Definiens appoints Dr. Wolfgang Rencken as Vice#President Research & Development

Munich, Germany – June, 1st, 2006: Definiens, a leader in advanced image intelligence solutions, today announced the appointment of Dr. Wolfgang Rencken as Vice President Research & Development. Dr. Rencken will be responsible for all worldwide research and development activities, including Definiens' Enterprise Image Intelligence platform, Cognition Network Language Competence Center, Life Sciences Solutions, Geospatial Intelligence Solutions, and Research. He brings to Definiens more than 15 years' industry experience in senior research and management positions. Dr. Rencken holds a bachelor degree in Electronic Engineering of the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa and a D. Phil in Engineering Science of the University of Oxford, England. Prior to joining Definiens, Dr. Rencken was Vice President Engineering of the Siemens Medical Solutions Software Components and Workstations Business Unit running a software platform development of more than 400 developers with sites in USA, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and India. Besides holding senior management positions in engineering at Siemens Medical Solutions, he worked at Siemens Corporate Research and Development, specializing in service robotics, data fusion and image processing. As Thomas P. Heydler, Chief Executive Officer, Definiens AG, regards, "with his wealth of experience, Wolfgang will support us in further strengthening our strong R&D efforts as part of our journey to become the leading Enterprise Image Intelligence Company."

About Definiens

Definiens is a global leader in providing Enterprise Image Intelligence solutions and services that enable its clients to harness all relevant information from digital image to support fast and accurate decision making crucial to its business process. Definiens' products are built on its Cognition Network Technology that represents a quantum leap in the realms of digital image analysis. Our products are offered across chosen markets, initially focusing on Earth Observation/Remote Sensing (EO/RS) and Life Sciences. Definiens offers advanced and robust image analysis solutions to accelerate the drug discovery, development, and diagnostics processes in life sciences, and perform satellite and aerial image classification more intelligently, more accurately, and more efficiently than traditional methods. Definiens has customers worldwide in the areas of Life Sciences and Earth Observation/Remote Sensing (EO/RS), including leading companies, academic centers, and government agencies. Founded in 1994 by Nobel Laureate Prof. Dr. Gerd Binnig, Definiens is a multi-national organization with headquarters in Munich, Germany and offices in Boulder, Colorado and Boston, Massachusetts. For further information regarding the company and its products please visit www.definiens.com.