Lexmark acquires Kofax

Lexmark acquires Kofax

Lexmark International and Kofax Limited announced that the two companies have entered into a merger agreement under which Lexmark will complete the acquisition of Kofax. This combination will create a $700 million enterprise software company that will offer an extended suite of content and process management software, products, and solutions, including Kofax's market-leading portfolio of capture products and intelligent process applications, which simplify and transform the First Mile of customer interactions.

“The acquisition of Kofax optimizes our best-of-breed offerings to help our customers capture, manage, access and act on their information more efficiently, and extends Lexmark into the growing market for intelligent process applications,” said Paul Rooke, Lexmark's chairman and chief executive officer. “Our customers will have a broad range of hardware and software solutions that connect their information silos and automate their business processes, enabling them to access the most relevant information, when it's needed to drive their businesses.".

“Kofax and Lexmark are committed to providing the highest quality products and services to meet your needs,” said Howard Dratler, Executive Vice President of Field Operations. “Kofax will leverage Lexmark's globally scaled resources and financial strength; we look forward to maintaining our relationships with our suppliers and making this transition as seamless as possible.".
The most important points about Fusion are:

The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2015, and is subject to Kofax shareholder approval, applicable regulatory approvals, and other customary closing conditions.
The incorporation of Kofax immediately enhances Lexmark's existing best-in-class offerings for enterprise content management and business process management.
The acquisition will result in a better and more effective financial balance, as a benefit of applying available cash flow abroad and the capacity of the current statement of accounts.
In terms of capture technologies, the combination of Kofax's intelligent process applications with Perceptive Intelligent Capture will result in the broadest and deepest capture solutions portfolio on the market, spanning from web portals and mobile devices to smart multifunction devices.
For this transaction, Goldman Sachs & Co. is acting as the exclusive financial advisor to Lexmark. Lazard is acting as the exclusive financial advisor to Kofax.