CognosŪ Statement on Andrew Cahill
OTTAWA, ON and BURLINGTON, MA, October 6, 2004 The U.S. Justice Department announced today that Andrew Cahill, currently Cognos senior vice president of operations for the Americas, has been indicted in connection with events at Peregrine Systems that resulted in financial restatements for the period April 1999 through the end of December 2001. Mr. Cahill was employed as a senior executive at Peregrine before joining Cognos in May 2004.
Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN) is monitoring developments in this matter and has reassigned Mr. Cahill to other duties within the organization. In the interim, Tony Sirianni, Cognos senior vice president of worldwide operations, will assume Mr. Cahill's duties.

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