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June
18 , 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Open Solutions Inc. Acquires EastPoint
Technologies, LLC; Financial Services
Provider Expands Market Presence
GLASTONBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June
18, 2004--Open Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ:OPEN)
a provider of integrated data processing
technologies for banks and credit
unions, today announced that it has
acquired Bedford, NH-based EastPoint
Technologies, LLC., a provider of
core processing solutions for commercial
banks, finance companies and farm
credit banks. Under the terms of the
agreement, Open Solutions acquired
EastPoint Technologies for approximately
$7 million in cash, $350,000 of which
is contingent upon EastPoint Technologies
meeting certain performance criteria
set forth in the asset purchase agreement.
For the fiscal year ended December
31, 2003, EastPoint Technologies reported
revenue of approximately $7 million.
EastPoint Technologies will be integrated
into Open Solutions' Core Systems
Group and will continue to be located
in New Hampshire. Current EastPoint
CEO, Danny W. Jett, will remain with
the company during the period of transition
and until such time as a successor
is named.
Open Solutions and EastPoint Technologies
both serve the financial services
marketplace with an emphasis on providing
enabling solutions designed to provide
institutions with a distinct technological
and competitive advantage. While Open
Solutions actively serves the community
banking and credit union industry,
EastPoint Technologies has developed
a niche serving finance companies,
farm credit associations, Bankers'
Banks and Federal Home Loan Banks.
"Open Solutions and EastPoint
Technologies share a common commitment
to providing the financial services
marketplace with open, relational
and innovative products and services,"
said Jim Kern, Open Solutions Senior
Vice President and General Manager
- Banking Group. "EastPoint Technologies
also shares Open Solutions' outlook
on the importance of client service
and offering focused solutions. To
complement this shared vision and
business philosophy, EastPoint clients
will now have access to Open Solutions'
full suite of integrated strategic
solutions including, Internet banking,
cash management, CRM/business intelligence,
interactive voice response, loan origination,
Check 21 and imaging solutions."
EastPoint Technologies' CEO Danny
Jett said "Open Solutions has
garnered an excellent reputation in
the financial services marketplace
for providing focused technology solutions
combined with outstanding client service.
We are very pleased to be joining
Open Solutions and being able to leverage
Open Solutions' technology, complementary
product offerings, financial resources
and strong market presence. Being
a part of the Open Solutions organization
will help us better serve our clients
and provide them access to even more
industry specific offerings."
Open Solutions plans to leverage
each company's relational technology
and experience to develop additional
product offerings such as more advance
commercial functionality to supplement
the company's present commercial offerings.
Open Solutions Chairman and CEO,
Louis Hernandez, Jr., said "We
are truly excited about the addition
of EastPoint Technologies to our team.
Our two companies have very similar
cultures and are both dedicated to
serving the ongoing needs of the financial
services industry. Using the proceeds
from our recent public offering, our
continuing strategy is to augment
and round out our offerings through
acquisitions that add value to our
company, clients and the marketplace.
We believe that this acquisition is
a natural fit into our organization
and on behalf of all of us at Open
Solutions, I welcome the employees
and clients of EastPoint Technologies
into the Open Solutions family and
we look forward to working with them
in the years to come."
About EastPoint Technologies, LLC
EastPoint Technologies offers core-processing
solutions to community banks, finance
companies and farm credit associations
located through out the United States.
The EastPoint Enterprise System is
a comprehensive, fully integrated
solution that combines an IBM pSeries
platform with a Sybase(R) Relational
database and operates in a Microsoft
Windows(R) environment. The EastPoint
solution is designed to operate in-house
or through the company's Application
Service Provider (ASP) service. For
more information about the EastPoint
Solution, call 603.669.8552 or visit
www.eastpoint.com.
GLASTONBURY, Conn.,
About Open Solutions
Open Solutions Inc. offers a fully featured strategic
product platform thatintegrates core data processing
applications, built on a single centralized Oracle relational
database, with financial accounting, Internet banking,
cash management, electronic commerce, lending origination
and imaging solutions. OSI's full suite of products
and services allows banks and credit unions to better
compete in today's aggressive financial services marketplace,
expand and tap their trusted financial relationships,
client affinity, community presence and personalized
service. For more information about Open Solutions,
or its financial product line
Contact:
Marvin (Mickey) Goldwasser
Open Solutions Inc.
860.652.3153
mgoldwasser@opensolutions.com
www.opensolutions.com
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