Telelogic Signs Partnership Agreement with NEC

- Telelogic Aligns with NEC to Improve Efficiency of Embedded Software Development -

MALMÖ, Sweden and IRVINE, California – 27 June 2005 – Telelogic (Stockholm Exchange: TLOG), the leading provider of software solutions that align advanced systems and software development with business objectives, today announced Telelogic Japan Ltd., has signed a partnership agreement with NEC Corporation (NEC) to align its improvement of software development efficiency program through accelerating the use of Telelogic products both within and outside NEC Group in Japan. In April 2005, NEC established the Software Engineering Division with the mission to drive NEC Group’s software engineering activities and improve software development efficiency in order to meet the rapidly expanding customer needs in the Japanese embedded software market. The partnership agreement sees Telelogic cooperate with the Software Engineering Division and related departments in delivering improvements in the embedded software development domain. NEC will accelerate the use of Telelogic’s Automated Lifecycle Solution (ALM); Telelogic DOORS® the market leading requirements solution, Telelogic SYNERGY™ for change and configuration management, and Telelogic TAU® Generation 2 for model driven development. The agreement will also see an integrated development environment between Telelogic’s ALM solution and NEC’s core assets. The usage of the ALM solution is expected to increase through the alliance. Together with internal development, NEC is delivering solution based on Telelogic products for customers outside the NEC Group. NEC has been delivering solutions in areas that include Semiconductors, Software, Systems Integration and Consultancy based on its expertise in the embedded development arena. NEC, together with Telelogic’s ALM solution will continue to strengthen their market position and meet the requirements of a wide range of customer needs. “NEC has wide and much expertise in the embedded software development area such as mobile handset development. Further expansion is expected in the embedded software market and the improvement of software development. Efficiency is essential to respond the enlargement of the development scale. The superiority of each Telelogic solutions has been proved by there use within NEC Group. I would like to expand both NEC and Telelogic business positively by creating superior products based on the combination of NEC’s own technologies and Telelogic’s one.” said Takayuki Okada, Executive General Manager, System Software Operations Unit, NEC Corporation. “We are delighted to be entering into this partnership agreement and see it as an endorsement of Telelogic’s strategic support of our customer,” said Scott Raskin President, Telelogic Americas and Asia/Pacific. “The agreement will provide significant benefits to both parties. As a result of the tighter working relationship NEC’s engineers and customers will have greater access to Telelogic’s leading ALM solution, while Telelogic will leverage NEC’s industry expertise to ensure, we continue to provide the best in breed solutions.”