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SPSS Named to List of 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers

CHICAGO, 09/21/00 —

Acknowledged for its flexibility, benefits and environment, SPSS Inc. (NASDAQ: SPSS) was recently named one of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers . In the October 2000 issue, Working Mother editors will recognize SPSS for its flexible culture, progressive benefits and supportive environment for working mothers. SPSS also received the magazine's highest ranking for its leave for new parents.

"It is gratifying for our efforts to be recognized on a national stage," said Theresa Dear, vice president of human resources at SPSS. "Employee satisfaction is critical to our success and one of our key corporate values is to consistently create innovative human resources programs for our employees. We are proud to offer an environment and incentives that enable not only working mothers, but all our employees, to grow personally and professionally. This is how SPSS successfully delivers analytical solutions and products to over 250,000 organizations worldwide. People who want to join our team can learn about opportunities at www.spss.com/jobs."

Working Mother selected 2000's 100 Best Companies based on a variety of employee-friendly criteria including: child care, leave for new parents, flexible work arrangements, work/life benefits such as elder care, adoption assistance and opportunities for women. Editors looked at a range of supportive company offerings, including health insurance premiums, availability of time off to care for sick children, mentoring programs and extras such as on-site gyms and other conveniences.

About SPSS Inc.

SPSS Inc. enables organizations to develop more profitable customer relationships by providing analytical solutions that discover what customers want and predict what they will do. The company delivers analytical solutions at the intersection of customer relationship management and business intelligence. SPSS analytical solutions integrate and analyze market, customer and operational data in key vertical markets worldwide including: telecommunications, health care, banking, finance, insurance, manufacturing, retail, consumer packaged goods, market research and the public sector.

Headquartered in Chicago, SPSS has more than 40 offices, over 900 employees and 1999 revenues of $142 million. The company also has won the following awards: No. 70 on Forbes 1999 list of the “200 best small companies” and as the 22nd most profitable company on the Nasdaq exchange by Equities magazine; 1999 World Class Solution award in business intelligence and named “best decision support system for business intelligence” in the 1999 RealWare award competition; No. 14 in DM Review's 1999 Data Warehouse Top 100; placed No. 16 on the 2000 Soft·letter 100, a ranking of the top 100 personal computer software companies in the United States; and No. 115 in the 2000 Software 500, a ranking of the world's largest software vendors by Software Magazine; listed on Working Mother magazine's 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers for 2000. For more information, visit www.spss.com.

About Working Mother/Working Woman Network

Working Mother magazine, founded in 1979, reaches more than 3 million readers each month, and is the only national business magazine written for executive and entrepreneurial mothers. It is part of Working Woman Network (WWN), a leading global resource for businesswomen in today's digital economy, which also includes Working Woman magazine, the National Association for Female Executives, a conference division, Businesswomen's Research Institute and The Business Women's Network. In August, under the leadership of CEO Kay Koplovitz, WWN launched WorkingWoman.com, the first online resource center exclusively for women in business.