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Thursday, December 3 - 2009

Hummingbird announces the opening of Authorized Representative of Hummingbird in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ: HUMC, TSX: HUM), a leading global provider of integrated enterprise content management (ECM) and network connectivity solutions, today announced that M.G.S, its Authorized Representative of Hummingbird in Kuwait, Lebanon and United Arab Emirates, has opened an additional office in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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As the Authorized Representative of Hummingbird, M.G.S will promote the Hummingbird Enterprise™ suite of applications through its Partner Alliances Network in the GCC and Middle East Countries. To support and develop the Partners Alliances, M.G.S will provide, as it has been doing in the last few years, a wide scope of services in marketing, sales, technical support and localization, professional services and system integration and control the quality and efficiency of projects implemented at customer sites.

The chief objectives of the Authorized Representative of Hummingbird in Saudi Arabia include the distribution of Hummingbird corporate best practices in the GCC and Middle East Countries; enforcing the effective implementation of projects by Hummingbird partners; and creating a library of best practices from the field of projects deployed for local customers.

"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest market in the Middle East, and is growing at double digit rates," said Mr. Assem Rashidi, Head of M.G.S. "Large public investments as well as the Kingdom joining WTO in 2006 are contributing to this economic growth. The opening of the Authorized Representative of Hummingbird in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is key in achieving our objective of being the leader in ECM in this market. Our goal is to be close to our partners and local customers and assist them achieving their business goals."

"We are very pleased to see M.G.S the Authorized Representative of Hummingbird in GCC and the Middle East, expand their presence in the region and open an office in Saudi Arabia," said Tony Heywood, Senior Vice President EMEA. "The opening of an additional office in the Middle East, is part of Hummingbird's strategy in the region to actively increase the company's presence in this territory."
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About Hummingbird Enterprise™:
Hummingbird Enterprise provides an integrated platform for enterprise content management that provides global organizations with solutions to manage business interaction information such as documents, records, virtual deal room exchanges, discussions, email or financial data - linking business processes, information and people. Hummingbird solutions are designed as modular applications that are fully interoperable with each other, enabling customers to incrementally build an enterprise content management solution to meet their evolving information needs in a cost effective manner.

About Hummingbird:
Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ: HUMC, TSX: HUM) is a leading global provider of enterprise software solutions. Hummingbird's enterprise content management (ECM) solutions enable organizations to manage the lifecycle of enterprise content from creation to disposition. Hummingbird Enterprise solutions enable organizations to address critical business needs, such as information management, business continuity, compliance and risk mitigation. Founded in 1984, Hummingbird employs over 1,400 people and serves more than 33,000 customers, including 90% of Fortune 100. Hummingbird solutions are sold directly from 40 offices worldwide and through our Alliance Network of partners and resellers.


Forward-looking statements in this press release, including statements relating to the Company's capital structure, future sales growth, profitability, competitive position and release of new products are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company.

Investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ materially from those expected. Such risks include, but are not limited to: the Company's ability to secure underwriting support and attract investors to its stock; the Company's ability to introduce new products in a timely manner and its ability to generate demand for, and gain market acceptance of, those products in an intensely competitive marketplace, where many of its competitors have substantially greater resources than the Company; the Company's ability to maintain revenue growth at current levels or anticipate a decline in revenue from any of its products; the Company's ability to reduce its costs to the extent required to maintain profitability should revenue decline; the Company's ability to hire, train, and retain highly qualified personnel; the Company's reliance on third party distribution channels as part of its sales and marketing strategy; and other risks detailed in the Company's various securities filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Canadian securities regulators.


Authorized Representative Office of Hummingbird in GCC and Middle East

Assem Rashidi
Mediterranean Sea & Gulf For Computer Systems (M.G.S) Authorized Representative Office of Hummingbird in GCC and Middle East

Address:
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Office # 1432
28th Floor Kingdom Center
P.O. Box 230888 - Riyadh, 11321,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Tel: +966 1 211 8079
Fax: +966 1 2118001

U.A.E
03rd East Wing, 04th Floor,
Dubai Airport Free Zone
PO Box 54620 - Dubai, UAE
Tel: +971-4-2149856
Fax: +971-4-2149501

Kuwait
Fahad Al-Salem St.
Seikh Salem Ali Building, 1st Floor
P.O. Box 24742
13108 Kuwait
Tel: +965-2450980/1/2
Fax: +965-2450983

Lebanon
Downtown Al-Azaria area, Markazia Building, 2nd floor
Beirut, Lebanon
P.O. Box 14-6530, Beirut, Lebanon
Tel: +961-1-974247
Fax: +961-1-974246

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