April 12 (Reuters) - SIDETRADE SA ALBFR.PA :
* SIDETRADE ANNOUNCES DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE AMALTO
* SIDETRADE ACQUIRES 100% OF AMALTO FOR $16M
* THIS ACQUISITION IS A MAJOR MILESTONE IN SIDETRADE'S
FUSION100
STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH AIMS TO REACH $100M IN REVENUE BY 2025
* WILL FINANCE THIS TRANSACTION VIA BANK DEBT, TO RETAIN
CASH FOR
POSSIBLE FURTHER ACQUISITIONS
* AT TIME OF TRANSACTION, SIDETRADE'S CASH POSITION WAS EUR
24M
($28.6M), INCLUDING TREASURY SHARES
* WITH AMALTO NOW ON BOARD, CUMULATIVE REVENUE COULD
APPROACH $43M
IN 2021, INCLUDING NEARLY $7M IN NORTH AMERICA
* AS A RESULT OF THIS OPERATION, SIDETRADE COULD BE
GENERATING
NEARLY 20% OF ITS REVENUES IN NORTH AMERICA, AS EARLY AS THIS
YEAR
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