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Sierra Announces Acquisition

21 June 1999

Sierra Announces Acquisition

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia--June 21, 1999--Sierra Systems Group Inc. (TSE:SSG.) is pleased to announce the acquisition of Pacific International Mapping (PIM) of Victoria, British Columbia, and welcomes 23 new employees from PIM.
    Sierra also welcomes PIM founder Terry Tarle as their newest Partner, who will help develop opportunities identified in several areas in Western Canada. PIM has annualized revenues in excess of $2.5 million. The purchase price of this acquisition was approximately $900,000.
    Since 1985 PIM has provided their clients with project management, consulting, and quality management for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) projects. PIM established a solid reputation for their GIS expertise predominantly in the forest sector, and in recent years expanded their scope to include municipalities, resource management and utilities. PIM also developed a successful spatial data quality management product called MAPS 3D, placing them at the helm of initiatives merging GIS and traditional information technology (IT) systems, or "Spatial IT."
    The Sierra Victoria branch and PIM established a strong relationship while working together with spatial data within a large data registry system for the Ministry of Environment Lands and Parks' Tantalis project. The addition of Spatial IT skills from PIM staff provides Sierra with expertise to effectively apply this technology throughout North America. Sierra will provide continuing support to existing clients of PIM and will continue to enhance and support MAPS 3D.

    About Sierra

    Sierra Systems Group Inc. is a leading Information Technology Management Consulting and Systems Integration company in North America. With 12 branch offices in Canada and the United States, Sierra's 800 employees help to enhance the competitive position of its clients through the implementation of information technology based business solutions.