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06.10.1999

Visma acquires Sama System AS



Visma Marine ASA has signed an agreement to acquire the operations of Sama Systems AS for NOK 6 million. Sama supplies software and services for maintenance, especially for industry and the offshore market. In recent years Sama's sales have totalled NOK 7 million to 8 million, and it has about 100 customers, including a number of large companies such as Statoil and Agip.

Five Sama employees will join the Visma Group. These are all experienced programmers and consultants who will take care of further development of the products.

Thomas Falck, managing director of Visma Marine ASA, comments: "Visma wants to establish a separate division to supply maintenance software to industry and the offshore sector. This will be an important supplement to our activities, and will use the international network that Visma Marine ASA has already built up. With our Marinor, SpecTec and Sama customers, we have more than 250 industrial customers in Norway alone."



For further information, please contact:

Thomas Falck, managing director, Visma Marine ASA
�ystein Moan, CEO, Visma ASA