BEA Founder, Chairman, and CEO Bill Coleman to Keynote Lunch Hosted by Morgan Stanley, April 5, 2001.

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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2001

BEA Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:BEAS), one of the world's leading e-business infrastructure software companies, today announced that Bill Coleman founder, chairman, and CEO of BEA, will keynote a private luncheon hosted by Morgan Stanley on April 5, 2001. In his presentation, Mr. Coleman will discuss how the market-leading BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform(TM) is designed to help future-proof e-businesses and he will reaffirm management's confidence in the increased guidance provided during the company's Feb. 22, 2001 earnings conference call.

Mr. Coleman's presentation will be available for webcast, both live and replay, on the BEA Web site at http://www.bea.com/investors/index.shtml

About BEA

BEA Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:BEAS) is one of the world's leading e-business infrastructure software companies, with more than 9,400 customers around the world, including the majority of the Fortune Global 500. BEA and its WebLogic(R) brand are among the most trusted names in e-business. Businesses built on the award-winning BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform(TM) are reliable, highly scalable, and poised to bring new services to market quickly. BEA's e-business platform is the de facto standard for over 1,500 systems integrators, independent software vendors (ISVs) and application service providers (ASPs) to provide complete solutions that fast-track and future-proof e-businesses for high growth and profitability. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., BEA has 93 offices in 30 countries and is on the Web at www.bea.com.

BEA and WebLogic are registered trademarks of BEA Systems Inc. BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform, the operating system of the Internet, and BEA WebLogic Server are trademarks of BEA Systems Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the company with which they are associated.