Company History

2008

• Implementation of unified branding - name change to Kofax plc
• Kofax begins trading on the LSE under the new ticker symbols "KFX"

2007

• Appointment of Reynolds Bish as Chief Executive Officer
• DICOM and Open Scan Technologies announce joint reseller agreement
• DICOM wins editor's choice award from Document Manager magazine
• Software Magazine ranks DICOM as one of the world's largest software companies
• Kofax Document Exchange Server selected by KMWorld magazine as a "top trend-setting product" of 2007
• DICOM has been recognised as the market leader in the software capture market, according to a report by Harvey Spencer Associates, Inc
• Worldwide reseller agreement with BasWare Corp.
• DICOM recognised by Nation's largest technology association for innovation
• DICOM Group honoured at AIIM Conference & Expo 2007 by leading industry publications
• Announcement of Kofax Ascent Fax, a new software product that makes fax documents more reliable and manageable
• DICOM Group unveils Document Exchange Server as newest component of Intelligent Capture & Exchange
• Launch of simplified and integrated product brand architecture
• TOPCALL named global leader of production fax server market

2006

• DICOM Group unveils a comprehensive strategy that directly links Information Capture and Exchange with key business processes
• Kofax Document Scan Server certified for salesforce.com's AppExchange
• Launch of Ascent Xtrata Pro
• 10th annual partner conference, Transform 06, held in Prague to familiarise over 300 Certified Solution Providers and partners with DICOM Group's new technologies
• Document Scan Server recognised as trend-setting product of 2006 by industry magazine, KMWorld
• DICOM Group achieves an annual turnover of £209.2 and employs +1,100 people in 29 countries (year ended 30 June 2006).
• Maintained global market leading position in turnover, licenses and installations (107,000+ Ascent software licenses shipped, 100,000+ units for VRS)
• Document Scan Server voted best new product at AIIM
• DICOM Group announces the Document Scan Server
• Harvey Spencer ranked DICOM Group first in the worldwide software capture market by turnover
• Ascent Capture 7.5 and new enterprise edition accelerate the capture process
• Introduction of VRS 4.1 Professional
• Kofax named Independent Software Vendor Partner of the Year for 2005 by Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.
• Disposal of non core Samsung General Agency (SGA) business
• Strategically important acquisition of Learning Computers International GmbH (LCI) expands core technology portfolio
• DICOM and Interwoven deepen partnership with reseller agreement

2005

• Delisting from Frankfurt Stock Exchange
• Sub-division of the company's share capital, both issued and unissued, so that each ordinary share of 10p nominal value is divided into 4 new ordinary shares of 2.5p nominal value each.
• DICOM Group achieves an annual turnover of £179.8 and employs 1194 people (year ended 30 June 2005).
• U.S. Subsidiary Kofax Launches New Version of INDICIUS for Ascent, an Advanced Capture Suite With Automated Document Separation for the Ascent platform
• Signs Invoice Capture Deal with The Carrefour Group
• US subsidiary Kofax signed an agreement with Adobe to integrate Adobe® LiveCycleTM Barcoded Forms into Ascent Capture
• Global leading market position maintained in revenue, licenses and installations (Feb 2005: 70,000+ Ascent software licenses shipped, 54,000+ installations for VRS)

2004

• DICOM Group offer for Topcall Successful
• DICOM Group achieves an annual turnover of £156.2m and employs 846 people (year ended 30 June 2004).
• Takeover Offer to Acquire Topcall, a Unified Communication Solutions Provider
• Acquisition of Valuevad - Dubai based company provides entry to Middle East
• Software development agreement signed with CIA-financed venture capital group In-Q-Tel to support document exploitation activities conducted by government organisations
• Launch of Ascent XtrataTM dramatically simplifies structured forms processing and reduces set-up and operating costs
• US Social Security Administration Awards $ 20.9M Blanket Purchase Agreement for Kofax Information Capture Technology
• 50,000th Ascent Capture license sold to University of California, Los Angeles, partnering with IBM
• DICOM Group achieves an turnover for the first six months to 31 December 2003 of £77.1m
• Appointment of Bridgewell as financial adviser and corporate broker

2003

• First combined Ascent/Mohomine product launched for PeopleSoft´s Recruiting Solutions
• SAP AG integration certification received for Ascent Release for ERP
• DICOM Group achieves an annual turnover of £156.4m and employs 826 people (year ended 30 June 2003).
• New Kofax Ascent Capture 6.0 and Ascent Capture Internet Server 6.0
• First OEM Agreement with Hewlett Packard Co.
• DICOM Group receives FT BEST TECHNOLOGY Award.
• USD 6.4m Acquisition in cash of Mohomine Inc, a US Information Capture Software Developer

2002

• Opening of an outlet in Portugal further extends coverage that now includes 25 subsidiaries in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia and over 1,000 business partners in 60 countries.
• Acquisition of a German Information Capture products and service specialist ScanOptic improves market position.
• Disposal of non core Austrian Samsung General Agency business. Information Capture now accounts for over 90% of profits.
• DICOM Group achieves an annual turnover of £149.5m and employs 800 people (year ended 30 June 2002).
• De-Listing from Neuer Markt.
• DICOM Group moves into Data Capture addressing requirements in the high end sector of the Information Capture market.

2001

• Increase of equity stake in US based Electronic Forms developer Cardiff Software to 19%.
• Market introduction of Software Version of VRS.
• Launch of Ascent Capture 5.0 allows move into hybrid document space.
• Largest ever contract gained for DICOM Group developed products with FedEx.
• DICOM Group achieves an annual turnover of £140.3m and employs 720 people (year ended 30 June 2001).
• Substantial increase in R&D activities.

2000

• Completion of Kofax acquisition through fund raising at the Neuer Markt and equity placing with major UK institutional investors.
• Launch of Kofax Ascent Capture 4.0, first Information Capture product based on XML architecture.
• DICOM Group achieves an annual turnover of £99.2m and employs 540 people (year ended 30 June 2000).
• Invests US$5m in Forms Processing specialist Cardiff (San Diego).
• Acquisition of Italian Information Capture specialist strengthens local market presence.

1999

• Kofax introduces first version of VirtualReScan (VRS) into the market.
• Acquisition of Nasdaq listed Information Capture software developer Kofax Image Products for US$ 56m (net of expenses) with partners providing private equity.
• DICOM Group founder constituent of techMARK.

1997

• Move to the Official List of the London Stock Exchange.

1996

• Expansion through acquisition into Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.
• Successful IPO and listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in London.
• Formation of UK domiciled DICOM Group plc as top holding company for all DICOM subsidiaries.

1995-1998

• Acquisitions, strong organic growth and new subsidiaries formed in the UK, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain and South East Asia.

1994

• Formation of a subsidiary in Sweden.
• Rapid growth of Information Capture activities in Switzerland and Germany.

1993

• Simultaneously development of a complementary Information Capture service offering.
• Expansion of its Information Capture business into Germany as a first step of DICOM’s long-term plans to build international coverage.

1991

• Initial focus on the provision of professional document scanners and Information Capture products developed by US based Kofax Image Products to the emerging document management market.
• Formation of DICOM in Switzerland by Otto Schmid and partners in Rotkreuz, Canton of Zug.