Integral to De-Classify the Board of Directors

LANHAM, Md., Feb. 7. 2007/Satnews Daily/ ― Integral Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISYS) announced on Tuesday it will de-classify its board so that it will just consist of a single class of directors in which all directors will stand for election every year.

Integral said the decision is a the result of an agreement made after consultations with various company stockholders.

The company also announced that it intends to add Mickey Harley, as a representative of Fursa Alternative Strategies LLC, the largest stockholder of the company, to its board of directors at the next regular board meeting today.

“I believe that the company's decision to de-classify the board of directors at this time is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders,” stated Pete Gaffney, CEO of the company. “These actions demonstrate the Company's commitment to strong, stockholder- focused, contemporary corporate governance practices which I believe are consistent with the company's goal of maximizing stockholder value,” he said.

Since the annual stockholder meeting in April, 2006, the board has been reconfigured to address stockholder requests. Messrs Harley, Leimkuhler, Baldwin (all stockholder recommendations), Albertine, and Casner have been added providing greater depth and independence to the previously elected board. The resulting voard composition is well constituted to evaluate and guide the company in directions to maximize stockholder value according to Gaffney.

With the company's decision to de-classify the board, Fursa Alternative Strategies LLC and Chartwell Capital Investors II, L.P., another large stockholder of Integral, has agreed not to initiate or pursue a change in the board before 2008.

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