Stockholders Approve Acquisition of TriZetto by Apax Partners

  
    
  
  
    
      The TriZetto Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TZIX) announced that at its special 
      meeting of stockholders this morning, stockholders representing 34.2 
      million shares, or 99.8% of shares voted and 79.2% of shares 
      outstanding, voted FOR the proposal to approve and adopt the agreement 
      and plan of merger previously agreed to among TZ Holdings, L.P., an 
      entity that is majority-owned by funds affiliated with Apax Partners, 
      L.P., TZ Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of TZ Holdings and 
      TriZetto; 48 thousand shares, or 0.1% of shares outstanding, voted 
      AGAINST; and 8 thousand shares ABSTAINED from voting on the proposal. As 
      previously announced, as part of the proposed settlement with the 
      plaintiffs in the class action lawsuits, certain of TriZetto’s 
      executive officers voted their TriZetto stock in the aggregate in the 
      same proportion as the vote cast by the other stockholders.
    
    
      “We are pleased to receive such high 
      stockholder approval for the Apax transaction,” 
      noted Jeff Margolis, TriZetto’s chairman and 
      CEO, who presided over today’s meeting. “With 
      this shareholder approval, we can focus on completing the financing and 
      moving towards a targeted closing of this transaction as expeditiously 
      as possible.”
    
    
      About TriZetto
    
    
      TriZetto is Powering Integrated Healthcare Management™. 
      With its technology touching nearly half of the U.S. insured population, 
      TriZetto is uniquely positioned to drive the convergence of health 
      benefit administration, care management and constituent engagement. The 
      company provides premier information technology solutions that enable 
      payers and other constituents in the healthcare supply chain to improve 
      the coordination of benefits and care for healthcare consumers. 
      Healthcare payers include national and regional health insurance plans 
      and benefits administrators that provide transaction services to 
      self-insured employer groups. The company’s 
      payer-focused information technology offerings include enterprise and 
      component software, hosting and business process outsourcing services 
      and consulting. Headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif., TriZetto can be 
      reached at 949-719-2200 or at www.trizetto.com.
    
    
      Important Notice Regarding 
      Forward-Looking Statements
    
    
      This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve 
      risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements are made 
      pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities 
      Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may 
      include statements about future revenue, profits, cash flows and 
      financial results, the market for TriZetto's services, future service 
      offerings, change of control, industry trends, client and partner 
      relationships, TriZetto's operational capabilities, future financial 
      structure, uses of cash, anticipated dilution or accretion of 
      acquisitions or proposed transactions. Actual results may differ 
      materially from those stated in any forward-looking statements based on 
      a number of factors, including the ability of TriZetto to successfully 
      integrate the businesses of TriZetto and its acquisitions or partners; 
      the contributions of acquisitions to TriZetto’s 
      operating results; the effectiveness of TriZetto's implementation of its 
      business plan, the market's acceptance of TriZetto's new and existing 
      products and services, the timing of new bookings, risks associated with 
      management of growth, reliance on third parties to supply key components 
      of TriZetto's services, attraction and retention of employees, 
      variability of quarterly operating results, competitive factors, other 
      risks associated with acquisitions, changes in demand for third party 
      products or solutions which form the basis of TriZetto's service and 
      product offerings, financial stability of TriZetto’s 
      customers, the ability of TriZetto to meet its contractual obligations 
      to customers, including service level and disaster recovery commitments, 
      changes in government laws and regulations; risks associated with 
      rapidly changing technology; and the risk that TriZetto’s 
      proposed acquisition by Apax Partners is not consummated; as well as the 
      other risks identified in TriZetto's SEC filings, including, but not 
      limited to, its annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 
      10-Q, copies of which may be obtained by contacting TriZetto’s 
      Investor Relations department at 949-719-2225 or at TriZetto’s 
      web site at www.trizetto.com. All 
      information in this release is as of July 14, 2008. TriZetto undertakes 
      no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement 
      to actual results or changes in the company’s 
      expectations.