Aldata Solution Oyj (HEL:ALD1V) ALDATA ACQUIRES APOLLO RETAIL SPACE PLANNING BUSINESS FROM IRI

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ALDATA ACQUIRES APOLLO RETAIL SPACE PLANNING BUSINESS FROM IRI

Aldata Adds Leading Space and Assortment Optimization Products to G.O.L.D. Retail Suite, Increasing U.S. and Global Retail Sector Presence

Aldata Solution Oyj (Aldata), the leading provider of software solutions to the retail and wholesale industries, and Information Resources Inc. (IRI), the leading global provider of consumer, shopper, and retail market intelligence and insights for the consumer packaged goods (CPG), retail and healthcare industries, announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Aldata acquires all of the assets of IRI's Apollo Retail Space and Assortment Planning business unit. Apollo Space Planning software is used by over 300 retail and CPG companies with over 8000 individual users worldwide and contains over 20 years of accumulated retail planning and optimization domain knowledge.

"The addition of the Apollo business is a natural fit for Aldata" said Bertrand Sciard, President and CEO of Aldata, "Firstly the combination of products provides best-of-breed integrated planning, optimization, delivery, and replenishment of retail merchandizing operations. Secondly, Apollo's substantial U.S. customer base fits Aldata's stated strategy to build a larger presence in the U.S. market. And thirdly, both companies have shared heritage, experience, and customers in the high-volume food, grocery and CPG market sectors. For year 2009 Aldata expects this acquisition to have a positive effect on both net sales and on profitability."

Description of acquired assets Aldata is acquiring the assets and property used in or relating to the Apollo business. This covers the product IPR, employees, contracts, orders and tenders outstanding together with all fixtures and fittings and related office and computer equipment currently being used by the Apollo business. Trade debtors and prepayments at the date of closure are not being transferred to Aldata. Accounts receivable will be collected by IRI and payments from collected receivables will be made to Aldata in order to cover for all financial liabilities, like some employee related liabilities, that are transferred to Aldata in the deal. The seller has guaranteed to cover all such financial liabilities.

The acquired unit has in total 38 employees, of which 26 are based in the US and 12 are in Europe. The Apollo business generated in the first 9 months of 2008 approximately USD 8.0 million in net sales and an EBITDA of USD 1.9 million.

Deal structure The total purchase price for the Apollo business and the assets is USD 10.5 million (EUR 7.8 million calc.rate 1.346), which consists of following items: USD 9.25 million (EUR 6.9 million) paid at signing, USD 0.5 million (EUR 0.4 million) paid at signing into an Escrow Account designated by the Parties until 30th April 2010 as security for any claims that the Purchaser may have presented against the Seller under the asset purchase agreement and a maximum of MUSD 0.75 (EUR 0.6 million) as additional purchase price based on the units 2009 financial performance and which will be paid after 2009 financial audit has taken place. The transaction has been executed and is not anymore dependent on any special conditions.

Decision making process The main owner of IRI, the seller, is Symphony Technology Group (STG), which through direct and indirect holdings of shares controls over 25% of the shares and votes in Aldata. Therefore only those members of the Board of Directors, who during the negotiations or at signing of the transaction did not have any engagements with the seller or its main owner participated in the preparation and decision-making in relation to the transaction. For the decision making process, Aldata received a Fairness Opinion from Thomas Weisel Partners Group, an independent investment bank.

No change in Aldata's 2008 outlook The deal is not expected to have a material impact on Aldata's net sales and profits in 2008.

Helsinki, December 16, 2008

Aldata Solution Oyj

Board of Directors

Further information: Thomas Hoyer, CFO, tel. +358 10 820 8010

Aldata 100% Retail-Wholesale At Aldata 100% of our business is dedicated to retail and wholesale business improvement. We provide our customers with modern, flexible and integrated software solutions specifically designed to increase productivity, performance and profitability. With over 24,000 successful installations across 52 countries, from convenience store to hypermarket, 480+ live warehouses and customers with 5 to 5,000 outlets, we consistently deliver the goods for retail and wholesale business improvement. Aldata Solution is a public company quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd with the identifier ALD1V. More information at: www.aldata-solution.com.

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