Orc Trading connects to Solid FX to offer superior FX trading experience

Orc Trading connects to Solid FX to offer superior FX trading experience

Joint customers will benefit from efficient, reliable and
high-performance FX trading

Stockholm, SWEDEN, Tuesday February 1, 2011 -  Orc Software (SSE: ORC),
the leading provider of technology and services for the global financial
industry, today announced a connectivity offering which provides Orc
Trading users with access to the Solid FX currency trading platform.

Newly developed by Solid Trading, B.V., Solid FX is a state-of-the-art
currency trading platform, providing deep liquidity in virtually every
currency pair. Solid FX offers a transparent platform with a near zero
latency matching engine, conforming to the business rules seen on
regulated exchanges.

“By adding FIX-based API connectivity between Solid FX and the Orc
Trading platform, we enable our customers to benefit from a single
counterpart in virtually any FX pair combined with reliable and fast
market data,” said Christopher Lederer, VP Continental Europe, Orc
Software.

A specific advantage for Orc customers is that Solid FX provides a FX
currency feed with features that enable clients to more efficiently use
Orc Spreader, Orc's specialized product for ultra-low latency,
high-frequency arbitrage and spread trading.

“Being the first Orc customer to trade on the Solid FX platform, we are
very satisfied with the excellent trading experience. This highly
contributes to our fully integrated arbitrage algorithms and has
definitely increased our risk management controls, whilst taking full
advantage of the FX liquidity offered by Solid FX in all currency
pairs,” said Ben Bondel, Managing Director, ABR Financial BV.

“We are confident that the synergy between our platform and Orc will
result in the best possible FX trading experience,” said José Baptista,
Director, Solid Trading B.V. “Solid FX is the only true multi-bank ECN
based in mainland Europe, offering a single, reliable central
counterparty for clearing and settlement combined with low latency, high
reliability, full transparency and no execution fees. This makes us a
highly attractive FX venue for Orc customers.”

The Orc Trading solutions are used by leading financial firms worldwide
for market making, volatility trading and high-frequency trading.
Together with access to all major cash and derivatives markets and a
network of brokers, this is truly an unmatched offering. Orc Trading is
available both as deployed software and as a managed service.

Orc Software is next exhibiting in Italy at the 17° AIAF ASSIOM ATIC
FOREX Congress in Verona on February 25-27.

About ABR Financial

ABR Financial, located at the World Trade Center in Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, has its primary business and operating models targeting
pan-European derivatives markets for market making activities and
providing liquidity to pan-European equity markets.

About Solid Trading

Solid Trading B.V. is a privately-held IT development & consultancy
company, specialized in automated FX trading solutions and custom
software development for the financial sector. With Solid FX, Solid
Trading B.V. offers a mature and fully featured trading platform
conforming to all industry standards. Next to this, high reliability and
customer service are major focus points to ensure an optimal trading
experience.

www.solid-trading.com (http://www.solid-trading.com/)

About Orc Software

Orc is a leading provider of technology and services for the global
financial industry. Orc delivers trading and market access solutions
that are used by proprietary trading and market making firms, investment
banks, hedge funds and brokerage houses worldwide.

Available as deployed software or as managed services, Orc develops and
provides the tools needed for running a profitable trading or brokerage
business in today's competitive and ever-changing markets.

With market presence in all major global financial centers, Orc provides
sales and support services from its offices across EMEA, the Americas
and the Asia-Pacific regions. Orc Software is publicly traded on NASDAQ
OMX (SSE: ORC).

www.orcsoftware.com (http://www.orcsoftware.com/)

For further information, please contact:

Christopher Lederer, VP Sales Continental Europe, Orc Software, Tel. +31
6 4610 4007

Christine Blinke, VP Marketing and Investor Relations, Orc Software,
Tel. + 46 739 01 02 01

Ben Bondel, Managing Director, ABR Financial BV, Tel +31 20 8200082

José Baptista, Director, Solid Trading B.V., Tel. +31 6 3978 8155