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Activant Integrates to Top Pharmacy Management Systems

Retail business management leader offers drugstores a new strategy for growth

LIVERMORE, CA, July 28, 2009 – Activant Solutions Inc., a leading provider of retail business management solutions, today announced its integration bridge between the Activant Eagle® business management and point-of-sale system and the industry's top pharmacy management systems. The solution provides drugstores the ability to supercharge their retail business in coordination with their current pharmacy management system. Activant's Pharmacy Integration Bridge acts as an interface between the Activant Eagle software and the HBS, McKesson, PDX and QS/1 pharmacy management systems and will work with other Pharmacy Management Systems (PMS) solutions as well.

With competition from big box retail chain stores and a reduction in the margins on physician-written prescriptions, independent pharmacies are challenged to focus on their retail operations for business growth and increased profit. Activant's retail business management solutions and best practices are proven to drive business growth and provide both pharmacists and retailers the essential tools they need to manage sales, inventory and costs.

“We engaged with Activant because we wanted to grow our retail business and knew we needed a best-of-breed retail system. We needed timely information and tools to properly support our business,” said Bob Messick, CFO of Fruth Pharmacy. “By combining the Activant Eagle solution with our PDX pharmacy management system, we get superior solutions for managing both the retail and pharmacy operations in our business. We believe that these tightly integrated systems will help us improve customer service, increase margins and lower costs.”

Used by over 7,000 retail businesses, the Activant Eagle solution is a proven and comprehensive retail management solution. The Activant Eagle POS system gives independent pharmacies visibility into their retail operations, control over their inventory, and the management tools they need to help drive profitability and sales. For example, the Activant Eagle system includes in-house loyalty and gift card programs to generate new customers and increase sales to existing customers.

Activant's Pharmacy Integration Bridge allows pharmacies to provide one point of service to its customers. The customer can select a toothbrush or other sundries from the front of the store, pick up a prescription from the back of the store and pay for all items at the same time in one seamless transaction. The integrated bridge will act as a vehicle to enable pharmacies to collect the HIPAA signatures and the healthcare benefit card information as a part of their PMS Solution. It will separate what is covered by healthcare benefit cards and flexible spending accounts versus what has to be paid with cash and calculates the co-pay.

“Pharmacy management systems are complex solutions that perform a difficult and important function in managing a successful pharmacy operation,” said Paul Salsgiver, executive vice president for Activant Solutions. “However, recent changes to the pharmacy industry are forcing drug stores to become more sophisticated retailers. Activant has over 30 years of working with top retailers across the U.S., including a number of independent drug stores that are leveraging this knowledge and experience to dramatically improve their retail operations.”

About Activant Solutions

Activant Solutions Inc. is a leading technology provider of business management solutions serving distributors and SMB retailers. Activant provides customers with industry-specific software, professional services, content, supply chain connectivity, and analytics.

Over 30,000 customer locations use Activant to manage their day-to-day operations. Activant’s systems are designed to help customers increase sales, boost productivity, operate more cost-efficiently, improve inventory turns and enhance trading partner relationships. Headquartered in Livermore, California, Activant has operations in Texas, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. For more information, please visit www.activant.com.

This announcement relating to Activant may contain statements that are forward looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, such as statements concerning trends, future technology or products, or Activant's execution. These statements are based on current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties which could materially affect the company's results, including, without limitation, market demand for products and technology, the company's ability to meet that market demand, the integration of Activant's technology and products with technology and products supplied by others, the integration of Activant's products into the businesses of its customers, customer acceptance of Activant's products, and the retention and deployment of skilled Activant service providers. Except to the extent required by applicable securities laws, we undertake no obligation to update or publicly revise any of the forward-looking statements. Please refer to our most recently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2009 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 14, 2009 and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2008, both of which can be found through the Activant investor relations website at www.activant.com/company/investors, for a full discussion of the risks and other factors.

Activant, Activant Eagle and Eagle are registered trademarks of Activant Solutions Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Press Contact:
Rick Fernandez
Incendio International
Tel: 770.973.8401
rick@incendiopr.com