Orc Software expands in Asia Pacific with new office opening in Japan

TOKYO & HONG KONG & SYDNEY--(Business Wire)--
Regulatory News:

Orc Software (SSE: ORC), the leading global provider of technology for advanced
trading and connectivity, today announced the opening of a new office in Tokyo,
Japan to support the expansion of Orc Software`s business in Asia-Pacific.

Orc Software`s growth in the region has been fuelled by the increased up-take of
its advanced trading and connectivity solutions. The Tokyo office will offer
local sales, services and support to the Japanese financial community and
complements Orc`s existing Asia-Pacific presence located in Sydney and Hong
Kong. Orc Software has an established customer base in Tokyo as well as a close
collaboration with local partners.

"The strategic importance of Japan as a base for Orc`s continued expansion in
Asia Pacific is clear. With the market`s strong demand for advanced trading
solutions, we have addressed the need for a direct, local channel for the
delivery and support of our solutions. We have a team ready to provide firms in
Japan with our globally proven systems and solutions," says Greg Chambers,
President, Orc Software Asia Pacific.

"We look forward to expanding on the service we have historically provided to
our Japanese clients with the added value of on-the-ground expertise in both
Japanese and English. Our local partners will also continue to ensure that our
customers have a complete range of resources available when implementing,
integrating and scaling Orc solutions."

Orc Software is next exhibiting at the Trading and Risk Management Technology
Fair, Sankei Plaza, Otemachi, Tokyo on 15 & 16 July 2009.

Orc Trading is used by leading financial firms around the world for enhanced
trading for electronically traded derivatives. It encompasses both screen-based
trading and algorithmic trading for firms to trade any listed instrument, across
all asset classes, on 100+ markets.

Orc Trading provides the competitive edge to trade from a single platform
capable of running thousands of complex trading strategies simultaneously. Orc
Trading is used by financial firms worldwide for enhanced trading, pricing and
risk management on electronically traded instruments.

Orc Connect is the global financial industry`s leading connectivity solution.
Orc Connect provides traders and brokers with fast, reliable access to liquidity
pools, both for market members and non-members, in the critical areas of
execution, market data and reference data.

About Orc Software

Orc Software (SSE: ORC) is the leading global provider of powerful solutions for
the worldwide financial industry in the critical areas of advanced trading and
low latency connectivity. Orc`s competitive edge lies in its depth of knowledge
of the trading world gained by deploying advanced solutions for sophisticated
traders for 20+ years.

Orc Trading and Orc Connect provide the tools for making the best trading and
connectivity decisions with strong analytics, unmatched market access, powerful
automation trading functionality, high performance futures and options trading
capabilities, ultra-low latency and risk management.

Orc`s customers include leading banks, trading and market-making firms,
exchanges, brokerage houses, institutional investors and hedge funds.

Orc provides sales and quality support services from its offices across EMEA,
Americas and Asia Pacific.

www.orcsoftware.com

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Orc Software Asia Pacific
Greg Chambers, President
+852.2167.1956
or
Agnes Wong
Senior Marketing Manager
Orc Software Asia Pacific
+852.2167.1950

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