Kirkland, Washington – February 7, 2006 – Intuitive Manufacturing Systems, a leading provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for discrete manufacturers, announced today outstanding results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2005. The growth is a direct result of Intuitive’s delivery of high-function integrated business applications optimized on Microsoft .NET technology.

Enterprise license revenue had a quarter-to-quarter increase of 153 percent from third quarter of 2005 to the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2005. This represents an increase of 91 percent when fourth quarter 2004 is compared to fourth quarter of 2005. This significant increase in the fourth quarter is attributed to Intuitive’s signing of forty new-name accounts in addition to sales to the install base.

For overall total year-to-year performance, license fee revenue increased 42 percent from 2004 to 2005. Intuitive’s quarterly EBITDA increased an impressive 430 percent from fourth quarter 2004 to fourth quarter 2005.

“The company is significantly outperforming expectations,” said Intuitive President and CEO Chuck Gillam. “We are especially pleased with the large number of new accounts that we secured in this highly competitive ERP environment.”

Intuitive’s Growth Continues

“We are thrilled with our continued success since the acquisition by Marlin Equity Partners in October 2005. The investment has been seen by our prospects and clients as a validation of the Intuitive business model. This market attitude will continue our rapid growth as we near the ground-breaking completion of the total conversion of the Intuitive ERP product to pure Microsoft .NET managed code technology,” said Gillam. “Our momentum going into 2006 is incredibly strong.”