Accelrys Inc. Announces Favorable ISS Recommendation for Stockholder Vote on Proposed Merger with Symyx Technologies, Inc.

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading scientific informatics software and services company, today announced that Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), an independent proxy advisory firm, has recommended that stockholders of Accelrys vote “FOR” the proposed agreement providing for the merger with Symyx Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMX). Accelrys will hold a special shareholder meeting at its headquarters in San Diego, CA, on June 30, 2010 to vote on the proposed merger.

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