Blackboard Inc. to Present at the 6th Annual Wedbush Morgan Securities New York Management Access Conference

WASHINGTON, May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) today announced that Michael Chasen, president and CEO, Mike Beach, CFO and Michael Stanton, VP of Investor Relations & Global Treasury, will present at the 6th Annual Wedbush Morgan Securities New York Management Access Conference on Wednesday, May 21st at 3:00 pm ET. The live webcast and a replay of the presentation will be available for a limited time at http://investor.blackboard.com.

About Blackboard Inc.

Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) is a leading provider of enterprise software applications and related services to the education industry. Founded in 1997, Blackboard enables educational innovations everywhere by connecting people and technology. With two product suites, the Blackboard Academic Suite(TM) and the Blackboard Commerce Suite(TM), Blackboard is used by millions of people at academic institutions around the globe, including colleges, universities, K-12 schools and other education providers, as well as textbook publishers and student-focused merchants that serve education providers and their students. Blackboard is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia.

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SOURCE  Blackboard Inc.
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    /CONTACT:  Michael J. Stanton, Vice President, Investor Relations of
Blackboard Inc., +1-202-463-4860, ext. 2305/
    /Web site:  http://www.blackboard.com
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