New Partnership

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Raft International PLC
11 June 2003


            Raft International plc ("Raft International" or "Raft")

                 Partner agreement with SunGard Energy Systems

SunGard Energy Systems, an operating group of SunGard (NYSE: SDS), today
announced that it has partnered with London-based Raft International to help
clients implement the processes, workflow and analyses for best practice credit
risk management and operations.

Raft adds credit departmental workflow tools to SunGard's solutions for trade
processing, decision support and risk analysis. SunGard's solutions provide
robust credit risk analysis, such as credit VaR and asset modeling and
straight-through processing while Raft provides tools for establishing credit
policies and processes such as counterparty management and margining. Raft's
credit modules interface with SunGard solutions for credit risk via XML links,
creating a seamless workflow environment between trading, risk management,
credit and accounting.

John Andrus, president of SunGard Energy Systems, said "We have partnered with
Raft to help our customers harness the full potential of our credit risk
analytics and decision support tools. Clients must first establish a credit
operational support system that includes people, processes and policies. Raft
and SunGard can help clients create streamlined credit processes that feed into
trading and risk management for the full gamut of energy specific instruments,
including power, gas, crude oil, coal, emissions and weather."

David Priestley, chairman of Raft International, said, "The partnership with
SunGard will allow us to service the demand for upgraded credit systems and
processes we have seen in the wake of the past years' volatile markets and
credit defaults. Our software will also help SunGard's clients meet new
reporting requirements from the rating agencies, regulators and the Committee of
Chief Risk Officers".

About SunGard Energy Systems

SunGard Energy Systems is a leading provider of integrated solutions that help
energy companies to more efficiently and profitably trade and market energy,
process transactions, manage risk, and optimise operational and financial
decisions. SunGard Energy Systems serves over 300 major energy market
participants across North America and Europe, including utilities, power
generating companies, energy traders and marketers, gas producers, pipelines,
distribution companies, and public agencies.

Visit www.energy.sungard.com

About SunGard

SunGard is a global leader in integrated IT solutions for financial services.
SunGard is also the pioneer and leading provider of information availability
services. SunGard serves more than 20,000 clients in over 50 countries,
including 47 of the world's 50 largest financial services companies. SunGard
(NYSE: SDS) is a member of the S&P 500 and has annual revenues of more than $2
billion. Visit SunGard at www.sungard.com.

Trademark Information: SunGard and the SunGard logo are trademarks or registered
trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All
other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
holders.

Enquiries:

Jane Stoll, Central Marketing Manager,

Raft International plc    [phone]




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