Accelrys Announces Date of Second Quarter Fiscal 2010 Financial Results and Conference Call

SAN DIEGO--(Business Wire)--
Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL) today announced it will report financial results
for its fiscal second quarter ended September 30, 2009, after the NASDAQ Market
closes on Thursday, November 5, 2009. The Company will conduct a conference call
and an audio webcast at 5:00 p.m. ET on the same day.

Conference Call Information

Domestic callers: 866-393-7459

International callers: +1-706-643-4624

Passcode: 37307429

Webcast information: http://ir.accelrys.com/

The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network
to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen
to the call at www.fulldisclosure.com, Thomson/CCBN's individual investor
portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via
Thomson's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents
(www.streetevents.com).

A replay of the conference call, which can be accessed by dialing toll-free
800-642-1687, and outside the U.S. +1-706-645-9291, will be available beginning
6:00 p.m. ET on November 5, 2009 through 11:59 p.m. ET on February 5, 2010. The
access code for the replay is 37307429.

About Accelrys:

Headquartered in San Diego, California, Accelrys develops scientific business
intelligence software and solutions for the life sciences, energy, chemicals,
aerospace, and consumer products industries. Our customers include many Fortune
500 companies and other commercial entities, as well as academic and government
entities. We have a vast portfolio of computer-aided design modeling and
simulation offerings which assist our customers in conducting scientific
experiments `in silico` in order to reduce the duration and cost of discovering
and developing new drugs and materials. Our scientific business intelligence
platform underlies most of our computer-aided design modeling and simulation
offerings. Our platform can be used with our products, our competitors` products
and our customers` proprietary predictive science products. Its flexibility,
ease-of-use and advanced chemical, text and image analysis and reporting
capabilities enable our customers to mine, aggregate, analyze and report
scientific data from disparate sources, thereby better utilizing scientific data
within their organizations. For more information about Accelrys, visit its
website at http://accelrys.com/.

Accelrys, Inc.
Rick Russo
858-799-5200
or
Investor Relations:
MKR Group
Charles Messman or Todd Kehrli
323-468-2300
accl@mkr-group.com

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