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BMC Software Commences Tender Offer for BladeLogic


    BMC Software (NYSE:BMC) today announced that its direct wholly
    owned subsidiary, Bengal Acquisition Corporation, has commenced its
    tender offer for all outstanding shares of BladeLogic (NASDAQ:BLOG) at
    a price of $28.00 per share, net to the seller in cash, without
    interest.

    The cash tender offer is being made pursuant to an Offer to
    Purchase, dated March 21, 2008, and in connection with the Agreement
    and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 17, 2008, by and among BMC,
    Bengal Acquisition Corporation and BladeLogic, which BMC and
    BladeLogic publicly announced on March 17, 2008.

    Unless the tender offer is extended, the tender offer and any
    withdrawal rights to which BladeLogic´s shareholders may be entitled
    will expire at 12:00 midnight, Boston, Massachusetts time, on
    Thursday, April 17, 2008. There is no financing condition to the
    tender offer. The tender offer is subject to certain customary
    conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase referenced above,
    including that the number of shares tendered in the offer, together
    with the shares already owned by BMC, represent at least a majority of
    the shares of BladeLogic on a fully diluted basis.

    Following the acceptance for payment of shares in the tender offer
    and the completion of the transactions contemplated in the merger
    agreement, BladeLogic will become a wholly owned subsidiary of BMC.
    The BladeLogic board of directors has unanimously recommended that
    BladeLogic stockholders accept the offer.

    The complete terms and conditions of the tender offer are set
    forth in the Offer to Purchase, Letter of Transmittal and other
    related materials to be filed by BMC and Bengal Acquisition
    Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission today. In
    addition, a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9
    relating to the tender offer is to be filed today with the Securities
    and Exchange Commission by BladeLogic. Copies of the Offer to
    Purchase, Letter of Transmittal and other related materials, including
    the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement, are available free of
    charge from MacKenzie Partners, Inc., the information agent for the
    tender offer, at (800) 322-2885 (toll free) or (212) 929-5500
    (collect). The Depositary for the tender offer is Computershare Trust
    Company and the Dealer Manager for the tender offer is Merrill Lynch &
    Co.

    About BMC Software

    BMC Software is a leading global provider of enterprise management
    solutions that empower companies to automate their IT and align it to
    the needs of the business. Delivering Business Service Management, BMC
    solutions span enterprise systems, applications, databases and service
    management. For the four fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2007, BMC
    revenue was approximately $1.7 billion. For more information, visit
    www.bmc.com.

    About BladeLogic

    BladeLogic is a provider of leading data center automation
    software with a large installed base of Fortune Global 500 customers,
    including 21 of the top 100 global companies, 3 of the top 10
    aerospace and defense companies, 7 of the top 25 commercial and
    savings banks, 3 of the top 5 securities companies, 2 of the top 3
    entertainment companies, 2 of the top 3 general merchandisers, 7 of
    the top 12 pharmaceutical companies and 7 of the top 10
    telecommunications companies. BladeLogic´s data center automation
    software solutions enable enterprises, service providers and
    government organizations to easily browse, provision, configure,
    patch, audit and remediate physical and virtual servers and
    applications, allowing customers to achieve reduced data center
    operating costs, improved service quality and enhanced security and
    compliance. BladeLogic is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts,
    USA. For more information, please visit www.bladelogic.com.

    Legal Statements

    THIS PRESS RELEASE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT
    AN OFFER TO BUY OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL ANY
    SECURITIES. THE SOLICITATION AND THE OFFER TO BUY SHARES OF
    BLADELOGIC´S COMMON STOCK WILL ONLY BE MADE PURSUANT TO A TENDER OFFER
    STATEMENT ON SCHEDULE TO, INCLUDING AN OFFER TO PURCHASE AND OTHER
    RELATED MATERIALS THAT BENGAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION, A WHOLLY OWNED
    SUBSIDIARY OF BMC SOFTWARE, INC., INTENDS TO FILE WITH THE SECURITIES
    AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. ONCE FILED, BLADELOGIC STOCKHOLDERS SHOULD
    READ THOSE MATERIALS CAREFULLY PRIOR TO MAKING ANY DECISIONS WITH
    RESPECT TO THE OFFER BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION,
    INCLUDING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER. ONCE FILED,
    BLADELOGIC STOCKHOLDERS WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE TENDER OFFER
    STATEMENT ON SCHEDULE TO, THE OFFER TO PURCHASE AND RELATED MATERIALS
    WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFER, FREE OF CHARGE AT THE WEBSITE OF THE
    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION AT WWW.SEC.GOV, FROM THE
    INFORMATION AGENT AND DEALER MANAGER NAMED IN THE TENDER OFFER
    MATERIALS OR FROM BENGAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION.

    This press release contains forward-looking statements that
    involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If such risks or
    uncertainties materialize or such assumptions prove incorrect, the
    results of BMC and its consolidated subsidiaries could differ
    materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
    statements and assumptions. All statements other than statements of
    historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking
    statements, including the expected benefits and costs of the
    transaction; management plans relating to the transaction; the
    expected timing of the completion of the transaction; the ability to
    complete the transaction considering the various closing conditions,
    including those conditions related to regulatory approvals; any
    statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for
    future operations, including the execution of integration plans; any
    statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions
    underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions
    include the possibility that expected benefits may not materialize as
    expected; that the transaction may not be timely completed, if at all;
    that, prior to the completion of the transaction, BladeLogic´s
    business may not perform as expected due to transaction-related
    uncertainty or other factors; that the parties are unable to
    successfully implement integration strategies; and other risks that
    are described from time to time in BMC´s and BladeLogic´s Securities
    and Exchange Commission reports, including but not limited to the
    risks described in BMC´s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
    quarter ended December 31, 2007 and BladeLogic´s Quarterly Report on
    Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2007. BMC assumes
    no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking
    statements.

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