WALTHAM, Mass. — Feb. 4, 2004 — Novell, Inc. today announced that Chris Stone, Vice Chairman, Office of the CEO, and Alan Nugent, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, will speak at the Merrill Lynch Computer Services & Software CEO Conference in Santa Monica, CA on February 12, starting at 9:50 a.m.

A live webcast of the presentation will be available on the Novell Investor Relations Web page at: http://www.novell.com/company/ir/present.html.

Novell PR Contact:
Bruce Lowry
Phone: (415) 591-6523
E-mail: blowry@novell.com