com) is a European leader in banking
and financial services, with a significant and growing presence in the
United States and leading positions in Asia.
"UGS' efforts to maximize CAE performance is well aligned with Intel's
focus on delivering leadership platform performance and software tools to our
mutual customers," said Paresh Pattani, director of HPC and Workstation
Applications, Intel .
There are new physics capabilities such as rotor dynamics and advanced
nonlinear (which now includes an explicit solver) that significantly expand
the role of CAE within digital product development .com

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Performance improvements
* Extensions to Hierarchic Distributed Memory Parallel (HDMP) solver --
Improvements in distributed parallel solutions have greatly increased
the performance for large complex models and now support dynamic
response analyses. "Adding the Modal Energy Method to the extensive suite of
existing NX Nastran evaluation tools is just one clear example of UGS'
responsiveness to its customers' needs.

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bnpparibas. Intel has been working closely with UGS
applications for over eight years to improve performance and optimization and
is now delighted to help deliver superior NX Nastran 4 performance on both the
64-bit Intel (R) Xeon(TM) and Intel(R) Itanium(R) 2 platforms by providing
early access to 64-bit Xeon platforms as well as remote access to our 32-, 64-
and 128-node, 64-bit Xeon and Itanium 2 platforms/clusters for development,
testing and performance optimization.
* Explicit non-linear solver -- A new solver capability for efficient
simulation of high-speed impact events and metal forming analysis is
now available.
* Modal Energy Method -- A new modal energy output provides engineers
with greater insight to understanding the dynamic behavior of their
systems.

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NX Nastran 4 is being announced in
conjunction with the launch of NX 4, UGS' comprehensive software solution for
digital product development.

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"Applying digital simulation technology earlier and more pervasively is
one of the most important success factors in today's advanced product
development processes across many industries," said Bruce Jenkins, managing
partner, Spar Point Research LLC. NX Nastran can solve a very large product
performance simulation leveraging parallel processing with up to
64 computers.

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NX Nastran Extends UGS Performance Lead in Digital Simulation and Analysis;
Leverages Industry's Tightest PLM Integration and Fully Exploits Latest 64-Bit
Technology to Maximize CAE Value Throughout Product Development

PLANO, Texas , UGS Corp.

The statements in this news release that are not historical statements,
including statements regarding expected benefits of the product, adoption by
customers, continued innovation and other statements identified by forward
looking terms such as "may," "will," "expect," "plan, " "anticipate" or
"project," are forward-looking statements.

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In this role she led new product development efforts to improve
competition in areas of Credit, FX and local derivatives.
clients and so we are excited that Irene has joined our firm with a
specific focus on this subject. "Having CAE capabilities available as an
integral part of a comprehensive product development environment lowers the
barriers to achieving this goal.

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These statements are subject to
numerous risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ
materially from such statements, including, among others, risks relating to
developments in the PLM industry, competition, failure to innovate and
intellectual property .

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"
Kip Testwuide, Head of Origination and Distribution added, "We
believe that there are capital market solutions to help pension fund
managers more efficiently solve the equation that optimizes the risk
between actuarial driven liabilities and assets that are invested in
the market. As a
registered member of the NYSE, a NASD broker-dealer and member of
SIPC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
"We have made significant progress advancing the performance and
scalability of analysis with NX Nastran," said Chuck Grindstaff, executive
vice president, PLM Products, UGS. or its subsidiaries in the
United States and in other countries.

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Irene joins the firm from Morgan Stanley in New York where she was
an Executive Director in the Corporate Derivatives Group since 2002. "Our development team is focused on
delivering what matters most to our customers.

About UGS
UGS is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM)
software and services with nearly 4 million licensed seats and 46,000
customers worldwide.

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The group enjoys key positions in Corporate and
Investment Banking, Private Banking + Asset Management, Insurance,
Securities Services and Retail Banking."

Leading performance for 64-bit technology
With the release of NX Nastran 4, UGS has implemented a major improvement
in memory management. "UGS' use of Intel's 64 -bit Linux compilers in NX Nastran
development and Intel's Math Kernel Libraries for enhanced performance , are
testaments to this alignment.

Discipline extensions
* Extensions to advanced non-linear solver -- Added capabilities have
increased the range of simulation applications by including more
hyperelastic materials models, improving solution algorithms, and
adding more non-linear element models.

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S. This can translate to major productivity improvements
compared to competitive solvers.

"The implementation of the Modal Energy Method is clearly one of the
highlights of the NX Nastran 4 release," stated Manfred Wamsler, Daimler
Chrysler AG.

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Business Editors

NEW YORK----BNP Paribas is pleased to
announce the appointment of Irene Rodriguez as a Managing Director in
its Debt Capital Markets (DCM) team. She will be based in New York and
report to Jim Turner, Head of DCM, North America.
This development builds on the NX Nastran leadership position for high
performance solutions."

Robust functional enhancements complement industry's tightest PLM
integration
In addition to exploiting the latest performance boosting hardware
technology, NX Nastran 4 includes many customer-driven software enhancements. NASTRAN is a registered mark of NASA.

CONTACTS:
Jim Phelan
314-264-8216
jimp@ugs.

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In addition to a wide variety of functional enhancements, NX Nastran
4 significantly improves large model performance by exploiting the latest
64-bit computing technology and leveraging its industry leading PLM
integration to maximize the value of CAE throughout the product development
process. NX Nastran now fully exploits the memory advantages of
64-bit architecture , enabling solutions for complex product performance
simulations by taking full advantage of computers with large memory.
* Lanczos Eigensolver performance improvement -- Improvements to the
standard Lanczos Eigensolver can enable 15-25% reductions in solution
times for large shell element dominant models. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, UGS' vision is to enable
a world where organizations and their partners collaborate through global
innovation networks to deliver world -class products and services while
leveraging UGS' open enterprise solutions, fulfilling the mission of enabling
them to transform their process of innovation.

Note: UGS, Tecnomatix, Teamcenter , Solid Edge, NX and Parasolid are
trademarks or registered trademark of UGS Corp.

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BNP Paribas provides a full array of financial products through a
portfolio of brands that cover a variety of distribution channels. This will significantly improve the
overall performance of large-solve scenarios and make possible
solutions of large models that could not be performed previously . UGS has included a discussion of these and other
pertinent risk factors in its registration statement on Form S-4 most recently
filed with the SEC.

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Coupling Irene's derivative skills with the actuarial and
accounting expertise in our GRS team will be very powerful.

UGS Transforms Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) Performance With NX Nastran 4

The NX 4 announcement is detailed in a separate
press release also issued today.

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Irene will work
closely with the Global Risk Solutions (GRS) and Debt Capital Markets
groups to design and assist in the marketing of innovative solutions
for the pension and insurance industries. The new functionality in NX Nastran 4 and its
integration with the NX portfolio , promise to strengthen the competitive
appeal of UGS' overall offering in the CAE market and help customers continue
increasing the business impact of CAE."

Customer-driven enhancements
UGS actively solicits input from its customers to identify and prioritize
the most desirable and highest value enhancements to incorporate into its
software solutions.

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She brings the right combination of
skills to this newly created position. In addition, NX Nastran 4
is more tightly integrated into the desktop environments of several of UGS'
digital product development applications -- such as NX, I-deas(R) NX Series,
and Femap(R) -- and is more closely coupled with UGS' Teamcenter(R) PLM
portfolio. This enhanced integration across the UGS product line enables
customers to more easily take advantage of process-based vertical solutions,
increasing the impact of CAE on shortening product development cycles,
reducing costs and increasing profitability. In just two years since
entering the Nastran marketplace, we have advanced the architectural
foundation to leverage the most advanced multi-CPU hardware platforms. These guidelines are used extensively in nuclear, power
generation , and chemical industries.
* Temperature dependent modeling of composites -- Latest enhancements
support more accurate calculations of thermal loads on composite
structures

In addition to these functional enhancements, NX Nastran 4 continues the
trend toward tighter integration within the entire UGS portfolio of PLM
offerings and leverages the market strength that comes from being the standard
solver for all of UGS' applications.

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, a leading global
provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today
announced the availability of NX(TM) Nastran 4 software, the latest release of
the company's premier software solution for advanced computer-aided
engineering (CAE) and an integral part of UGS' overarching digital simulation
strategy . Memory needs are now only
limited by hardware systems. For more information on UGS
products and services, visit http://www.

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Other advances in this release include extending the
scalability and performance of NX Nastran parallel processing on cluster
hardware systems, enabling solutions of very large models on up to
64 computers simultaneously -- significantly boosting productivity .

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Prior to
that, she worked at JP Morgan for eight years in the derivatives
marketing group. The most profitable bank
in the Euro zone, it has a presence in 85 countries with close to
100,000 employees. Based on customer input, NX Nastran 4 includes a variety
of major enhancements in three primary categories.
* Rotor Dynamics -- A new dynamic analysis capability that enables
engineers to develop designs that operate away from the critical
unstable operating speeds of rotating systems
* Linear contact -- A new capability allows users to perform fast and
efficient surface-to-surface contact solutions for simulations that
are otherwise linear.
All other trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks belong to their
respective holders. UGS disclaims any intention or obligation to update or
revise any forward-looking statements , whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.

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BNP Paribas Appoints Irene Rodriguez to Its New York Debt Capital Markets Business

Commenting on the appointment, Jim Turner said, "The pension
issue, in particular, is becoming increasingly important to U."

About BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas (www.
With offices in New York, BNP Paribas in North America offers a broad
range of corporate, investment banking and securities brokerage
activities. trades and markets a vast array of
global and domestic fixed income and equity products

NX
Nastran not only delivers the most enterprise value, it is also now the
fastest solution available."

Process improvements
* Enforced motion improvements -- This extended capability for dynamic
enforced motion simulation improves accuracy.

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With locations in all the major corporate and financial
centers across the United States and Canada, BNP Paribas in North
America serves a world-class client base of multinational corporate
and mid-cap companies, major issuers and institutional buyers.
* Memory management improvement -- NX Nastran 4 memory handling has been
re-architected, dramatically increasing the amount of RAM that can be
accessed to more than a million terabytes.
* HP-MPI technology is leveraged by NX Nastran across all applicable
platforms, as a way of increasing scalable performance, robustness,
and platform flexibility .
* Curved Beam Element Enhancement -- Supports updated ASME boiler and
pressure bessel code requirements for the design of flanged and
mitered pipes.
NX Nastran is an important part of UGS' overarching digital simulation
strategy to enable customers to implement their own best practices and
increase simulation's influence on design.

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