partners
select, hire, and train new sales staff. Sage is
the global leader in delivering business management software for small and
mid-sized businesses (SMBs), with worldwide revenue of $US 1.

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"Sage is the world revenue leader among software vendors
focused solely on business software applications for small and mid-size
businesses .