JSE-listed IT company, Datacentrix,\u00a0has entered\u00a0into a deal to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of Nokusa Engineering Informatics for a purchase price of\u00a0R45.75 million.<\/p>\n
Datacentrix says it wishes to consolidate and strengthen its position in the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) sector\u00a0by\u00a0acquiring the knowledge and expertise that is inherent to Nokusa Engineering\u00a0Informatics.<\/p>\n
NEI is a consulting company specialising\u00a0in ECM strategies, solutions and implementations. The company, based in Johannesburg, is privately owned and black-empowered, and operates throughout\u00a0South Africa. It has also done work globally.<\/p>\n
The sellers, who include\u00a0Nokusa Investments , Robert George Murray Cells,\u00a0Gerhard Hielco Du Plessis, Barend Frederik Kotze, Michelle Momberg\u00a0and Abraham Spies,\u00a0have agreed to dispose of their individual shareholdings of 27%, 12.4%, 12.4%, 4.8%,\u00a012.4% and 31% respectively.<\/p>\n
“By acquiring a pool of highly skilled ECM individuals,\u00a0Datacentrix can immediately complement its ECM operations. Furthermore, by acquiring Nokusa\u00a0Engineering Informatics, Datacentrix will strengthen its position in the same sector, stamping its
\nauthority in the ECM environment,”\u00a0Datacentrix said.<\/p>\n
The purchase price is subject to the\u00a0achievement of an audited net profit after tax of R6.6 million for the year ending 28 February 2013.<\/p>\n
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