Systems Xcellence To Host Conference Call To Discuss Calendar Year 2004 First Quarter Results

MILTON, ON, April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Systems Xcellence Inc., (TSX: SXC) will be holding a conference call to discuss its calendar year 2004 first quarter financial results. Mr. Gordon Glenn, President and Chief Executive Officer will be hosting the call.

DATE: Thursday, May 6, 2004 TIME: 8:30 am, Eastern Standard Time WEBCAST: A live audio webcast of the call will be available at http://www.sxc.com/ and http://www.financialdisclosure.ca/. Webcast attendees are welcome to listen to the conference in real-time or on-demand at your convenience. The webcast will be archived for 90 days. Please connect to this website at least 15 minutes prior to the conference call to ensure adequate time for any software download that may be needed to hear the webcast. TAPED A taped replay of the call will be available at 416-695-5800 or REPLAY: 1-800-408-3053. The reference number is 3043747. The replay will be available until May 13, 2004. About Systems Xcellence Inc.

Systems Xcellence (SXC) is headquartered in Milton, Ontario with offices and processing centres in Lombard, Illinois, Scottsdale, Arizona and Victoria, British Columbia. SXC is a leading provider of healthcare information technology solutions and services to the healthcare benefits management industry. The company’s product offerings and solutions combine a wide range of software applications, application service provider (ASP) processing services and professional services, designed for many of the largest organizations in the pharmaceutical supply chain, such as pharmacy benefit managers, managed care organizations, retail pharmacy chains and other healthcare intermediaries. SXC can be found on the Internet at http://www.sxc.com/.

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CONTACT: Dave Mason, Investor Relations, The Equicom Group Inc.,(416) 815-0700 ext. 237, dmason@equicomgroup.com