Sam Nakane to Lead i2 in Fast Growing Asia-Pacific Markets

Dallas -- January 8, 2004

i2 Technologies, Inc. (OTC: ITWO), a leading provider of end-to-end supply chain management solutions, today announced that Sam Nakane has been named president, i2 Greater Asia-Pacific Region. This newly formed region is the combination of two existing i2 regions – i2 Japan and i2 Asia-Pacific (APAC). Nakane is expanding his original role as chairman of i2 Japan to include the Asia-Pacific region, and handing over his current responsibilities as i2 chief operating officer to i2 chairman and CEO Sanjiv Sidhu. Nakane also serves as an executive vice president of the company.

In his new role, Nakane will be responsible for all sales, marketing, operations, services and support in the company’s new Greater Asia-Pacific Region, which includes the fast-growing markets of China, Korea, Japan, India, Malaysia, Taiwan and Australia. The current presidents of i2 Japan and i2 APAC will report to Nakane. i2 India’s solutions operations, and research and development activities at the i2 Solutions Center will remain under the leadership of Pallab Chatterjee, i2 president, Solutions Operations.

“Sam Nakane has been a key executive in i2’s restructuring as i2’s COO, helping us navigate through one of the most challenging periods in our history, and re-establishing i2’s commitment to our customers. He has made many personal sacrifices on behalf of our company and we are pleased to offer him an opportunity that presents many professional challenges, and at the same time returns him to his family in Japan,” said i2 CEO Sanjiv Sidhu. “His new role recognizes the importance of this diverse region to i2, as it contains many of the world’s fast-growing markets. The revenue potential for i2 in this region is important to the future of our company. Sam’s leadership will enable us to capitalize on that potential.”
       
“We have accomplished a great deal in the past two years, and I am proud to have been a part of this process,” said Nakane. “As we looked at our strategic imperatives for the coming year, it was obvious that the Greater Asia-Pacific Region was going to be central to our growth. Sanjiv and I agreed that I would be best suited to drive the business of this combined region. I look forward to the challenge with a new perspective gained during my tenure as i2’s COO.”

Nakane joined i2 as chairman, i2 Japan in March 2001, and was named i2’s COO in April 2002.  He joined i2 from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he had been the managing partner for Japan and the B2E (business-to-enterprise) leader for the Asia-Pacific Region since December 1999.  Prior to his position with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Nakane worked in senior management positions for both SAP and IBM.

About i2
A leading provider of end-to-end supply chain management solutions, i2 designs and delivers software that helps customers optimize and synchronize activities involved in successfully managing supply and demand. i2 has more than 1,000 customers worldwide--many of which are market leaders--including seven of the Fortune global top 10. Founded in 1988 with a commitment to customer success, i2 remains focused on delivering value by implementing solutions designed to provide a rapid return on investment. Learn more at www.i2.com.
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For further information, please contact:

Melanie Ofenloch
i2 Technologies
469-357-3027
Melanie_ofenloch@i2.com