Paris (France), April 3th 2006 – Aelios Finance, the leading French advisory firm specializing on small and mid-size companies, announces today that Misys Plc (FTSE : MSY) has acquired NEOMAlogic, the award-winning trade finance solutions company for €12m in cash.
« We would like to congratulate the Aelios Finance team for its exceptional support during all the negotiation period. With our integration in Misys, NEOMAlogic has the means necessary for an accelerated international development and supporting its key account clients », declared Olivier Berthier, founder and CEO of NEOMAlogic.
“This operation is a great success for NEOMAlogic as well as for Aelios Finance, and it confirms its dynamism in the high assessment of developping companies. Thanks to our participation in M&A International Inc. network, we act as mediator between NOMAlogic and international purchasers, which have come from either Europe, US or Israel », explained Thibault de Monclin, co-manager of Aelios Finance.
NEOMAlogic is an electronic solutions provider acting primarily in the field of International Trade Finance for the banking sector. NEOMAlogic's core product is the Global Trade Portal, the unique integrated e-business solution offering importers and exporters a full-featured console to seemlessly connect to their banks in order to complete their International Trade transactions on-line. NEOMAlogic was founded in April 2000 by a highly skilled team specialized. The company achieved revenues of € 3 million in 2005.
Misys plc (FTSE: MSY), the global software company, is one of the world’s largest and longest-established providers of industry-specific software. Misys employs over 6,500 people who serve customers in more than 120 countries. For the year ended 31 may 2005, overall group revenues were € 1 billion.
About NEOMAlogic NEOMAlogic is an electronic solutions provider acting primarily in the field of International Trade Finance. An in-depth technical experience and functional expertise in the field of Banking and Trade contribute to the design and implementation of best of breed e-commerce solutions for its customers. The company's core product, Global Trade Portal, counts leading international banks such as BNP Paribas, Calyon, Credit Lyonnais, Lloyds TSB, Natexis and Societe Generale among its references. NEOMAlogic has also won the coveted "Technology Award" from The Banker magazine in the Trade Finance category two years in a row, in 2003 and 2004, where Global Trade Portal has been described as the "Trade Finance Solution of the Year". NEOMAlogic is driven by a dynamic team with software development and management experience from leading banks and IT consultancy.
About AELIOS FINANCE
Aelios finance is the leading French advisory firm specializing on small- and mid-size companies.
Aelios Finance’s mission is to help entrepreneurs throughout the process of raising capital, merger-acquisitions, LBO/MBO/MBI/OBO or restructuring. The company is led by a team that addresses the following sectors: Technology–Media-Telecom, Health–Biotechnology and fast growing small- and mid-size companies. Created in 2001, Aelios Finance has been totalising over 400.000.000 € raised and 105 sucessfull transactions since its inception in 2001.
