NEW YORK, April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgeson Shareholder Communications,
Inc. today announced the acquisition of the remaining 54% that it did not own
of GSC Proxitalia, an entity that was originally established in 1999 as a
joint venture of Georgeson Shareholder with partners Stefano Marini and Alvise
Recchi. Georgeson Shareholder is part of the Computershare Ltd. (ASX: CPU)
family of companies. Mr. Marini and Mr. Recchi will continue in leadership
positions with the organization, joining the senior management team of
Computershare's stakeholder relationship management group.
This move to full ownership of the Proxitalia group establishes
Computershare's presence in Southern Europe and Latin America, and continues
to demonstrate Georgeson Shareholder's commitment to growth of its stakeholder
relationship management solutions through global expansion of its
international proxy services. Georgeson Shareholder and the Proxitalia group
are already collaborating on key projects, including provision of global
information agent services for one of the world's largest bond restructuring
transactions -- the restructuring of the Sovereign debt of the Republic of
Argentina.
"This deal paves the way for Georgeson Shareholder and Computershare to
offer our full range of proxy solicitation and other investor relations
solutions in continental Europe and Latin America," said Oliver Niedermaier,
head of Computershare's stakeholder relationship management group. "We also
look forward to continual expansion of our seamless services for international
cross-border transactions, such as our current work for the Republic of
Argentina and numerous cross-border M&A transactions."
As the first full-service shareholder communications and proxy service
firm in Italy, Spain and Latin America, the Proxitalia group has acted as
financial communications advisor for more than 350 financial transactions in
those markets. In addition, Proxitalia's research and development group has
collaborated with major Italian research institutions in undertaking and
publishing studies of the Italian market.
GSC Proxitalia established GSC Proxiberica in 2003 and Proxylatina in
2004, and the group now employs 70 people in four offices in three countries:
Rome and Milan in Italy; Madrid in Spain; and Buenos Aires in Argentina.
"Computershare is actively expanding our investor relationship management
services as part of our goal to be the full-service provider for issuers
worldwide," said Chris Morris, CEO of Computershare Limited. "The acquisition
of the remainder of the Proxitalia group is an important step in achieving
this strategic vision and also further drives our geographic expansion in
continental Europe."
About Georgeson Shareholder
Founded in 1935, Georgeson Shareholder is the world's oldest and most
highly regarded proxy solicitation and securityholder communications firm.
Georgeson Shareholder provides expert services to more than 3,500 corporations
and mutual funds worldwide, including proxy solicitation, tender and exchange
offers, stock option plan and M&A advisory services, IRtrack(TM) investor
intelligence and surveillance, corporate governance, PostMerger CleanUp(SM)
unexchanged holder services, small shareholder oddlot programs, employee plan
services, information agent, broker/dealer services, reorganization services,
financial printing/mailing and shareholder relations/call center solutions.
Georgeson Shareholder has been a member of the Computershare group of
companies since 2003. For more information, visit the Georgeson Shareholder
Web site at http://www.georgesonshareholder.com .
About Computershare
Computershare (ASX: CPU) is the world's leading financial services and
technology provider to the global securities industry in its provision of
services and solutions to listed companies, investors, employees, exchanges
and other financial institutions. With a unique range of integrated services,
Computershare provides specialized records management for company share
registers and employee share and stock option plans, document design and
communication, strategic investor relations and market intelligence, and a
variety of sophisticated trading technologies for financial markets.
Computershare is the largest and only provider of global shareholder and
employee management services-administering more than 70 million shareholder
accounts for over 13,000 corporations across twelve countries on five
continents. Founded in Australia in 1978, Computershare today employs almost
8,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit
http://www.computershare.com .
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CONTACT:
Oliver Niedermaier, Ph.D., CEO, Global
Stakeholder Relationship Management, of Computershare,
+1-212-805-7106, oliver.niedermaier@computershare.com , or Juli
Bark, EVP, Marketing and Strategic Development, of Computershare,
North America, +1-312-588-4249, juli.bark@computershare.com
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