Sybase签署最终协议收购Mobile 365公司
<p> 此收购使Sybase成为首屈一指的移动信息和内容供应商</p><p> 全球最大的致力于信息管理和信息移动技术的企业级软件公司Sybase于2006年9月5日宣布，Sybase公司已经签署协议，以4.25亿美元现金收购全球领先的移动信息及内容供应商Mobile 365公司，此交易金额将根据Mobile 365在交易完成日所持的运营资金而定。收购现金净值约为4亿美元。预计此项交易将于2006年第四季度完成，尚需得到监管部门审批，还需满足其它指定交易条件。Mobile 365总部设在弗吉尼亚州Chantilly市，属私有企业，曾获多家著名风险投资公司支持。</p><p> Mobile 365是一家致力于为全球领先的移动运营商、内容提供商、国际品牌公司、传媒公司和金融机构传递移动数据和信息、优质内容及增值服务提供商。公司的核心产品和服务包括互通服务、互动服务和发送服务。Mobile 365也是全球领先的移动信息互通提供商，提供了短信、WAP、多媒体信息和即时信息等服务。其核心产品是运营商级的网络，这是一个移动信息可用的、范围最广的专用网络。Mobile 365每月发送的信息超过30亿条，约有700个连接点与世界各地的移动运营商连接，其中包括Verizon Wireless、Vodafone、T-Mobile、Cingular、Telefonica及中国移动。在2006年3月31日结束的财务年度中，Mobile 365创收约9000万美元。Sybase预计，这项收购在交易完成后的12个月内将会使其预计收益增加。</p><p> 凭借庞大的运营商网络及无可比拟的全球业务，Mobile 365还可以让全球领先的内容提供商、传媒公司和国际品牌公司将其内容和应用移动起来，提供给在世界各地的用户，比如投票、比赛直播、广播和手机提示等服务。花旗银行、雅虎、MSN、美国在线和索尼影视等公司都采用Mobile 365平台，以确保信息的成功传递和市场推广计划的顺利进行，并迅速获得相关收入。</p><p> Sybase公司董事长、CEO兼总裁程守宗表示：“此次收购为我们的Unwired Enterprise（企业信息无限化）愿景增加了两条新的企业渠道??无线运营商和内容提供商，更使Sybase成为了世界领先的移动企业软件和服务供应商。预计到2008年，美国的移动信息市场将增长到75亿美元。通过运营商进入呈爆炸式增长的移动市场，是Sybase企业信息无限化战略的一项重要扩展。Mobile 365 为我们带来了具有无与伦比的、意义深远的运营商关系，为我们带来了规模最大的移动信息和内容传递平台，巩固了Sybase与运营商、国际品牌公司和移动内容提供商之间的关系。”</p><p> Mobile 365执行总裁Mike Daniels表示：“鉴于Sybase在企业信息移动领域的领先地位，此次收购堪称天作之合。借助Mobile 365的技术，Sybase现在就可以随时随地向任何手机传递任何移动信息或应用。我们非常高兴为Sybase提供了一条与运营商广泛联系的渠道，帮助其连接约700家运营商，使其客户阵营涵盖著名的金融、媒体和娱乐用户；同时，我们还利用Sybase AvantGo? 和mFolio?服务以及数据分析能力，满足用户对功能日益强大的无线数据通信分析的需求，为Sybase带来了新的商机。”</p><p> 交易完成后, Mobile 365将作为Sybase的一个独资子公司，并以Sybase Mobile 365公司进行运营。新的公司将由Sybase现任业务拓展与市场推广高级副总裁Marty Beard担任总裁一职。Marty Beard表示：“收购Mobile 365之后， 我们双方的业务、产品、运营商级网络、内容和应用传递基础架构将结合在一起，我们的业务将渗透到全球的移动企业客户领域。从此，在我们现有的直销渠道和非直销渠道上，又增加了庞大的运营商渠道和功能强大的ASP供应平台。”</p><p> 关于Mobile 365<br/> Mobile 365在移动信息和数据业务的全球传递和结算方面居世界领先地位，每月传输SMS、MMS和WAP等信息35亿条。Mobile 365是移动信息互通、优质内容与增值服务提供商，与全球近700个移动运营商有业务联系。Mobile 365总部在华盛顿特区郊外，在北京、上海、广州、香港、台北、汉堡、约翰内斯堡、吉隆坡、伦敦、马德里、墨西哥城、米兰、新德里、巴黎、旧金山、新加坡和悉尼均设有办事处。Verizon Wireless、Vodafone、Cingular Wireless、T-Mobile、Telcel、Orange、Telefonica、O2、中国移动、中国联通、Hutchison和 Amena等都是公司的主要运营商客户。主要品牌客户包括Skype、 Volvo、 Sony Pictures、 MSN、花旗银行、西门子、奥格威、雅虎和Dunkin' Donuts。如欲了解更多信息，请登陆<a href="http://www.mobile365.com">www.mobile365.com</a>。</p><p> 关于Sybase<br/> Sybase是全球最大的专注于信息管理和信息移动技术的企业级软件公司，其业界领先的技术及解决方案将数据从数据中心传递到任何所需的地方。Sybase提供了在任何时间、任何地点均可以进行信息安全传递的、开放的、跨平台的解决方案，帮助客户打造信息应用的领先地位。全球最重要的商业、通信、金融、政府、医疗保健等行业的关键数据全都运行在Sybase系统之上。了解更多信息，请访问Sybase总部网站：<a href="http://www.sybase.com">http://www.sybase.com</a>。<br/> <br/><a href="http://www.sybase.com.cn/gvswse/site/china/content.jsp?_doc_id=1880">http://www.sybase.com.cn/gvswse/site/china/content.jsp?_doc_id=1880</a></p> <p>Sybase Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Mobile 365<br/>Acquisition Will Make Sybase the Number One Provider of Mobile Messaging and Content Delivery</p><p><br/>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>DUBLIN, Calif. — September 5, 2006 — Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mobile 365, the global leader in mobile messaging and content delivery, in an all cash transaction. The purchase price set forth in the definitive agreement is $425 million, which is subject to adjustment based on Mobile 365’s working capital as of the closing date. Net of acquired cash, the transaction is valued at approximately $400 million. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2006, subject to regulatory approvals and other specified closing conditions. Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, Mobile 365 is privately held and backed by leading venture capital firms including Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper Atlantic Venture, 3i Technology Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, and Mayfield. </p><p>For its fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, Mobile 365 generated approximately $90 million in revenue. Sybase expects the acquisition to be accretive to pro forma earnings within 12 months following the close of the transaction.</p><p>Mobile 365 delivers mobile data and messaging, premium content, and value-added services for the leading mobile operators, content providers, global brands, media companies, and financial institutions worldwide. The company’s core products and services include interoperability services, interactive services, and distribution services. Mobile 365 is the global leader in mobile interoperability messaging, including SMS, WAP, MMS, and Instant Messaging. At the core of its offering is an operator-grade network that is the most extensive, private network for mobile messaging available. Mobile 365 delivers more than 3 billion messages per month and has approximately 700 connections into mobile operators around the world, including Verizon Wireless, Vodafone, T-Mobile, Cingular, Telefonica, and China Mobile.</p><p>Through this extensive network of carriers and unmatched global footprint, Mobile 365 also enables the world’s leading content providers, media companies, and global brands to mobilize their content and applications, such as voting, live event contests, broadcasts, and mobile alerts, to consumers around the globe. Companies like Citibank, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, and Sony Pictures use Mobile 365’s platform to ensure messages and marketing campaigns are successfully delivered and related revenue is quickly processed.</p><p>“This acquisition extends our Unwired Enterprise vision with the addition of two new enterprise channels — wireless carriers and content providers — making Sybase the leading mobile enterprise software and services provider in the world,” said John Chen, Sybase chairman, CEO and president. “The mobile messaging market in the U.S. alone is expected to grow to $7.5 billion by 2008. Getting closer to this exploding mobile market through carriers is a key extension of our Unwired Enterprise strategy. Mobile 365 brings unparalleled breadth and depth of carrier relationships and the largest mobile messaging and content delivery platform, solidly positioning Sybase between carriers, global brands and mobile content.”</p><p>“Given Sybase’s leadership in enterprise mobility, this acquisition is a perfect fit. With Mobile 365’s technology, Sybase can now deliver any mobile message or application to any handset—anytime, anywhere,” said Mike Daniels, Mobile 365 executive chairman. “We are pleased to provide Sybase an extensive carrier channel with connections into approximately 700 operators, a portfolio of leading financial, media and entertainment customers, and new opportunities to leverage its AvantGo? and mFolio? services as well as its data analytics capabilities to meet customer demand for more robust analytics of wireless data traffic.”</p><p>Following the closing of the transaction, Mobile 365 will operate as Sybase Mobile 365, a wholly-owned subsidiary. The new subsidiary will be led by Marty Beard, Sybase’s senior vice president of corporate development and marketing, who will be named president of Sybase Mobile 365. “Through our combined footprint, products, operator-grade network, and content and application delivery infrastructure, the acquisition of Mobile 365 extends our reach into mobile enterprise customers worldwide by augmenting our current direct and indirect channels with an extensive carrier channel and robust ASP delivery platform,” said Beard.</p><p>Investor Conference Call and Webcast Information<br/>Investors are invited to listen to a live audio Webcast with Sybase chairman, CEO and President John Chen and CFO Pieter Van der Vorst to discuss the agreement to acquire Mobile 365. The call and simultaneous Webcast is scheduled to begin at 5:30 a.m., Pacific Time/8:30 a.m. Eastern Time, on Wednesday, September 6, 2006. To access the live Webcast, please visit <a href="http://www.fulldisclosure.com">www.fulldisclosure.com</a> or Sybase’s Website at <a href="http://www.sybase.com">www.sybase.com</a> at least 20 minutes prior to the call to download any necessary audio or plug-in software. A telephone replay will be available approximately two hours after the conference call ends and will be available until 10:00 p.m. Pacific Time on September 13, 2006. To access the replay, please dial (888) 203-1112 for domestic access and +1 719 457 0820 for international callers; the access code for the telephone replay is #5585480. Additionally, the archived Webcast will be available through October 7, 2006 at <a href="http://www.sybase.com/about_sybase/investorrelations">http://www.sybase.com/about_sybase/investorrelations</a>. </p><p><br/>Investor Relations Contacts: <br/>Charlie Chen<br/>Sybase Investor Relations<br/>+1 925 236 6015<br/><a href="mailto:charles.chen@sybase.com">charles.chen@sybase.com</a> Lynne Farris<br/>Sybase Investor Relations<br/>+1 925 236 8797<br/><a href="mailto:lynne.farris@sybase.com">lynne.farris@sybase.com</a></p><p>About Mobile 365<br/>Delivering 3.5 billion messages per month, Mobile 365 leads the world in the global delivery and settlement of mobile messaging and data services, including SMS, MMS, and WAP. With reach to nearly 700 mobile operators around the world, Mobile 365 is at the forefront of mobile interoperability messaging and the distribution of premium content and value-added services. Headquartered outside of Washington, D.C., Mobile 365 has offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New Delhi, Paris, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, and Taipei. Major operator customers include Verizon Wireless, Vodafone, Cingular Wireless, T-Mobile, Telcel, Orange, Telefonica, O2, China Mobile, China Unicom, Hutchison, and Amena. Major brand customers include Skype, Volvo, Sony Pictures, MSN, Citibank, Siemens, Ogilvy, Yahoo!, and Dunkin' Donuts. For more information, visit: <a href="http://www.mobile365.com">www.mobile365.com</a>.</p><p>About Sybase, Inc. <br/>Sybase is the largest global enterprise software company exclusively focused on managing and mobilizing information from the data center to the point of action. Sybase provides open, cross-platform solutions that securely deliver information anytime, anywhere, enabling customers to create an information edge. The world’s most critical data in commerce, communications, finance, government and healthcare runs on Sybase. For more information, visit the Sybase Web site: <a href="http://www.sybase.com">http://www.sybase.com</a>.</p><p>Sybase?, AvantGo? and mFolio? are trademarks of Sybase, Inc.? Indicates registration in the United States of America. All other company or product names mentioned may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.</p><p>Forward-Looking Statements: <br/>Statements concerning the benefits of Sybase's acquisition of Mobile 365, future industry and company growth, anticipated accretive impact on Sybase’s earnings and Sybase's plans following completion of the acquisition are by nature "forward-looking statements" (within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) that involve a number of uncertainties and risks and cannot be guaranteed. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially include the risk that the acquisition may not be consummated in a timely manner, if at all, risks related to the successful offering of the combined companies products and services, risks that the expected synergies resulting from the transaction will not materialize or will be less than anticipated, risks related to unanticipated integration costs and successful employee retention, rapid technological changes, competitive factors and other risks concerning Sybase and its operations that are detailed in Sybase's periodic filings with the SEC, including its most recent filings on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. </p><p>Lorna Fernandes <br/>Sybase Public Relations<br/>+1 925 236 4107<br/><a href="mailto:lorna.fernandes@sybase.com">lorna.fernandes@sybase.com</a> Melissa Sheridan <br/>Citigate Cunningham for Sybase, Inc.<br/>+1 415 618 8783<br/><a href="mailto:msheridan@citigatecunningham.com">msheridan@citigatecunningham.com</a>
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