LWSN Lawson Software, Inc. (MM)

Lawson Software (Nasdaq: LWSN) today announced that the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kan., licensed the Lawson S3 Enterprise Financial Management, Human Capital Management and Supply Chain Management Suites to support its growing business operations and enhance its reporting capabilities. Lawson made the announcement during the 2008 Lawson Conference and User Exchange (CUE) in Las Vegas. The contract was signed during Lawson�s third quarter of fiscal 2008, which ended Feb. 29, 2008. Wyandotte County, Kan., has nearly 160,000 citizens and includes the state�s most populous city, Kansas City. In 1997, Wyandotte County and Kansas City consolidated operations to form the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kan. The Unified Government will use the Lawson applications to create a centralized administrative system. This consolidated system will help the organization generate timely, accurate reports for government administrators by automating formerly manual processes, such as those associated with budgeting, purchasing and personnel transactions. The Lawson system also will help the Unified Government increase employee productivity and reduce operational costs by reducing redundant data entry across multiple business systems. �A growing number of cities and counties are adopting unified ERP systems coupled with business best practices to help improve staff productivity and deliver greater financial transparency,� said Alex Kaplan, practice director, public services, Lawson Software. �Lawson delivers powerful enterprise applications that are designed to be simple to deploy and use, which can help local governments serve their communities more cost-effectively.� Lawson serves more than 120 public services customers, including three of the top seven digital state governments and four of the 25 largest school districts in the United States. State governments, cities, counties, school districts, publicly owned utilities/authorities and special districts rely on Lawson solutions to help meet the needs of a variety of stakeholders -constituents, employees, students, vendors and communities � while helping to maximize limited budgets. About Lawson Software Lawson Software provides software and service solutions to 4,000 customers in manufacturing, distribution, maintenance and service sector industries across 40 countries. Lawson�s solutions include Enterprise Performance Management, Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management, Manufacturing Resource Planning, Enterprise Asset Management and industry-tailored applications. Lawson solutions assist customers in simplifying their businesses or organizations by helping them streamline processes, reduce costs and enhance business or operational performance. Lawson is headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., and has offices around the world. Visit Lawson online at www.lawson.com. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements that contain risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements contain statements of intent, belief or current expectations of Lawson Software and its management. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from the potential results discussed in the forward-looking statements. The company is not obligated to update forward-looking statements based on circumstances or events that occur in the future. Risks and uncertainties that may cause such differences include but are not limited to: uncertainties in Lawson's ability to realize synergies and revenue opportunities anticipated from the Intentia International acquisition; uncertainties in the software industry; uncertainties as to when and whether the conditions for the recognition of deferred revenue will be satisfied; increased competition; uncertainty regarding potential future deterioration in the market for auction rate securities which could result in additional permanent impairment charges, global military conflicts; terrorist attacks; pandemics, and any future events in response to these developments; changes in conditions in the company's targeted industries and other risk factors listed in the company's most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Lawson assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release.