BURLINGTON, MA, April 25, 2002—Rexam Beverage Can Americas, a division of global consumer packaging giant Rexam (NASDAQ: REXMY) has implemented a business intelligence solution from Cognos to provide reporting and analysis capabilities across the enterprise, strengthen customer relationships and to better manage corporate performance. Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN; TSE: CSN) is the leading global provider of business intelligence solutions.

Rexam is the world's largest beverage-can manufacturer and a supplier to major soft drink and beer companies worldwide. Employees at Rexam are using Cognos Impromptu® Web Reports and PowerPlay® to analyze and report on critical data for inventory, production, human resources, and quality control. Managers use PowerPlay's powerful drill-down capabilities to compare customer-to-customer, quarter-to-quarter, or product-to-product, enabling Rexam to quickly spot trends and take required action. Rexam also implemented, Cognos Visualizer, which conveys this highly complex information to managers and executives in a dashboard view.

"From quality control, to defective products, to inventory management, managers now have the ability to pinpoint problems and react quickly to the needs of the customers," said Matt McDonald, project manager of business intelligence and e-commerce, Rexam. "The Cognos business intelligence solution is extremely powerful and allows Rexam to use data easily and more effectively. Employees are empowered to create and distribute their own reports, significantly easing the burden on IT resources — with Cognos we are saving thousands of work-hours each year, previously spent on report creation."

Recognizing the value of this data, Rexam is now pushing the data out to its customers via an extranet. The Web-based system allows Rexam customers to access account and invoice reports online, as well as place and update orders. This system will allow Rexam to improve speed and accuracy of its deliveries as well as eliminate the onerous paper-based reporting previously required. "This is a perfect example of where IT is delivering exceptional value to customers and our employees," said Paul E. Martin, vice president, information technology, Rexam. "We are redefining and e-enabling our businesses processes with an end result of redefining world class in our industry. The Cognos products are helping us get there."

"Rexam has seen the benefits of the Cognos solution through faster, easy access to information and the ability for executives to use that information to better manage corporate performance. Using Cognos business intelligence, Rexam is able to unite disparate data sources to gain a comprehensive view of operations across the total enterprise," said Dave Laverty, senior vice president, global marketing, Cognos. "Cognos enables companies to gain the insight they need to identify trends, spot problem areas, and make the fast, informed business decisions that make an impact when and where it matters most."

About Rexam:
Rexam is the new global force in consumer packaging. The company is the world's largest beverage can maker, as well as a market leader in consumer packaging with a focus on supplying packaging solutions to four main market segments: beverage, beauty, healthcare and food.

Rexam Beverage Can Americas is Rexam's largest sector, generating $1.7 billion in sales. The sector has 2,200 employees at 20 manufacturing plants in the Americas.

Rexam ADRs, each equivalent to one ordinary share, trade on the NASDAQ under the symbol REXMY. Rexam ordinary shares trade on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol REX. For further information, visit Rexam's website at http://www.rexam.com.