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Clarity Commerce Solutions PLC 11 April 2005 CLARITY COMMERCE APPOINTS JOHN O'CONNELL CHAIRMAN Clarity Commerce Solutions plc, a leading supplier of software management solutions for the entertainment, ticketing, hospitality and leisure sectors, has appointed John O'Connell as Chairman with effect from April 7 2005, on the retirement of Bob Morton. Bob Morton has been Chairman of Clarity since the Group's flotation in 2000. Clarity has also issued today a trading update for the year ended 31 March 2005. John O'Connell, 59, was founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Staffware plc, the leading independent global workflow and business process management (BPM) software company. Staffware listed on AIM in 1996 and went on to the main LSE market in 2000. Staffware grew its revenues by an average rate of 38% per annum compound for the ten years up to December 2003, delivering consistently increasing profits for most of that period, before it was acquired by Tibco Software Inc for approximately £122 million in June 2004. Staffware operated in 22 countries , with 65% of its revenues outside of the UK. John is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA) and is recognised as one of Europe's top IT entrepreneurs. He is a Master of Information Technology of the Washington DC based AIIM International, where he served on the board as a non-executive director for six years, culminating as Chairman in 1999/2000 - the only non-American to hold such a prestigious position. The role of Chairman of Clarity will be John's first Chairmanship position since he resigned as Chairman of Staffware plc in November 2004. Graham York, Chief Executive commented: 'I would like to thank Bob Morton for the significant contribution he has made to the Group since the flotation, in what has been challenging times for IT software suppliers. We wish him well for the future. 'Clarity is strengthening its position as a market leader in the provision of software solutions to the leisure sector globally. We are delighted that John has agreed to become Chairman at this exciting time for us. John has an established track record in running a global and highly profitable IT software group. This experience will be invaluable to Clarity.' Save as set out below, there is no further information to disclose in respect of John O'Connell under paragraph (f) of schedule 2 to the AIM rules. Current Directorships: London Wasps Holdings Ltd and Columba Systems Ltd. Previous relevant Directorship - Resigned from Staffware plc in November 2004. 11 April 2005 Enquiries: Clarity Commerce Solutions Graham York, Chief Executive Officer 01932 778000 College Hill Adrian Duffield/Clare Warren 020 7457 2020 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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