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SPL WorldGroup, Inc.
www.splwg.com

MORRISTOWN, NJ., May 3, 2001 - SPL WorldGroup( B.V. (SPL), the leading supplier of customer management solutions to the global energy industry, will launch its new and innovative flagship customer management software product - CorDaptix( -at this year's 25th Annual CIS conference in Albuquerque, NM. The CIS conference launch activities will mark the start of a global product rollout by SPL that will see CorDaptix formally introduced to Europe in late June and to Asian markets later in July. CorDaptix has been through months of extensive testing with implementations at two of North America's largest energy companies including TXU, as well as with Delta in the Netherlands.

SPL's groundbreaking customer management solution will be the focal point of the company's booth at the CIS conference. SPL will be demonstrating CorDaptix, using a number of key business scenarios that showcase how retailers and distributors around the world can gain competitive advantage through use of the product. Also on show will be a demonstration of the real-time seamless integration between CorDaptix and Siebel System's eEnergy solution.

SPL's new product is designed to be the flexible core of a company's customer management solution, providing a standard product platform that can adapt and evolve with changing business models. Through state-of-the-art design with flexibility, scalability and ease of use in mind, CorDaptix is set to change the concept of customer management solutions across the
industry.

"To meet the challenge of rapidly evolving energy consumer preferences, providers of energy and related services must adopt systems and business processes that can change as rapidly as their market's preferences. CorDaptix does just that," said CD Hobbs, SPL's President and CEO. "CorDaptix was designed and built as a best-of-breed "customer management
core" solution that can support innovation and rapid customer response while remaining a standard software product upgradable as new versions become available."

Find out more about CorDaptix and spend time with SPL WorldGroup's executive and technical team at booth #613 at the CIS show in Albuquerque.

About SPL WorldGroup
Established in 1994, SPL WorldGroup is a leading provider of best-of-breed customer management solutions to the energy and service related industries in regulated and competitive markets worldwide. With a 100% record of successful implementations, SPL continues to demonstrate its place as the market leader in providing flexible and scalable customer management solutions that evolve with client requirements and enable unrivaled business responsiveness. SPL employs over 600 professionals in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific and has delivered its customer management products to more than 50 energy customers worldwide.

Visit SPL WorldGroup at www.splwg.com or call (973) 539-6268 (New Jersey), (415) 541-9462 (San Francisco), or within the US and Canada, (800) 275-4775.

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