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31.05.2001

VIS - AGREEMENT ON MERGER PLAN WITH FORENEDE ØKONOMER AS



We refer to the press release dated 29 March 2001 regarding the agreement on integration between Visma ASA ("Visma") and Forenede Økonomer AS ('Forenede Økonomer').

The boards of directors of Visma Forenede Økonomer AS ("VFØ") - a wholly owned subsidiary of Visma Services ASA - and Forenede Økonomer have today entered into a joint plan for the merger of Forenede Økonomer and VFØ.

The merger plan will be presented to the general meetings of VFØ and Forenede Økonomer for consideration on 14 June 2001. Of the shareholders in Forenede Økonomer, 95% have undertaken to vote for the merger at the company's general meeting.

Visma's Board of Directors is expected to agree to the merger plan in connection with approval of the merger by the respective general meetings of Forenede Økonomer and VFØ.

Due diligence has been completed, and no conditions that would provide a basis for adjusting the merger consideration have been found. Shareholders in Forenede Økonomer will thus receive 1,070,000 shares in Visma and NOK 16.05 million in payment for all the shares in Forenede Økonomer.

Members of the Board and chief executives will not receive special rights or privileges in connection with the merger. The shares that Forenede Økonomer shareholders receive in payment from Visma will be subject to a lock-in period (one third will be released on 31 March 2002; subsequently, 7 equal portions will be released every third month until 31 December 2003).

Contacts:
VISMA ASA:
Øystein Moan, CEO, or Tore Bjerkan, Financial Director, telephone (+47) 6752 5500

Forenede Økonomer AS:
Edvard Bakkejord, Chairman of the Board, tel. 2247 2000