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Lexmark to acquire KofaxLEXINGTON, Ky. and IRVINE, Calif., March 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Supporting Quotes "The acquisition of Kofax enhances our best-in-class offerings so our customers can capture, manage, access, and act upon their information more efficiently, and extends Lexmark into the high-growth smart process applications market," said Paul Rooke, Lexmark chairman and chief executive officer. "Our customers will hav a breadth of hardware and software solutions that connect their information silos and automate their business processes – enabling them to access the most relevant information at the moment they need it to drive business forward. "Kofax accelerates Lexmark's development of industry-specific solutions while also immediately expanding our reach into the midmarket, where there is increasing demand for technology to better manage the growing amount of unstructured information and improve customer engagement," added Rooke. "The combination of Perceptive Software and Kofax solutions strengthens the breadth and depth of our offering, giving us an unmatched ability to help customers of all sizes, in all industries and across the globe to connect unstructured information to their systems of record," said Scott Coons, Perceptive Software president and chief executive officer and Lexmark vice president. "We believe joining forces with Lexmark benefits our customers, partners, employees and shareholders and the merger will build on Kofax's rich history of continuous innovation," said Reynolds C. Bish, chief executive officer, Kofax. "Our market-leading ability to simplify and transform the First Mile™ of customer engagement is a strong complement to Perceptive Software's strength in managing information across silos. As a result, we're excited about the future and working together to realize the full potential of this opportunity to the benefit of all stakeholders." 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