REG-Capita PLC: Capita prepares disposal of education software business

CapitaAnnouncement

19/06/2020 17:05

19 June 2020

Capita prepares to dispose of education software business

Capita plc (“Capita”) notes recent media speculation regarding a potential
disposal of Education Software Solutions (“ESS”).

Following a strategic review of our Software division over the past year, we
made a decision to focus on a portfolio of core software capabilities which
are better aligned with and support our consulting, transformation and digital
BPO services, and the vertical markets of the rest of the Group.

We will retain software assets that are catalysts for growing our other
services – and plan to dispose of standalone software products that have
little overlap or cross-sell with the rest of Capita, such as ESS.

We can today confirm that we are preparing to sell ESS, a standalone provider
of management information system (MIS) software for the education sector. A
further announcement will be made in due course when appropriate.

As part of this broader review of our software capability, we have today made
a separate announcement that we have agreed the sale of Eclipse Legal Systems
(“Eclipse”), a standalone legal process software product, to Access UK
Limited for £56.5m.

Proceeds from the sale of Eclipse will be used to strengthen the Group’s
balance sheet.

Further disposals of standalone software product businesses will be considered
in due course as part of the strategic review of the Software division.

For more information please contact:

Media enquiries
Capita external communications
Tel: 0207 654 2399
Email: media@capita.co.uk



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