Blackboard Inc. to Present at Three Upcoming Investment Banking Conferences

WASHINGTON, March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) today announced that Michael Chasen, president and CEO and Peter Repetti, CFO, will present at three upcoming investment banking conferences.

     Credit Suisse Eighth Annual Business Services Conference
     Date/Time:       Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. Mountain/6:00 p.m.
                      Eastern
     Location:        The Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix, Arizona

     Montgomery & Co. Technology Conference
     Date/Time:       Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific/11:00
                      a.m. Eastern
     Location:        The Fairmont Miramar, Santa Monica, California

     Citigroup Small and Mid-Cap Conference
     Date/Time:       Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at 4:25 p.m. Pacific/7:25 p.m.
                      Eastern
     Location:        The Four Seasons Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada

The audio webcasts of the presentations will be available live on the Blackboard Investor Relations Web site, 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 and Asia.

Blackboard

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SOURCE Blackboard Inc.

CONTACT:
Michael J. Stanton,
Vice President,
Investor Relations of Blackboard Inc.,
+1-202-463-4860 ext. 2305