Commerce One Announces Agreement to Launch B2B E-Commerce Portals in the Middle East

Business Wire, May 3, 2000

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2000

The Commerce One Global Trading Web Expands to

the Middle East as Commerce One Launches Commerce One Middle East

- Distributor Operations With a Group of Major Investors

Commerce One, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMRC), the leader in global e-commerce solutions for business, today announced a strategic distributor partnership with a group of leading Middle Eastern investors, to form Commerce One Middle East - Distributor Operations.

Commerce One Middle East would operate the first business-to-business e-commerce portal in the Middle East. The portal is expected to provide fourteen (14) countries in the region with a cutting-edge electronic procurement solution.

Pursuant to this distribution agreement, Commerce One Middle East will establish e-commerce portal operations in this region, and be a distributor of the Commerce One(R) BuySite(TM) electronic procurement application.

Under the distribution agreement, Commerce One Middle East will cover the following countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

The distribution agreement has the personal support of leading government officials in the Middle East and is a further step in Commerce One's strategic expansion into the international marketplace and the growth of the Global Trading Web. Commerce One Middle East will become Commerce One's sole distributor in the Middle East.

"The launch of Commerce One Middle East is a very important opportunity for us to develop e-commerce throughout the Middle Eastern marketplace," said Mark Hoffman, chairman and CEO of Commerce One. "We believe that there are large efficiencies to be gained by everyone and we are delighted to be extending the Global Trading Web to this region."

"We are delighted to be launching Commerce One Middle East," said Terry Brown, general manager at Commerce One Middle East. "This is a very important agreement for this region, as we believe it will produce the first portal of its kind launched in this area. Once the portal is up and running we look forward to expanding to more countries in the Middle East."

About Commerce One Middle East - Distributor Operations

Commerce One Middle East is Commerce One's sole distributor and regional MarketSite(TM) portal operator in the Middle East.

Based out of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Commerce One Middle East covers a number of countries in the region including: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Commerce One Middle East can be reached by phone at (009714) 2868201.

About Commerce One

Commerce One is the leader in global e-commerce solutions for business. Through its products, portals, and services, Commerce One creates access to worldwide markets, allowing anyone to buy from anyone, anytime, anywhere. The Commerce One Global Trading Web(TM) is the world's largest business-to-business trading community. Comprised of many open e-marketplaces, the Global Trading Web provides unprecedented economies of scale for buying organizations, suppliers, and service providers worldwide. Commerce One is located in Pleasanton, Calif., and can be reached by phone at 800/308-3838 or 925/520-6000 or via the Internet at http://www.commercone.com/.> Forward Looking Statements

Certain statements made in this press release by Commerce One and Commerce One Middle East - Distributor Operations, including the expected efficiencies to be gained through the launch of Commerce One Middle East e-commerce portal and expected expansion into other parts of the Middle East, are not historical facts but are "forward looking statements" and may involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual future results to differ materially and adversely from those anticipated by such statements. Included among the factors that could affect Commerce One's performance and the performance of the Commerce One Middle East e-commerce portal are: launch operational difficulties, interoperability difficulties between trading communities, difficulties in adapting to markets of different size, scope and geography; general economic conditions; fluctuations in operating results; its ability to effectively manage future growth, to retain and efficiently integrate its executive management team, and to identify, hire, train and retain, in a highly competitive market, individuals highly skilled in the Internet and its rapidly changing technology; significant revenue concentration in a limited number of clients etc. For a discussion of these and other risk factors that could affect Commerce One's business, see "Risk Factors" in Commerce One's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.

Note to Editors: Commerce One, Many Markets, One Source., Global Trading Web, BuySite, MarketSite, Global Trading Platform, Common Business Library, XML Development Kit, XML Commerce Connector, MarketView, and SupplyOrder are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Commerce One, Inc. All other company, product, and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners.

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