Orc Software appoints Marty Leamy to lead Americas operations

Orc Software appoints Marty Leamy to lead Americas operations

Stockholm and Chicago, Monday January 26, 2009 - Orc Software (SSE: ORC), the
leading global provider of technology for advanced derivatives trading and
connectivity solutions, has announced that Marty Leamy has joined Orc as
President of Orc Software Inc., the company's U.S.-based subsidiary. He succeeds
Martin Koopman and will be based in Orc's Chicago office."Marty is the ideal candidate to lead our operations in the Americas," said
Thomas Bill, CEO, Orc Software. "He brings a solid track record of managing
growth and implementing operational improvements. The Americas has consistently
proven an interesting and growing market for Orc, and I am confident that Marty
will continue to drive the strong growth we've seen in the region."

“I am excited about the opportunities for Orc in the Americas”, notes Marty
Leamy, President, Orc Software Inc. “The turbulent market conditions today
present a strong opportunity for Orc's advanced derivatives trading solutions as
firms look for solutions to adapt to the market. I look forward to growing Orc's
business in this dynamic region.”

Marty Leamy is an industry veteran with over 20 years of successful experience
in the software and professional services business. Previously, he was Vice
President Americas Field Operations at Check Point Software Technologies. In his
role, Leamy was responsible for sales operations for Check Point's Network and
Data security solutions in the Americas region. Leamy joined Check Point as a
result of the acquisition of Pointsec Mobile Technologies in February 2007 where
he held the role of President of Operations in the Americas. Leamy also brings
further enterprise software experience from his nine years with Platinum
Technology Inc., where he led the Systems Management business unit growing sales
to $200+ million over four years. He has also held executive roles (President &
COO) at the OpenTV Corporation (Nasdaq: OPTV), and Spyglass, Inc (Nasdaq:SPYG).
He earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science from Bradley
University. 

Orc Software has had an expanding presence in the Americas since 2000. Options
market makers, futures spreaders, and other advanced derivatives trading firms
rely on Orc's proven, ultra-low latency Orc Trading platform to grow their
business in turbulent market conditions. Orc Software continues to invest
resources in the Orc Trading platform and opened a development center in Chicago
in 2008 to address the growing demand for trading and connectivity solutions in
the Americas.

The Orc CameronFIX solution also enjoys rapid uptake in the Americas. Many of
the world's largest financial services firms rely on Orc CameronFIX for fast,
stable FIX connectivity to trading venues, brokers, and clients.

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 derivatives
trading and low latency connectivity. Orc's competitive edge lies in its depth
of knowledge of the derivatives trading world gained by deploying advanced
solutions for sophisticated traders for over 20 years.

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

Orc's customers include leading investment 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

For further information:
Barry Vasudevan, Marketing Director, +1 212 792 5487,
barry.vasudevan@orcsoftware.com