Actix To Be Acquired by Amdocs

Date
September 5, 2013
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LONDON, UK – Summit Partners, a global growth equity investor, today announced that it has reached an agreement in principle with Amdocs (NYSE: DOX), the leading provider of customer experience systems and services, to sell Actix Ltd., the largest independent software provider in mobile optimization, for approximately $120 million in cash, subject to customary closing conditions.

Bill McHale, CEO of Actix said, “Summit Partners’ expertise in the mobile telecommunications and software sectors enabled Actix to develop the ActixOne platform. The optimization space has been undergoing significant changes, and Summit helped the Actix management team become a significant vendor in this dynamic, growing market. These factors allowed Actix to realise its potential and become part of the much larger Amdocs family.”

“It has been a pleasure to work with Actix and its exceptional management team,” added Scott Collins, Managing Director of Summit Partners, who served as Chairman of the Actix Board of Directors. “Our work with Actix exemplifies what Summit does best—partner with outstanding management teams to help them extend their leadership positions.”

Founded in 1991, Actix is the largest independent software provider in mobile optimization. Since Summit’s investment, Actix has been recognized for its multi-vendor and multi-technology optimization platform, ActixOne. In 2012 and 2013, Actix was awarded the LTE Award for its Customer Experience Analytics solution. The company was also selected as a finalist in the Best Company of the Year (Private) category at Light Reading’s Leading Lights Awards 2012.

Summit Partners was advised on the transaction by Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and by Ropes & Gray, LLP.

About Summit Partners
Founded in 1984, Summit Partners is a growth equity firm that has raised nearly $15 billion in capital, and provides equity and credit for growth, recapitalizations, and management buyouts. Summit has invested in more than 380 companies technology, healthcare and other growth sectors. These companies have completed more than 130 public offerings, and more than 135 have been acquired through strategic mergers and sales. Summit investments in the mobile telecommunications industry include Accedian Networks, Casa Systems, Commnet Wireless, Hittite Microwave, Jamba!, M/A-COM Technology Holdings, OPNET Technologies, and Powerwave Technologies. Summit maintains offices in North America, Europe and Asia and invests in companies around the world. For more information, please visit www.summitpartners.com.

About Actix
Actix creates software platforms that enable mobile operators to deliver better customer experiences, maximize network ROI and generate new revenues by locating, optimizing and monetizing their subscribers’ experience. Actix provides operators with real-time, geo-located, visibility and control over the Radio Access Network (RAN) — the most critical part of a mobile operator’s infrastructure. With more than 20 years of experience as a technology leader in the field of RAN analytics, optimization, Actix works with operators in more than 50 countries world-wide.For more information, visit www.actix.com

About Amdocs
For more than 30 years, Amdocs has ensured service providers’ success and embraced their biggest challenges. To win in the connected world, service providers rely on Amdocs to simplify the customer experience, harness the data explosion, stay ahead with new services and improve operational efficiency. The global company uniquely combines a market-leading BSS, OSS and network control product portfolio with value-driven professional services and managed services operations. With revenue of $3.2 billion in fiscal 2012, Amdocs and its 20,000 employees serve customers in more than 60 countries.

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For more information, visit Amdocs at www.amdocs.com

In the United States of America, Summit Partners operates as an SEC-registered investment advisor. In the United Kingdom, this document is issued by Summit Partners Limited, a firm authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Summit Partners Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales with company number 4141197, and its registered office is at 20–22 Bedford Row, London, WC1R 4JS, UK. This document is intended solely to provide information regarding Summit Partners’ potential financing capabilities for prospective portfolio companies.

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