Last checked at 5 May 2011 07:00
5 May 2011
IDOX plc
Completion of acquisition
IDOX plc (AIM: IDOX, 'IDOX' or the 'Company'), a leading supplier of software and services to the UK public sector and other markets, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of LalPac Ltd ('LalPac'), announced by the Company on 9 February 2011. IDOX announced on 20 April 2011 that the Office of Fair Trading would not refer the proposed acquisition to the Competition Commission.
LalPac is one of the UK's leading providers of licensing management software and services, supplying 131 local authorities covering the full range of licensing including Taxi, Private Hire, Gambling and General Licensing functions.
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IDOX plc | +44 (0) 20 7332 6000 |
Martin Brooks, Chairman | |
Richard Kellett-Clarke, Chief Executive | |
William Edmondson, Chief Financial Officer | |
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Andrew Pinder Patrick Robb Cara Griffiths | |
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Charles Cunningham (Corporate Finance) | |
Stephen Norcross (Corporate Broking) | |
College Hill | +44 (0) 20 7457 2020 |
Adrian Duffield / Kay Larsen |
About IDOX plc
IDOX plc is a supplier of software solutions and services to the UK public sector and increasingly to the wider corporate sector. It is the leading applications provider to local government for core functions relating to land, people and property, such as its market leading planning systems and election management software. Over 90% of UK local authorities are now customers.
The Group provides public sector organisations with tools to manage information and knowledge, documents and content, business processes and workflow as well as connecting directly with the citizen via the web.
These capabilities have been recently extended via the acquisition ofMcLaren Software into the related area of engineering document management and control applications, serving many leading international companies in industries such as oil & gas, mining, utilities, pharmaceuticals and transportation.
IDOX also supplies decision support content and additional specialist services via the IDOX Information Solutions business, as well as transforming approaches to knowledge and content management via consultancy and training in the UK and internationally.
In addition, it provides these specialist skills to customers through its TFPL branded recruitment division.
For more information see www.idoxplc.com