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Will Proceed to Compulsory Acquisition

WARSAW, Ind. and MONTREAL, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZMH; SWX: ZMH), a leader in the orthopaedics industry, and its indirect wholly owned subsidiary ZMH Acquisition Co. ("Offeror"), announced today that pursuant to the extension of the Offer made for all the common shares ("Shares") of ORTHOsoft Inc. ("ORTHOsoft") (TSX-Venture: OSH), a leader in computer navigation for orthopaedic surgery, it has now taken up and paid for 42,545,600 Shares, representing 92.36% of the total number of Shares outstanding (other than those held by Zimmer or its affiliates at the time of the Offer).

The Offeror will mail a Notice of Compulsory Acquisition to all shareholders of ORTHOsoft whose Shares have not been deposited under the Offer, as extended. The Offeror's objective is to acquire all Shares it does not own by way of a compulsory acquisition pursuant to the Canada Business Corporations Act. The Offeror also intends to cause ORTHOsoft to cease to be a reporting issuer under Canadian Securities legislation and to apply to delist the Shares from the TSX-Venture as soon as practicable.

The Shareholders of ORTHOsoft are advised to read the Notice of Compulsory Acquisition.

About Zimmer

Founded in 1927 and headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana, Zimmer is the worldwide #1 pure-play orthopaedic leader in designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing reconstructive and spinal implants, trauma and related orthopaedic surgical products. Zimmer has operations in more than 24 countries around the world and sells products in more than 100 countries. Zimmer's 2006 sales were approximately $3.5 billion. The Company is supported
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