Corillian Corporation Acquires Hatcher Associates Inc.; Acquisition Expands Corillian's Industry-Leading Implementation Knowledge and Expertise.Business Editors HILLSBORO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2000 Corillian Corp. (Nasdaq:CORI), a leading provider of eFinance solutions, today announced it has acquired privately-held Hatcher Associates Inc., a leading software integration, implementation and consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a focused on applications for consumer banking. Hatcher Associates Inc. will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Corillian Corporation and will change its name to Corillian Services, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Corillian will issue up to 1,829,186 shares of its common stock to the shareholders of Hatcher Associates. This number is subject to reduction upon certain conditions. The maximum purchase price is approximately $24 million, based on a price of $12.84 for each Corillian share. "Corillian has seen a tremendous growth in the demand for fully integrated eFinance solutions," said Ted Spooner Please help [ improve this article] by revising it to be and encyclopedic. , president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Corillian. "Our customer base has grown significantly and this acquisition allows us to continue meeting the needs of those customers, while adding additional expertise and knowledge to our implementation teams. Hatcher Associates' team of professionals gives us an opportunity to build on our reputation of delivering a comprehensive, customized solution to leading financial institutions around the world." Hatcher Associates Inc. specializes in implementing consumer banking packages and Internet solutions serving the worldwide banking market. It has over 90 professionals working in seven countries. It has successfully implemented projects at over 40 banks in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Australia and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . "This is an exciting opportunity for Hatcher Associates Inc. and its employees who have worked hard to make our company a success," said David Hatcher, president and CEO of Hatcher Associates Inc. "We have worked closely with Corillian in the past on various projects. Corillian's products and services teams have proven to be leaders in eFinance, and we are excited to become part of Corillian." About Corillian Based in Oregon, and with an international office in London, England, Corillian Corporation is an award-winning provider of eFinance-enabling software for the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. industry. Built on the Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. NT platform, Corillian applications support Internet banking, bill delivery and payment, brokerage, customer relationship management, enhanced data aggregation, and small business transactions. Voyager can be deployed on-site at the financial firm or at a secure data center. Corillian technology also enables Open Financial Exchange (OFX OFX Open Financial Exchange OFX Outer Fix OFX Open Effects ) access by finance management software packages such as Quicken(R), QuickBooks(R) and Microsoft(R) Money. For more information about Corillian Corporation, visit the company's Web site at http://www.corillian.com. Matters discussed in this release may include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may be materially different. Factors that could cause actual results to differ include the risk that financial service providers do not increasingly demand Internet-based financial service solutions, that Corillian is not successful in integrating the operations of Hatcher into Corillian's operations, that Corillian is not successful in retaining many of Hatcher's personnel, that Hatcher's existing customers terminate their contracts or projects with Hatcher, that Corillian's customer growth will require it to seek additional professional services support, and that Corillian's solutions do not continue to gain market acceptance. Other risks include those stated in Corillian's reports and other documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its quarterly report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarter ended September 30, 2000. |
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