Zi CORPORATION
NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release (Calgary, AB Canada) 
December 30, 1999 

Zi closes private placement
Calgary, AB (Dec. 30, 1999) – Zi Corporation (TSE: ZIC, NASDAQ: ZICA) today announced it has completed a private placement for US$13.325 million.  Zi has issued 701,316 units at US$19.00.  Each unit is composed of one common share and three quarters of one common share purchase warrant.  Each full warrant may be exercised for 24 months following payment of US$21.00 in the first 12 months and US$23.00 in the following 12-month period.

“This financing will fund Zi’s growth on a global scale and our recently announced activities with Ozlearning in China,” says Michael Lobsinger, chairman and chief executive officer.

Zi Corporation is a software and educational products company.  The company’s eZiTEXT™ input software is licensed in numerous languages for devices such as mobile phones, PDAs and TV set-top boxes.  Zi’s common shares trade on both the Toronto Stock Exchange (ZIC) and the NASDAQ stock market (ZICA).  Zi markets its technology through strategic partnerships worldwide from offices in Calgary, Beijing, Hong Kong, Stockholm and San Francisco.

Certain statements in this press release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The information in this press release is based on Zi Corporation’s current expectation and assumptions, and is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated.  Such risks include, among others, general business and economic conditions and competitive actions as well as the risks and uncertainties referred to in Zi Corporation’s 20-F for the most recent calendar year
 
 

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For further information, please contact: 

Karen Attwell 
Zi Corporation 
Manager, Investor/Media Relations 
Phone:  (403) 233-8875 
Email: mailto:investor@zicorp.com
Web site:  http://www.zicorp.com/