BCE Emergis Strengthens Board of Directors; Jean Monty Joins Board, Bill Anderson Appointed Chairman

Business Wire, March 29, 1999

MONTREAL, Quebec--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 1999-- BCE Emergis (TSE:IFM) (ME:IFM) today announced changes to its Board of Directors, reflecting the growing significance of electronic commerce to BCE, which owns 68 per cent of the company.

Jean C. Monty, President and Chief Executive Officer of BCE Inc. and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Canada, joins the BCE Emergis Board of Directors, effective March 31, 1999. BCE Chief Financial Officer, Bill Anderson, will become Chairman of the BCE Emergis Board and Gedas A. Sakus, formerly President Technology at Nortel Networks will also become a board member.

"BCE Emergis is a strategic investment for BCE because of the tremendous growth potential we see in the area of electronic commerce", said Jean Monty. "BCE Emergis will benefit from strong connections in our group of companies and we are determined to grow the company at home and abroad", said Mr. Monty.

Board Chairman Bill Anderson added, "We are extremely pleased to further augment the depth of knowledge and experience on the BCE Emergis Board through the addition of Jean Monty and Gedas Sakus".

Other members of the Board include Thomas J. Bourke, Chairman of the Board of Bell ActiMedia, Pierre Ducros, President of Universite du Quebec a Montreal, W. Brian Edwards, President and CEO of BCE Emergis, Robert Kearney, past-President of Bell Canada, and Richard J. Renaud, Chairman of the Board, Wynnchurch Capital.

BCE Emergis delivers network-centric e-commerce services that improve customer processes through the exchange of secure transactions. Combining e-commerce services, network connectivity, security and electronic payments through industry verticals, BCE Emergis offers a full suite of core technologies that are the essential building blocks for electronic commerce. BCE Emergis is among the top electronic commerce providers in North America and is a member of the TSE 300 Composite Index. For more information, please refer to www.emergis.com.