Red Hat to Webcast Results for First Quarter Fiscal Year 2010

RALEIGH, N.C., June 1, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Red Hat Inc. (NYSE:RHT), the
world's leading provider of open source solutions, will discuss results of its
first quarter fiscal 2010 on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, beginning at 5:00 p.m.
ET.

The live webcast can be accessed on Red Hat's Investor Relations Web page
http://investors.redhat.com and a replay will be available beginning
approximately two hours after the conclusion of the live event.

About Red Hat, Inc.

Red Hat, the world's leading open source solutions provider, is headquartered in
Raleigh, NC with over 65 offices spanning the globe. CIOs ranked Red Hat as one
of the top vendors delivering value in Enterprise Software for five consecutive
years in the CIO Insight Magazine Vendor Value survey. Red Hat provides
high-quality, affordable technology with its operating system platform, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux, together with applications, management and Services Oriented
Architecture (SOA) solutions, including JBoss Enterprise Middleware. Red Hat
also offers support, training and consulting services to its customers
worldwide. Learn more: http://www.redhat.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this press release may constitute
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements provide current
expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any
statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact.
Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such
forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including:
risks related to delays or reductions in information technology spending, the
integration of acquisitions and the ability to market successfully acquired
technologies and products; the ability of the Company to effectively compete;
the inability to adequately protect Company intellectual property and the
potential for infringement or breach of license claims of or relating to third
party intellectual property; the ability to deliver and stimulate demand for new
products and technological innovations on a timely basis; risks related to data
and information security vulnerabilities; ineffective management of, and control
over, the Company's growth and international operations; fluctuations in
exchange rates; adverse results in litigation; and changes in and a dependence
on key personnel, as well as other factors contained in our most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K (copies of which may be accessed through the Securities and
Exchange Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov), including those found
therein under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations". In addition to these
factors, actual future performance, outcomes, and results may differ materially
because of more general factors including (without limitation) general industry
and market conditions and growth rates, economic conditions, and governmental
and public policy changes. The forward-looking statements included in this press
release represent the Company's views as of the date of this press release and
these views could change. However, while the Company may elect to update these
forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically
disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not
be relied upon as representing the Company's views as of any date subsequent to
the date of the press release.

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trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. and its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other
countries.

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CONTACT: Red Hat, Inc.
Investor Relations
Tom McCallum
(919)754-4630
investors@redhat.com
Corporate Communications
Kara Schiltz
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