Lambton County Library Services Selects Geac's Vubis Smart as its New Information Management System SOUTHBOROUGH, MA, June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Geac(R) (TSX:GAC, NASDAQ:GEAC) announced today that the County of Lambton, an innovative county located in southwestern Ontario, Canada (http://www.lambtononline.ca/), has purchased Geac's Vubis Smart library automation system. Adoption of Vubis Smart by Lambton County Library Services (http://www.lambtonlibrary.org/) continues a pattern of steady growth in North America for Vubis Smart, Geac's innovative, Web- based library management system. "We strongly value our relationship with Lambton County Library Services and are pleased that Vubis Smart has been selected to accommodate the Library's current and future needs," said Ellen Isaacson, North American General Manager, Geac Library Solutions. "With Vubis Smart, the Library furthers its objective to provide an increasing array of value-added services to the public at large. By choosing Vubis Smart, Lambton County Library Services can easily showcase its traditional, museum and gallery collections while offering an extraordinary experience that will continuously draw users to the Library." Lambton County's public libraries serve approximately 127,000 citizens across a 1,200-square-mile area in southwestern Ontario through 27 branches, one bookmobile, the Lambton Room in Library Headquarters and deposit collections in the long-term care facilities. Services offered in the branches include books, talking books, magazines, audio-visual materials, story hours, guest speakers, reference services, Internet access, theatre rental and a collection of archival materials for Lambton County. "Geac's Vubis Smart offers exceptional flexibility in allowing the County of Lambton to bring library services and the collections in our art gallery and two museums together under one system," said Cindy Thayer, General Manager, Community Services, County of Lambton. "This will allow the County of Lambton an opportunity to provide the tailored and enhanced services that our residents have come to expect from us." Vubis Smart is a comprehensive information management system that enables libraries, archives and museums to organize and present data from any source and in any format. The system incorporates convenient workflows and easy-to-use administrative tools. Staff can define multiple formats, databases, indexes, search methods and more. Distinctive rules and parameters may be defined to meet the requirements of individual branches and locations. Users can simultaneously search multiple databases, link to subscription resources and customize the Web OPAC for appearance, language and search results. Unique Web OPAC features include 'Fuzzy Logic', 'Associative Searching', Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) and customized news feeds (RSS). About Geac Geac (TSX: GAC, NASDAQ:GEAC) is a global enterprise software company addresses the needs of the Chief Financial Officer by providing solutions that optimize an organization's "financial value chain". Geac Library Solutions is a leading provider of information management solutions to more than 2,000 information centers including National, Corporate, Public and Academic Libraries in over 20 countries throughout the world. Further information is available at http://www.geac.com/ or through e-mail at . This press release may contain forward-looking statements of Geac's intentions, beliefs, expectations and predictions for the future. These forward-looking statements often include use of the future tense with words such as "will," "may," "intends," "anticipates," "expects" and similar conditional or forward-looking words and phrases. These forward-looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees. They are only predictions that are subject to risks and uncertainties, and they may differ materially from actual future events or results. Geac undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information contained herein. Important factors that could cause a material difference between these forward-looking statements and actual events include, among other things: our ability to increase revenues from new license sales, cross-sell into our existing customer base and reduce customer attrition; whether we can identify and acquire synergistic businesses and, if so, whether we can successfully integrate them into our existing operations; whether we are able to deliver products and services within required time frames and budgets to meet increasingly competitive customer demands and performance guaranties; risks inherent in fluctuating international currency exchange rates in light of our global operations and the unpredictable effect of geopolitical world and local events; whether we are successful in our continued efforts to manage expenses effectively and maintain profitability; our ability to achieve revenue from products and services that are under development; the uncertain effect of the competitive environment in which we operate and resulting pricing pressures; and whether the anticipated effects and results of our new product offerings and successful product implementation will be realized. These and other potential risks and uncertainties that relate to Geac's business and operations are summarized in more detail from time to time in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and with the Canadian Securities Administrators. Please refer to Geac's most recent quarterly reports available through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov/ and through the website maintained by the Canadian Securities Administrators and the Canadian Depository for Securities Limited at http://www.sedar.com/ for more information on risk factors that could cause actual results to differ. Geac is a registered trademark of Geac Computer Corporation Limited. All other marks are trademarks of their respective owners. DATASOURCE: Geac Computer Corporation Limited CONTACT: Media Contact: David Domeshek, Geac, (508) 871-5064,

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