Autonomy's Sushovan Hussain Wins CFO of the Year Award

CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Sushovan Hussain, has received two highly coveted FDs' Excellence Awards, 'FTSE 100 FD of the Year' and 'FDs' FD of the Year', at a ceremony held at the Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square last night. The prestigious FDs' Excellence Awards, which are this year being held in conjunction with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and supported by the UK's Confederation of British Industry, recognize exemplary performance by finance directors from companies in the UK's FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and other indices. Mr. Hussain was selected after a rigorous selection process conducted by a panel of judges including other FDs.

Sushovan Hussain has played a crucial role in Autonomy's exceptional growth trajectory. Over the last five years, Autonomy has generated an adjusted EPS CAGR of 73%, grown to become one of the three largest software companies in Europe and the best performer on the FTSE 100. During that time, Autonomy has made three strategic acquisitions totaling some $1.8 billion culminating in the announcement of the acquisition of Interwoven for $775m in January 2009.

About Autonomy

Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, spearheads the Meaning Based Computing movement. IDC recently recognized Autonomy as having the largest market share and fastest growth in the worldwide search and discovery market. Autonomy's technology allows computers to harness the full richness of human information, forming a conceptual and contextual understanding of any piece of electronic data, including unstructured information, such as text, email, web pages, voice, or video. Autonomy's software powers the full spectrum of mission-critical enterprise applications including pan-enterprise search, customer interaction solutions, information governance, end-to-end eDiscovery, records management, archiving, business process management, web content management, web optimization, rich media management and video and audio analysis.

Autonomy's customer base is comprised of more than 20,000 global companies, law firms and federal agencies including: AOL, BAE Systems, BBC, Bloomberg, Boeing, Citigroup, Coca Cola, Daimler AG, Deutsche Bank, DLA Piper, Ericsson, FedEx, Ford, GlaxoSmithKline, Lloyds TSB, NASA, Nestlé, the New York Stock Exchange, Reuters, Shell, Tesco, T-Mobile, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. More than 400 companies OEM Autonomy technology, including Symantec, Citrix, HP, Novell, Oracle, Sybase and TIBCO. The company has offices worldwide.

Please visit www.autonomy.com to find out more.

Autonomy and the Autonomy logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autonomy Corporation plc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

SOURCE Autonomy Corporation plc

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