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AUTONOMY EXPECTS TO REPORT 2009 FULL YEAR RESULTS IN LINE WITH ANALYST CONSENSUS ESTIMATES

CAMBRIDGE, England - 6th January 2010 - Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that it expects to report 2009 Full Year results in line with analyst consensus estimates¹ of revenues of approximately $740 million and fully diluted EPS (adjusted) of $0.97.

Commenting on 2009 trading, Dr. Mike Lynch, Group CEO of Autonomy said today: "Against an extremely tough general economic environment, we are very pleased with Autonomy's trading in 2009, which saw significant growth, increased customer penetration, new product development and Autonomy outperforming its peers in the software industry".

The company expects to report strong cash conversion for the year, consistent with its peers of similar growth rates, and one of the highest rates of conversion from revenues to cash seen in the industry.

As expected the fourth quarter saw very strong cash collection with Days Sales Outstanding (DSOs) returning to the traditional pre-third quarter 2009 levels. Cash conversion in the fourth quarter exhibited expected seasonality as flagged at the third quarter 2009 results, and the tax rate was in line with the anticipated full year rate of 28%. Finally, in the fourth quarter 2009 required research and development capitalization under IAS 38 is expected to return to traditional levels, and the company neither entered into nor completed any acquisitions during the quarter.

The above represent preliminary summary results based on Autonomy's expectations at the time of publication of this announcement. These results may be subject to revision as part of the full year-end analysis process and, at this stage, should be taken as indicative only. Preliminary summary results are provided as an aid to investors based on information available at the time of publication. Full results, including income statement, balance sheet, statement of changes in equity, cash flow statement and related notes and other segmental information will be published in due course. All results, including those set forth above, are subject to quarterly financial review and annual audit by Autonomy's independent auditors, and are considered preliminary until publication of any such review or audit.

¹ Per Bloomberg at end of December 2009.

About Autonomy Corporation plc

Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, spearheads the Meaning Based Computing movement. IDC recently recognized Autonomy as having the largest market share and fastest growth in the worldwide search and discovery market. Autonomy's technology allows computers to harness the full richness of human information, forming a conceptual and contextual understanding of any piece of electronic data, including unstructured information, such as text, email, web pages, voice, or video. Autonomy's software powers the full spectrum of mission-critical enterprise applications including pan-enterprise search, customer interaction solutions, information governance, end-to-end eDiscovery, records management, archiving, business process management, web content management, web optimization, rich media management and video and audio analysis.

Autonomy's customer base is comprised of more than 20,000 global companies, law firms and federal agencies including: AOL, BAE Systems, BBC, Bloomberg, Boeing, Citigroup, Coca Cola, Daimler AG, Deutsche Bank, DLA Piper, Ericsson, FedEx, Ford, GlaxoSmithKline, Lloyds TSB, NASA, Nestlé, the New York Stock Exchange, Reuters, Shell, Tesco, T-Mobile, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. More than 400 companies OEM Autonomy technology, including Symantec, Citrix, HP, Novell, Oracle, Sybase and TIBCO. The company has offices worldwide. Please visit www.autonomy.com to find out more.

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