COMPUTER ASSOCIATES TO ACQUIRE LEGENT CORPORATION IN LARGEST SOFTWARE DEAL
IN HISTORY

Agreement Broadens CA's Client/Server Portfolio While Extending Enterprise
Product Offerings

ISLANDIA, NY, May 25, 1995--In the largest software company acquisition in
history, Computer Associates International, Inc.(NYSE: CA) and Legent
Corporation (NASDAQ: LGNT) have entered into a definitive agreement
providing for CA's acquisition of Legent Corporation through a cash tender
offer. A wholly-owned subsidiary of CA will offer to purchase all
outstanding shares of Legent Corporation's common stock at $47.95 per
share.

The definitive agreement has been unanimously approved by the Boards of
Directors of both Legent Corporation and CA. General Atlantic, the largest
shareholder of Legent Corporation which holds approximately 10 percent of
the outstanding shares, has pledged its support for the transaction.

A portion of the funds for the acquisition will come from a $2.0 billion
credit facility underwritten by Credit Suisse. Credit Suisse expects to
act as agent for an expanded syndicate of financial institutions to
provide on-going support for the transaction.

"The acquisition of Legent will accelerate the momentum we've built in
client/server computing over the past few years," said CA Chairman and CEO
Charles B. Wang. "We can now offer clients a greater breadth of solutions
to meet their distributed computing challenges. CA's strengths in
client/server technology through such leading products as CA-Unicenter,
CA-OpenIngres and CA-OpenRoad, our extensive distribution channels and
Legent's large enterprise client base provide tremendous opportunities for
future growth. We look forward to integrating Legent's products and
resources into the CA family."

"This is a win/win for our shareholders and clients," said Legent Chairman
and CEO Jerre Stead. "We're delighted that our clients can take advantage
of CA's substantial resources and unparalleled track record in delivering
mission-critical solutions. CA's unique client/server product set and
global organization offer outstanding synergistic benefits."

The tender offer, which will commence shortly, will involve the offer to
purchase an amount of shares such that, upon consummation, CA will own at
least a majority of the outstanding shares. It will also be subject to the
expiration or termination of any applicable antitrust waiting period and
the receipt of all regulatory approvals.

Following completion of the tender offer, it is expected that the
subsidiary of CA will be merged into the Legent Corporation and all of the
Legent Corporation's shares not owned by CA will be converted into the
right to receive $47.95 per share in cash.

Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE:CA) leads the world in
client/server software. Guided by CA90s open architecture, 7,600 dedicated
employees in 33 countries develop, license and support more than 300
integrated products that include systems and database management,
application development, financial and manufacturing applications and
consumer solutions. The world's major industrial, government and research
organizations depend on CA, whose fiscal year 1995 revenues exceeded $2.6
billion.

Legent Corporation, headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, is a worldwide
supplier of software and services for the management of distributed
computing across the enterprise.

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