Australian Stock Exchange chooses ReadSoft for automatic data capture

Australian Stock Exchange chooses ReadSoft for automatic data capture The software company ReadSoft has closed on of its so far largest deals on the Australian continent. The Australian Stock Exchange and the Perpetual Trustees Australia has selected Eyes & Hands FORMS to automate their registry operation. The order is worth over USD 200,000 to ReadSoft. ASX Perpetual Registrars is a joint venture between the Australian Stock Exchange and Perpetual Trustees Australia. The business provides a complete range of registry services to leading Australian and overseas publicly listed companies. After a detailed evaluation process, they selected Eyes & Hands FORMS to speed up their share registry operations. They will use the solution to process a variety of registry related information such as transfers, change of personal details and proxy voting forms. Their volumes vary considerably and can peak at more than 200,000 forms per day. - Winning this deal is very important indeed for ReadSoft and our Australian operations. When a leading company such as ASX Perpetual selects us as a preferred partner, it demonstrates the strength of our products and services on the global market. We look forward to extending our partnership with them over the coming years, comments ReadSoft's MD Jan Andersson. ASX Perpetual Registrars selected Eyes & Hands FORMS for its high performance and open architecture. The software allows them to apply their stringent business rules in an efficient way, providing a high degree of integrity for their client data. - Whilst we have used automated data capture for over three years now, the technology has progressed significantly. We were looking to replace our existing solution with one that would provide high accuracy, had an open interface and offered the scalability required. Eyes & Hands FORMS with its proven track record was clearly ahead of the other products, explain Scott Anderson, Information Technology Manager at ASX Perpetual Registrars in Sydney. For more information, please contact: ReadSoft AB Jan Andersson, MD ReadSoft, Pho: +46-(0)708 - 37 66 00 Olof Engvall, Information Services Manager, Pho: +46-(0)708 - 37 66 70 E-mail: info@readsoft.com www.readsoft.com ReadSoft is the market leader in the development and sales of software for automatic data capture, which is software that automatically registers and interprets data on forms and invoices in paper or electronic format. Since its establishment in 1991, ReadSoft has evolved into a global corporation with twelve subsidiaries in several European countries, in North and South America and Australia. The annual growth, for the last five years, has been approximately 70%. In 2000 the turnover was 31 MUSD. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/23/20010323BIT00340/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/23/20010323BIT00340/bit0001.pdf