Sale of the Company Successfully Completed
31/03/2009 11:41am
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 8100P
Dmatek Ld
31 March 2009
Dmatek Ltd.
('Dmatek' or the 'Company')
Sale of the Company to an Investor Group Led by Francisco Partners is now
Successfully Completed
31 March, 2009, Tel Aviv, Israel - Dmatek (LSE: DTK), a leading global provider
of remote people monitoring technologies, today announces that all conditions to
the Merger of an investment vehicle controlled by a investor group led by
Francisco Partners with and into Dmatek, have been satisfied and, accordingly,
the Merger has successfully completed. A merger certificate has been issued
today by the Israeli Companies' Registrar and Dmatek shares will be cancelled in
due course.
Yoav Chelouche, Chairman of the Board of Dmatek, said, "I am very pleased to see
this transaction through. I believe it presented our shareholders a well-timed
opportunity to cash in on their investment at a very good value. I remain
excited about the potential growth opportunities in Dmatek's markets, and trust
that the company will continue to thrive and steer towards realising its full
potential."
Yoav Reisman, Dmatek's Chief executive Officer stated: "I wish to thank our
investors, larger and small, who stood by the Company, and have been important
stakeholders and allies, many of them for considerable time periods."
Shareholders of record today, the Merger's Effective Time, will in due course be
mailed certain forms and declarations together with instructions for their use,
and they will be entitled to claim their share of the Cash Consideration from
the Paying Agent by completing such forms and returning them to the Paying Agent
together with their share certificates or other evidence of ownership, as
directed. Holders of uncertificated depositary interests will not have share
certificates, and will accordingly not be required to surrender share
certificates in order to claim their share of the Cash Consideration. Their
holdings were transferred from the register of depositary interest holders to
the register of shareholders after close of business on Friday, 27 March 2009.
About Dmatek Ltd
Dmatek is a leading provider of remote people monitoring technologies. Current
applications of the company's technology solutions are marketed by Dmatek's
wholly owned subsidiaries - Elmo-Tech Ltd., and Pro-Tec Inc. which address the
global law enforcement and corrections industry and HomeFree Systems, which
operates in the emerging elderly monitoring market. Dmatek's systems are used by
private operators and government agencies in over 25 countries worldwide. For
more information, visit www.dmatek.com.
About Francisco Partners
With nearly $5.0 billion of committed capital and offices in San Francisco and
London, Francisco Partners is one of the world's largest technology-focused
private equity funds. The firm was founded to pursue structured investments in
technology companies undergoing strategic, technological, and operational
inflection points. Francisco Partners targets majority and minority investments
in private companies, public companies, and divisions of public companies, with
transaction values ranging from $30 million to $2.0 billion. The principals of
Francisco Partners have a proven track record, having invested in excess of $3.0
billion of equity capital in over 50 technology companies. For additional
information, visit www.franciscopartners.com.
Capitalised terms used in this announcement have the same meanings ascribed to
them in the Circular dated 21 January 2009.
Enquiries
Dmatek Ltd.
Idit Mormobile: 07834 126 742 ; +972 54 2555 860
idit@dmatek.com
BDO Stoy Hayward Corporate Finance
Michael Cobb +44 (0) 207 486 5888
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