ATN Aterian Plc

RNS Number:2011L
TietoEnator Corporation
19 April 2005


Not for release, publication or distribution in, into or from Australia, Canada,
Japan or the United States

                                                                 19 April 2005

                             RECOMMENDED CASH OFFER

                                       by
                             REGENT ASSOCIATES LTD.

                                  on behalf of
                   TIETOENATOR FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED

                                      for
                           ATTENTIV SYSTEMS GROUP PLC

                              REGULATORY CLEARANCE

TietoEnator Financial Solutions is pleased to announce that clearance from the
German Bundeskartellamt has been obtained and that, accordingly, the regulatory
condition contained at paragraph (iii) of Part A of Appendix 1 to the offer
document posted to AttentiV Shareholders on 14 April 2005 ("Offer Document"),
has been satisfied.

AttentiV Shareholders are encouraged to accept the Offer by the first closing
date of 5 May 2005 and to return their Form of Acceptance, duly completed in
accordance with the instructions set out in the Offer Document and the Form of
Acceptance, so as to be received as soon as possible and, in any event, by no
later than 3.00 p.m. (London time) on 5 May 2005.

Terms defined in the Offer Document have the same meanings in this announcement.

Enquiries

TietoEnator Corporation
Ake Plyhm                                             +46 8632 1410
Paivi Lindqvist                                       +358 9 862 63276
Jukka Rosenberg                                       +358 9 8626 2366

Regent Associates Ltd.
(financial adviser to TietoEnator)
James Calvert                                         01753 800700
Robert Fergusson
Sarah McNicholas

AttentiV Systems Group plc                            01582 845000
Peter Bertram
David Webber

Hawkpoint Partners Limited                            020 76654500
(financial adviser to AttentiV)
Paul Baines
Graham Paton

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or an invitation to
purchase or subscribe for any securities or the solicitation of an offer to buy
or subscribe for any securities pursuant to the Offer or otherwise.

The Offer will not be made, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by use of the
mails of, or by any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation,
telephonically or electronically) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or of
any facility of a national securities exchange of, nor will it be made in or
into Australia, Canada, Japan or the United States and the Offer will not be
capable of acceptance by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility.
Accordingly copies of this Announcement and any other documents related to the
Offer are not being, and must not be, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed
or sent in or into Australia, Canada, Japan or the United States and persons
receiving such documents (including custodians, nominees and trustees) must not
distribute or send them in, into or from Australia, Canada, Japan or the United
States.

The Loan Notes to be issued pursuant to the Loan Note Alternative have not been,
and will not be, registered under the Securities Act or under any relevant
securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States or the
relevant securities laws of Japan, nor have clearances been, nor will they be,
obtained from the securities commission or similar authority of any province or
territory of Canada, nor has a prospectus in relation to the Loan Notes been,
nor will one be, lodged with or registered by the Australian Securities and
Investments Commission nor have any steps been taken, nor will any steps be
taken, to enable the Loan Notes to be offered in compliance with applicable
securities laws of Japan. Accordingly, unless an exemption under such act or
securities laws is available, Loan Notes may not be offered, sold, re-sold or
delivered, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by use of the mails of, or by
any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, telephonically or
electronically) of interstate or foreign commerce of or any facility of a
national securities exchange of Australia, Canada, Japan or the United States,
or any other jurisdiction in which an offer of Loan Notes would constitute (or
result in the Offer constituting) a violation of relevant laws or require
registration thereof, or to or for the account or benefit of any resident of
Australia, Canada, or Japan or the United States.

Regent Associates Ltd., which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom
by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively as financial adviser
to TietoEnator and TietoEnator Financial Solutions in connection with the Offer
and no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than TietoEnator and
TietoEnator Financial Solutions for providing the protections afforded to
clients of Regent Associates Ltd. nor for providing advice in relation to the
Offer.

Hawkpoint Partners Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United
Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively as financial
adviser to AttentiV in connection with the Offer and no one else and will not be
responsible to anyone other than AttentiV for providing the protections afforded
to clients of Hawkpoint Partners Limited nor for providing advice in relation to
the Offer.


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