- Release Date: 01/04/16 08:30
- Summary: ASSET: PAY: Pushpay sells Run The Red
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PAY 01/04/2016 08:30 ASSET PRICE SENSITIVE REL: 0830 HRS Pushpay Holdings Limited ASSET: PAY: Pushpay sells Run The Red Pushpay sells Run The Red Auckland, New Zealand | Redmond, Washington, USA - 1 April 2016 Pushpay Holdings Limited (NZSX:PAY) ('Pushpay' or 'the Company') announces that it has sold its SMS gateway business Run The Red to Modica Group for an aggregate value of $4,500,000. Run The Red integrates text messaging with core business applications using an SMS Gateway and facilitates personalised communication. Under the agreement with Modica Group, which was entered into and completed yesterday evening, Pushpay sold the intellectual property and other assets associated with Run The Red, transferred working capital items and assigned customer and supplier contracts to Modica Group (and where consents to assignment are required, agreed to work with Modica Group to obtain those consents). In addition, the staff working at Run The Red have accepted offers of employment from Modica Group. The purchase price will be paid in two instalments, $4,000,000 which was paid yesterday evening on completion and the balance of $500,000 to be paid in March 2017. The agreement includes warranties and indemnities usually associated with such a transaction. Pushpay's CEO, Chris Heaslip said, "Following a competitive process, which attracted a number of interested parties, we are pleased to sell Run The Red to Modica Group on favourable terms. Moving forward we will focus our resources on our rapidly growing core business, which provides simple, intuitive and secure payment solutions to our merchants. "The sale of Run The Red will maximise value to Pushpay's shareholders by freeing up capital for investment. In particular, the sale allows us to redeploy capital received to support our growth strategy in the USA and our target of reaching $100 million of Annualised Committed Monthly Revenue by August 2018," he said. Contact Sarah Elder | Investor Relations | Pushpay Holdings Limited P: +64 21 637 449 | E: [email protected] www.pushpay.com Stuart Wilson | Chief Executive Officer | Modica Group P: +64 21 415 052 | E: [email protected] www.modicagroup.com About Pushpay Pushpay provides mobile commerce tools that facilitate fast, secure and easy non point of sale payments between consumers and merchants. Pushpay targets merchants who are looking to offer convenient, personalised and intuitive payment solutions to their consumers. Pushpay services three target markets: the faith sector; non-profit organisations and enterprises (both small medium enterprises and corporate organisations). Pushpay was awarded four Stevie Awards in 2016 including Silver in the Customer Service Department of the Year category. Pushpay is ranked 1st on the TIN100 ASB Ten Hot Emerging Companies List and Pushpay's co-founders Chris Heaslip and Eliot Crowther are the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2015 New Zealand Young category winners. To download the Pushpay App, visit the iTunes App Store or Google Play and search for "Pushpay". Visit www.pushpay.com to learn more and see an online demonstration of how Pushpay enables merchants and consumers to "never miss the moment". About Modica Group Modica Group has grown from a New Zealand-based company to have offices in New Zealand, Australia, United States and Central America and thousands of customers worldwide. Modica Group provides mobile operators, government, enterprise and mid-sized organisations with a suite of Mobile applications via a cloud based enterprise platform that is connected to almost every mobile operator globally. Via their enterprise Platform as a Service (PaaS) they deliver solutions anywhere, quickly, and cost-effectively. Their portfolio features work ranging from some of the world's biggest brands down to some small but unique local solutions in countries as diverse as the United States, Qatar, New Zealand, and the Dominican Republic. At the heart of their business is a dedicated team of individuals with the technical know-how and creative talent to enable clients to talk to their customers. ENDS End CA:00280134 For:PAY Type:ASSET Time:2016-04-01 08:30:18
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