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Completion of Deal for $383 Million Reflects Sun's Strategic Investment in Business Integration Market

Sun Microsystems Completes SeeBeyond Acquisition

Company Announces Immediate Availability of the Sixth Suite of the Java Enterprise System, Delivering Industry's Most Comprehensive Offering for Development of Service Oriented Architecture-Based Enterprise Applications

/noticias.info/ SANTA CLARA, CALIF. -- August 25, 2005 - Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) today announced it has completed its acquisition of SeeBeyond Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: SBYN) following approval of SeeBeyond stockholders. Trading of SeeBeyond common stock has been suspended. Under the terms of the agreement, SeeBeyond stockholders will receive $4.25 per share for an aggregate consideration of approximately $383 million, which includes the assumption of employee stock options. With the close of the acquisition, SeeBeyond becomes a subsidiary operating within Sun's Software Division.

Sun also announced today the availability of the Sun Java Integration Suite, the sixth suite in Sun's Java Enterprise System (Java ES). Combined with the most advanced operating system on earth, Solaris 10, this new suite makes the Java ES an even more attractive environment for businesses and system integrators to build next-generation customer solutions. More details on the the sixth Java ES suite are outlined in a separate press release to be issued today.

"The SeeBeyond technology dramatically enhances the value of our Java Enterprise System platform and delivers a whole solution with next-generation technology and services to integrate legacy application into new composite applications," said Jonathan Schwartz, president and chief operating officer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "The synergies between the two companies are remarkable - we have completed the acquisition ahead of schedule, we have integrated core technologies into our product portfolio, and we have formally engaged with more than 2,000 customers worldwide to solve their complex integration problems."

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