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Company The Descartes Systems Group Inc. Headquarters 120 Randall Drive Waterloo, Ontario N2V 1C6 Phone: (519) 746-8110 Toll Free: (800) 419-8495 Fax: (519) 747-0082 Global Presence 4,000+ customers in 60+ countries worldwide; 35,000 logistics messaging partnerships

Stock Symbol DSGX (Nasdaq); DSG (TSX) Year Founded 1981 Number of Offices 15 Number of Employees 330+

Fiscal Year 2008 Revenue

Q1 - $13.3 million USD (in accordance with US GAAP)

Q2 - $14.3 million USD (in accordance with US GAAP)

Q3 - $15.5 million USD (in accordance with US GAAP)

Q4 - $16.0 million USD (in accordance with US GAAP)

Management Team

Arthur Mesher,
Chief Executive Officer

Stephanie Ratza,
Chief Financial Officer

Chris Jones,
Executive Vice President, Solutions & Services

J. Scott Pagan,
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development & General Counsel

Edward J. Ryan,
Executive Vice President, Global Field Operations

Board of Directors

Arthur Mesher,
Chief Executive Officer, The Descartes Systems Group Inc.

J. Ian Giffen,
Chairman of the Board,
Corel Corporation, MKS and RuggedCom Inc.

David I. Beatson,
Chief Executive Officer, GlobalWare Solutions

Michael Cardiff,
Chief Executive Officer, Accelerents Inc.

Chris Hewat,
Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Olivier Sermet

Dr. Stephen Watt,
Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario

Target Markets

Descartes meets the need of global trade and transportation organizations that want to differentiate their businesses through effective logistics strategies and processes, or need to improve existing logistics processes to compete in a variety of markets.

Descartes offers solutions and services for two specific customer groups:

• transportation and logistics services providers; and
• manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and service providers.

Solutions & Services

Descartes (TSX: DSG) (NASDAQ: DSGX), a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics solutions, is delivering results across the globe today for organizations that operate logistics-intensive businesses. Descartes’ logistics management solutions combine a multi-modal network, the Descartes Global Logistics Network, with component-based ‘nano’ sized applications to provide messaging services between logistics trading partners, shipment management services to help manage third party carriers and private fleet management services for organizations of all sizes. These solutions and services help Descartes’ customers reduce administrative costs, billing cycles, fleet size, contract carrier costs, and mileage driven and improve pick up and delivery reliability. Our hosted, transactional and packaged solutions deliver repeatable, measurable results and fast time-to-value.

Sample Customer List

Descartes customers include an estimated 1,600 ground carriers and more than 90 airlines, 30 ocean carriers, 900 freight forwarders and third-party providers of logistics services, and hundreds of manufacturers, retailers, distributors, private fleet owners and regulatory agencies.

3M;AGA Linde; Air Canada; Air France; American Airlines; Amerigas; Alitalia; Argix Direct; Arla Foods; Ashley Furniture; AutoZone; Bad Boy Furniture; British Airways; British American Tobacco; Cargolux; Canon; Capital Beverage; Chambers Transport; Coca Cola Korea Bottling Company; Continental Airlines; Crate and Barrel; Crowley Maritime Corporation; CVS/Pharmacy; Dayton Superior; Delta; DHL; Edward Don & Company; EGL; Empire Distributing; Emirates; Ferrellgas;  Foster's Group; Freedman Distributors; Fox River Foods; Frito Lay; GIST; Hanjin Shipping; Iberia; IDS Group; Ideal Supply; John Lewis Partnership; K-Line Europe; KLM; Kuehne + Nagel; Lufthansa; Mallory Alexander; Old Dominion Freight Lines; Owens & Minor; Panalpina;  PGT Industries; Polar Air Cargo; Samsung Electronics Logitech; Schenker; Schwan's; Swire Beverages; Swiss World; Tampa; The Home Depot; TNT Freight Management; Tomra; UTi; Wawa; Wolseley; Yang Ming; Zee Medical