Company History

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

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

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)

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

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

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.

Increase of equity stake in US based Electronic Forms developer Cardiff Software to 19%.
Market introduction of Software Version of Kofax 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.

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.

Kofax introduces first version of Kofax 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.

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.

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

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.

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.