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Pegasystems Completes Acquisition of Collaboration and Co-Browsing Provider Firefly(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 08 July 2014 Release date- 03072014 - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the software company powering the digital enterprise with Better Business Software, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Profeatable Corporation, the provider of Firefly co-browsing technology, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Pegasystems will unify Firefly's cloud-based collaboration technology into its Build for Change platform and customer service and sales applications. This will enable organizations to enhance customer experience and increase employee productivity through collaboration. Firefly will also continue to be offered as a stand-alone solution. Firefly's technology enables users to securely share content by simultaneously browsing web pages. It empowers agents to proactively engage customers when and where they need it most, improving customer satisfaction, and driving adoption of self-service tools to increase revenue. It also increases productivity, enabling employees to more easily collaborate on work, regardless of location. The acquisition is expected to result in dilution of $0.01 to $0.02 per share in 2014 EPS on a GAAP basis due to acquisition costs, amortization of acquisition related intangibles, and stock-based compensation. However, the acquisition is not expected to impact non-GAAP targets for full year 2014 revenue or EPS. Forward-Looking Statements 'Safe harbor' statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Certain statements contained in this press release may be construed as 'forward-looking statements' as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words 'anticipate,' 'project,' 'expect,' 'plan,' 'intend,' 'believe,' 'estimate,' 'should,' 'target,' 'forecast,' 'could,' 'preliminary,' 'guidance' and similar expressions, among others, identify forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date the statement was made. This press release contains forward-looking statements about expected GAAP and non-GAAP financial results for the full fiscal year of 2014, including revenue and EPS. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions and involve various risks and uncertainties, which could cause the Company's actual results to differ from those expressed in such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, variation in demand for our products and services and the difficulty in predicting the completion of product acceptance and other factors affecting the timing of our license revenue recognition, the ongoing consolidation in the financial services and healthcare markets, reliance on third party relationships, the potential loss of vendor specific objective evidence for our professional services and management of the Company's growth. Further information regarding these and other factors which could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements contained in this press release is contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 and other recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These documents are available on the Company's website at www.pega.com/about-us/investors/sec-filings. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release represent the Company's views as of July 3, 2014. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements and there are no assurances that the matters contained in such statements will be achieved. Although subsequent events may cause the Company's view to change, the Company does not undertake and specifically disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements whether as the result of new information, future events or otherwise. (c) 2014 Electronic News Publishing - |