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The Baltic Exchange And Strategic Software Limited

Date 08/11/2002

The Baltic Exchange issued the following statement today (Friday, 8 November): "On the expiry of the period for exclusive negotiations agreed in heads of terms between the two companies in August, the Exchange has decided not to pursue the purchase of Strategic Software on those provisional terms. No further comment will be made."