Completion of Alterian Acquisition (3388W)
January 30 2012 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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SDL PLC
30 January 2012
SDL Completes the Acquisition of Alterian
to Enhance its Global Customer Experience Solutions
SDL's acquisition of Alterian further demonstrates SDL's
commitment to drive the global customer experience
30(th) January 2012 - Maidenhead, UK - SDL plc (LSE: SDL;
"SDL"), a leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM)
solutions, today announces that it has completed the acquisition of
Alterian plc ("Alterian"). SDL has acquired Alterian, a leader in
marketing analytics, social media monitoring and campaign
management, for a net cash consideration of GBP69.7 million.
The SDL Board believes the addition of Alterian's integrated
marketing platform capability will bring strong synergies and
enhancements to SDL's Global Information Management strategy that
helps global businesses engage with their customers in the
language, the media and at the moment they choose. There is an
excellent strategic fit in combining the marketing analytics,
campaign management and social media capabilities from the Alterian
product suite with that of SDL's leading global Web Content
Management, eCommerce and Structured Content capabilities.
Mark Lancaster, Executive Chairman of SDL commented:
"Understanding what your customers are interested in by
analysing what they are looking at, and for how long, is key in
developing your web and customer engagement strategy. We already
have best-of-breed web content management technology, user guidance
content management technology and leading language technology.
Adding Alterian's marketing analytics, social media and campaign
management technology will provide customers with a superb
integrated solution for managing customer engagement and improving
customer experience. We are very pleased to have completed this
acquisition and look forward to working with Alterian employees,
partners and customers."
SDL will be hosting a short conference call for sell-side
analysts to give a high level overview of the acquisition of
Alterian at 8.30am UK time on Monday 30 January 2012.
To participate in this conference call, please use the following
access details:
Participant Telephone Number: +44 (0)20 7136 2056
Confirmation Code: 4056499
It should be noted that SDL updated the market on trading for
the year ended 31 December 2011 on 17 January 2012 and will be
making no further comment on the trading of the Group until the
announcement of preliminary results on 28 February 2012. SDL will
also fully update the market with regard to the strategy for the
Alterian business at this time.
For further information please contact:
SDL plc Tel: +44 (0)1628 410 127
Mark Lancaster, Executive Chairman
John Hunter, Chief Executive Officer
Matthew Knight, Chief Financial
Officer
FTI Consulting Tel: + 44 (0)20 7831 3113
Edward Bridges/Jon Snowball/Emma
Appleton
About SDL
SDL enables global businesses to engage with their customers in
the language, the media and at the moment they choose. We help
businesses manage their brands, drive global revenues, accelerate
speed to market and enrich their customers' experience. SDL's
enterprise-ready innovative technology and service solutions span
the entire customer journey and include social listening and
marketing analytics, campaign management, language management and
services, video and written content creation, web content
management, dynamic technical documentation publication and
eCommerce. SDL solutions drive global reach across multiple
languages, cultures, channels and media. Following the acquisition,
SDL has over 1,500 enterprise customers, 400 partners and a global
infrastructure of 70 offices in 38 countries. For more information,
visit www.sdl.com.
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