Blackboard appoints Tim Collin as Vice President, Europe Middle East and Africa

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About Blackboard Inc.
Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB) is a leading provider of enterprise software applications and related services to the education industry.
Founded in 1997, Blackboard solutions enable educational innovations everywhere by connecting people and technology. With two product suites, the Blackboard Academic Suite (tm) and the Blackboard Commerce Suite (tm), Blackboard applications are used by millions of people at academic institutions around the globe, including colleges, universities, K-12 schools and other education providers, as well as textbook publishers and student-focused merchants that serve education providers and their students. Blackboard is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia.

Blackboard's UK customers include the universities of Durham, Cambridge, York, Dundee, Kingston, Derby, Bournemouth and Sheffield Hallam and amongst FE colleges using Blackboard are City of Sunderland, Guildford, Brooklands and Newcastle colleges.

Blackboard
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Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects for Blackboard and other statements containing the words "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "will," and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including the factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of our Annual Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 10, 2006 with the SEC. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company's views as of August 10, 2006. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause the Company's views to change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company's views as of any date subsequent to August 10, 2006.

For further information please contact:
Senior Manager, Public Relations, Blackboard Inc.:
Melissa Chotiner
+1-202-463-4860 ext. 2404

or
Louise Stewart-Muir /Ruchika Jain
EuroPR Group
Tel: +44 (0)20 8971 6400