Sibelius signs distribution agreement with Academic Distributing

San Francisco - 30 August 2001 - Sibelius Software Ltd. announces the appointment of Academic Distributing Inc. as a distributor of their award winning music notation software in the educational and academic markets.

Academic Distributing is well known to resellers throughout the US and Canada. The company has earned a reputation for excellent customer service and provides product information, licensing information, and many other valuable support services to over 2,000 campus stores and academic resellers. Academic Distributing also assists students, teachers, and schools by connecting them with resellers that specialize in education.

Academic Distributing will carry the full range of Sibelius' educational offerings including multi-user lab packs of Sibelius; fully inclusive product bundles featuring Sibelius, PhotoScore and Teaching Tools in both single and multi-use packages; as well as stand-alone versions of Sibelius and Teaching Tools.

Bill Reilly, Chief Operating Officer of Sibelius' North American Operations comments: 'Sibelius is pleased to be forming this important alliance with one of the foremost names in the distribution of software products to the educational marketplace. We are gratified that our extensive promotional efforts to Educational Institutions at all levels will now be supported by such a respected distributor known for providing both a vast array of products and a high level of customer service.'

'Academic Distributing is excited to have an opportunity to provide distribution services for Sibelius,' said Garry Rogers, President. 'Their user-friendly software and specialized teaching tools are among the most widely used programs for music composition in the classroom.'

Sibelius Software Ltd. is the world's leading music notation technology provider. Founded by identical twin brothers, Ben and Jonathan Finn, who are talented musicians, composers and programmers, the company focuses on developing software that offers not only the most advanced feature set, but demystifies the computer notation process.

Sibelius Software Ltd. is based in Cambridge and London, England and has subsidiary offices in San Francisco, New York, Nashville, Dallas. Sibelius products are available in over 100 countries worldwide. Sibelius' US subsidiary, Sibelius.com Inc, is located at 1407 Oakland Blvd., Suite 300, Walnut Creek, California, 94596. Their contact information is: phone (925) 280-0600; fax (925) 280-0008; on the Web at www.sibelius.com; email at infoUSA@sibelius.com.

Academic Distributing Inc. is a leading US distributor focused solely on delivering computing products to the education market by providing supply-chain services for more than 80 computer-products manufacturers. For more information on Academic Distributing please visit www.academic-wholesale.com.

Sibelius is a registered trademark of Sibelius Software Ltd. All other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective holders.