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12 Jan 2005 07:01

Emblaze Ltd12 January 2005 Adamind Ltd Appointment of Non-Executive Directors Dr. Orna Berry, the former Chief Scientist of the state of Israel and Mr. RamiGuzman, Ex-Vice President of Motorola Inc, will be nominated to Adamind's Board of Directors Ra'anana, Israel January 12, 2005; Adamind Ltd ("Adamind" or "the Company") asubsidiary of Emblaze Ltd. (LSE: BLZ) announces the appointment of Dr OrnaBerry, the outgoing Chief Scientist and Director of Industrial R&DAdministration of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Government ofIsrael, as non-executive Chairman of Adamind. Joining Dr Berry on the Board asnon-executive director will be Rami Guzman, who recently retired as VicePresident, Motorola Inc. and Director, Motorola Israel Ltd. Dr Orna Berry As a former Chief Scientist of the Government of Israel and an entrepreneur, DrBerry is an active member of Israel's science and technology industries. InJune 2000, Dr Berry joined Gemini as its first Venture Partner. In her role asa Gemini Venture Partner, Dr Berry applies her expertise in the high-tech arenato direct and advise Gemini portfolio companies. She serves as the Chairpersonof Lambda Crossing Ltd, an optical component company, and until recently, asChairperson of Riverhead Inc, which was acquired by Cisco in March 2004. As Chief Scientist and Director of the Industrial R&D Administration of theMinistry of Industry and Trade of the Government of Israel, Dr Berry wasresponsible for implementing government policy regarding support andencouragement of industrial research and development. During her tenure the OCSmanaged programs in industrial R&D budgeted at over $450M a year. In 1993, she co-founded ORNET Data Communication Technologies Ltd. Her dutiesincluded raising the venture capital, building the worldwide infrastructure andmanaging the sale of ORNET to Siemens. Dr Berry is also known for hersignificant technological contributions to the local area network (LAN)industry. She served as the Chief Scientist of Fibronics, where her design andimplementation work became international standards (IEEE 802.1, 802.5). Shealso served as a senior research engineer in companies such as IBM and UNISYS,and a consultant to Intel. Dr Berry received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of SouthernCalifornia and M.A. and B.A. degrees in Statistics and Mathematics from Tel Avivand Haifa Universities. She is a frequent lecturer on "High-Tech" andglobalization in Israel, Europe and the United States. Rami Guzman Mr Rami Guzman has held various senior positions at Motorola Inc. and MotorolaIsrael Ltd since joining them in 1985. At the time of his retirement on 31December 2004, he was VP of Motorola Inc. and Director of Motorola Israel Ltd.Also, until July 2004 he was the CFO of Motorola Israel Ltd. He also hadresponsibilities for business development and was intensely active inindustry-wide government relations and legislation. Currently, he is on the Board of Mobat, Afcon Industries, Taldor Communications,Discount Management of Provident Funds Ltd Prior to joining Motorola, Mr. Guzman worked for the Ministry of Finance firstas senior assistant and deputy to the Director of the Budget and then asGovernment-wide MIS and IT Commissioner. Mr. Guzman has a BA in Economics (1963) and an MA in Business and PublicAdministration (1969) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was aResearch Fellow at Stanford University and Stanford Research Institute,California, USA, and has completed Ph.D. studies at the Hebrew University ofJerusalem. Shailendra Jain, Chief Executive Officer of Adamind said: "We are delighted tohave Board members of such high-calibre joining us. They bring with them anoutstanding track record in the field of technology and telecommunications whichis a perfect complement to our business strategy. Their vast experience andknowledge of our industry will prove invaluable as we grow our business anddeliver shareholder value." AdamindHila Dahan +972 9 7699506 EmblazeDoron Cohen, Hagit Gal + 972 9 7699831/ 339 Corfin CommunicationsHarry Chathli, Neil Thapar 020 7645 2990 Notes to Editor About Adamind Ltd Adamind was formed through the combination of the media adaptation businesses ofEmblaze and Philips in September 2004. Adamind develops and sells mediaadaptation software to global mobile operators that enables delivery of MMSimages, ringtones, audio and video between mobile phones. Adamind's key mission is to be the leading provider of Content Adaptation andenhancement for Messaging, Content Services and Value Added Services Markets. With headquarters in the US, an R&D Center in Israel, a global sales force andstrategic channel partnerships with some of the top MMSC vendors and top tiersystem integrators, Adamind is positioned to deliver superior quality products,services and support to its more than 80 tier-1 and tier-2 operator customerdeployments across the globe. www.Adamind.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange