Ann: ASSET: VGL: Vista signs conditional agreement for US based, Ticketsoft

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11/02/2015 11:45
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ASSET: VGL: Vista signs conditional agreement for US based, Ticketsoft

Market Announcement
11 February 2015, Vista Group International Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
Vista signs conditional agreement to acquire US-based, Ticketsoft.

Vista Group International (Vista) has signed a conditional agreement to
acquire US cinema software company Ticketsoft, including access to all
customers, intellectual property and employees. The terms of the agreement
are confidential. However, it is subject to commercially sensitive conditions
that the vendor is confident it can meet.
The planned acquisition will continue Vista's international growth agenda,
expanding the company's client base within the North American market and
accelerating the move to offer additional, complementary services.
Specifically, it will enable Vista's core business, Vista Entertainment
Solutions, to grow its US client base through the provision of a broader
software offering to Ticketsoft customers.
Founded in 2001 and located in Dallas, Texas, Ticketsoft software solutions
are installed in more than 200 North American cinemas (representing more than
2,000 cinema screens).
Cinemas of all sizes rely on Ticketsoft's software for their point of sale
(ticketing and concessions), self-service kiosk, internet and mobile
ticketing, gift and customer loyalty cards, head office systems and real time
management and analysis.
Providing a broader portfolio of similar products, Vista is the world's
leading supplier of software to cinema exhibitors, including more than 950
cinemas across the USA.

Brian Cadzow
Director / Finance and Legal
Vista Group International Ltd
Contact: +64 9 984 4570

About Vista Group International:
Vista Group International (Vista Group) is a public company, listed on both
the New Zealand and Australian stock exchanges (NZX:VGL; ASX:VGI). Vista
Group provides cinema management, film distribution and customer analytics
software to companies across the global film industry. Cinema management
software provided by Vista Entertainment Solutions is the core business of
Group. Veezi, MACCS, Movio and Numero products leverage the success of this
platform into other parts of the film industry; from production and
distribution, to cinema exhibition and through to the movie-goer experience.
It is estimated that in excess of a billion cinema tickets are processed
every year through Vista products. Vista Group has over 250 staff across six
offices in New Zealand (Auckland headquarters), Australia, the USA, the UK,
the Netherlands and China.
About Vista Entertainment Solutions (VES):
Vista Entertainment Solutions is the world leader in cinema management
software solutions with installations in more than 60 countries across all
continents and an estimated 37% global market share in the large cinema
circuit market. The Vista cinema management product line is both integrated &
scalable, suited to cinema exhibitor's operating 20+ screens and up to 100's
of cinemas.  Vista software comprises multiple software modules required to
deliver optimal Box Office returns, total cinema management and both internal
and external analysis and reporting.
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