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Docdata media Ltd. realised a revenue of about GBP 6 million with a positive net operating cash flow in 2008 and had total assets with a book value of about GBP 3 million at 31st of December 2008. The management of DOCDATA N.V. expects that the sale of the replication activities in the UK will not have an adverse influence on the positive development of the Internet Service Company docdata. For the Telford site, management believes that this transaction will result in higher production volumes by adding the Sound Performance customer base. The existing labour contracts with the personnel and staff of docdata media Ltd. will be taken over by Sound Performance on the same conditions. Michiel Alting von Geusau, CEO of docdata: "I strongly believe that this agreement with Sound Performance, who has been a long time reputable customer for docdata media in the UK, is in the best interest of our employees in Telford. When Sound Performance approached us with the idea for this transaction, we realised that a true win-win could be achieved." Since 1994, Sound Performance is an established full service provider with offices in London (United Kingdom), New York (USA), Paris (France) and Kortrijk (Belgium), offering a one-stop shop solution for all manufacturing and printing needs for all formats, including CD, Vinyl, DVD, Cassette and Video. In addition to the manufacture of CD Audio, CD-ROM, DVD, Vinyl, Video and Audio Cassettes, Sound Performance also offers a full reprographic service and manufactures all associated packaging and print. For further information, please refer to the website: www.soundperformance.co.uk. Chris Marksberry, CEO of Sound Performance: "We are delighted with this agreement, as there is a fantastic fit between the two operations. The factory site in Telford is superbly run and it will complement our existing brokerage business, offering our clients a unique combination of products and services." DOCDATA N.V. is listed at the NYSE Euronext and exists of two different organisations: Internet Service Company docdata (www.docdata.com) is an European market leader with a strong basis in The Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom, and exists of four divisions: • docdata commerce
• docdata payments
• docdata fulfilment
• docdata media Technology Company IAI (www.iai.nl) is a high tech engineering company specialised in developing and building machines for very accurate and high speed processing of all kinds of products and materials. IAI delivers clients globally in the following sectors: • securing and personalising of security documents
• processing of packaging materials
• processing of solar cells and modules
• processing of other materials (such as motion picture subtitling)
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