Lava Expands Global Distribution Reach

LAVA Systems Inc. Poised for Increased Export Sales

Toronto, ON - 1997-07-28 - LAVA Systems Inc. (TSE: LVA), developer of award-winning document management, imaging, workflow, middleware and COLD (computer output to laser disk) software, announced today the company has doubled the size of its existing distribution channel since its initial public offering in November, 1996. In releasing information about the size of its distribution network, the company indicated it has signed marketing and distribution agreements with over 50 systems integrators, consulting firms and independent software vendors in North America, South America, Europe and Australia. The company also indicated that it is currently in negotiations with a major systems integrator and software distributor to sell its products in South East Asia.

Peter Hamilton, president and CEO of LAVA Systems Inc, said: "We are aggressively positioning LAVA as a global supplier of superior information management, imaging, workflow and COLD solutions because we want to give corporate and government customers, worldwide, every opportunity to take advantage of the best technologies available. As a Canadian-based company we depend on the global marketplace to reach our sales targets and this can only be done with an extensive distribution network of capable systems integrators and other distributors who know their local market conditions. The fact that organizations such as CPT Systemhaus in Germany; Rebus Limited in the UK and Future Trends in Abu Dabi have agreed to distribute LAVA Systems' products, attests to a global confidence in our ability to become a multi-national leader in information management systems."

Other authorized distributors recently signed include: BFGP Ingenieros in Venezuela; Decision Data in Greece and Hume Computers in Australia. The expansion in LAVA's indirect business channels reflects the company's consistent endeavor to exploit its technological leadership in its broad product offerings and to extend LAVA's range of features in line with the demands within local markets.

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