Exhibit 2.3

ASSET PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT

This ASSET PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), among Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services
Corporation (f/k/a Shared Medical Systems Corporation), a Delaware corporation ("SIEMENS HS"), Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("SIEMENS MED USA") (collectively, SIEMENS HS and SIEMENS MED USA are referred to as
"SIEMENS") and Lawson Software, Inc. (successor to Lawson Associates, Inc.), a Delaware corporation
("LAWSON"), takes effect on April 30, 2004. SIEMENS HS, SIEMENS MED USA and LAWSON are sometimes referred to individually as a
"Party" and collectively as the "Parties."

RECITALS

WHEREAS, SIEMENS HS and LAWSON are parties to a Reseller Agreement with an effective date of September 8, 1998, as amended (the
"Reseller Agreement");

WHEREAS,
SIEMENS HS is a wholly owned subsidiary of SIEMENS MED USA;

WHEREAS,
each of SIEMENS has entered into agreements under the Reseller Agreements whereby SIEMENS have, among other things, sublicensed certain software products of LAWSON and provided
related support services to certain customers;

WHEREAS,
SIEMENS and LAWSON have terminated the Reseller Agreement as of the effective date of this Agreement; and

WHEREAS,
SIEMENS desire to sell, transfer and otherwise convey, and LAWSON desires to purchase and assume, certain assets and certain liabilities of SIEMENS, on the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

AGREEMENT

In consideration of the above recitals and the promises set forth in this Agreement, the Parties agree as follows:



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[REMAINDER
OF THIS PAGE IS BLANK. SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS.]

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The Parties have executed this agreement to be made effective on the date first written above.

|LAWSON SOFTWARE, INC. |  | SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS
HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION
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[Signature Page to Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement]

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