Debt Resolve to Acquire Creditors Interchange in a Transaction Valued at $64 Million; Announces Next Generation Collections Plat
01 Maggio 2007 - 1:01PM
Business Wire
Debt Resolve, Inc. (AMEX: DRV) announced today that it has entered
into a definitive agreement to acquire Creditors Interchange
Receivables Management, LLC (Creditors Interchange), a leading
accounts receivable management (ARM) agency. The transaction price
is $60 million in cash and $4 million of Debt Resolve common stock.
The transaction is scheduled to close at the end of June 2007 upon
completion of regulatory filings and reviews. This acquisition was
unanimously approved today by the Board of Directors of Debt
Resolve. The Board believes that the transaction will be stock
price appreciative and accretive to earnings. Creditors
Interchange, headquartered in Buffalo, NY, ranks among the top-20
largest contingency collection agencies (publicly and privately
held, by revenue) in North America. The agency has diverse
experience in various finance industries including bankcards,
retail, oil cards, mortgage, and prime and sub-prime automotive.
Creditors Interchange maintains eight satellite operations offices
throughout the U.S. and two facilities in Canada, a call center in
India, and has over 850 employees. Creditors Interchange has
approximately $60 million in annual revenue. Creditors Interchange
is managed by industry leaders Bruce Gray, President and CEO, and
John Farinacci, COO and VP of Operations, who will both remain with
the company. Bruce Gray will also become Executive VP of Debt
Resolve and a member of the Board of Directors and John Farinacci
will become Senior VP of Debt Resolve. Debt Resolve believes its
union with Creditors Interchange will provide clients with a
powerful, integrated set of solutions for accounts receivable
management outsourcing, including the DebtResolve virtual
collections system, Creditors Interchange's ARM facilities, First
Performance's first-party and recovery platforms, the debt
purchasing facilities of DRV Capital, and other technology-driven
products provided by best-of-breed partners. Debt Resolve and
Creditors Interchange intend to grow their businesses organically
and through potential additional acquisitions and expansion into
Asia, the U.K., and European markets. James Burchetta, Debt
Resolve�s Co-Chairman and CEO said: �We are delighted to be
associated with Creditors Interchange and its management team,
industry leaders, Bruce Gray and John Farinacci. We all share the
same vision that the global ARM market has been waiting for a
combination of technology powerhouses to provide a one-stop vendor
solution for cradle to grave collections. We believe that the Debt
Resolve platform with the addition of Creditors Interchange, a
clear industry leader and innovator, delivers this combination.
Creditors Interchange provides us with a stellar management team
and a technology-focused platform in which to evolve and integrate
Debt Resolve technologies. With this acquisition, we intend to
redefine the standard in ARM collections and raise the bar to
become the most technically efficient, cost-effective provider of
full lifecycle ARM services for our clients� benefit.� Bruce Gray,
Creditors Interchange CEO and President remarked: �We are extremely
excited about joining the Debt Resolve team. This association with
Debt Resolve allows us to accelerate the next phase of evolving our
state-of-the-art platform by adding superior virtual technology.
Utilizing our advanced collections platform and high-caliber
employees, we will be able to offer clients the best combination of
resources customized to maximize their investment in outsourcing.
We offer a full suite of one-stop accounts receivable management
solutions for domestic and global clients.� About Debt Resolve,
Inc. Debt Resolve provides lenders, collection agencies, debt
buyers, and utilities with a patented online bidding system for the
resolution and settlement of consumer debt and a collections and
skip tracing solution that is effective at every stage of
collection and recovery. Through its subsidiary, DRV Capital, LLC,
the Company is actively engaged in the purchase and collection of
distressed accounts receivable using its own collections solutions.
Through its subsidiary, First Performance Corp., the company is
actively engaged in operating a collection agency for the benefit
of its clients which include banks, finance companies, and
purchasers of distressed accounts receivable. The stock of Debt
Resolve is traded on the American Stock Exchange. Debt Resolve is
headquartered in White Plains, New York. www.debtresolve.com. About
Creditors Interchange Receivables Management, LLC Creditors
Interchange ranks among the top 20 largest accounts receivable
management (ARM) agencies in the nation by providing full-service
collections. Founded in 1960, Creditors Interchange services a
diverse client base at a local and national level. These client
partners include banks, financial institutions, colleges,
municipalities, and debt buyers. Creditors Interchange�s
full-service contingency-based receivable management includes
pre-collection, skip tracing, contingency recoveries, commercial
collections, letter series, bankruptcy and probate services, and
litigation and arbitration services. The debt portfolios serviced
consist of credit and retail cards, auto and lease deficiencies,
consumer loans, and college loans. Creditors Interchange is
headquartered in Buffalo, NY. Forward-Looking Statements This
report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These
forward-looking statements are based largely on Debt Resolve's
expectations and are subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties, certain of which are beyond Debt Resolve's control.
Actual results could differ materially from these forward-looking
statements as a result of, among other factors, risks related to
Debt Resolve�s history of opportunity losses and accumulated
deficit, technology development, market acceptance of a virtual
collection system, impact of competitive alternatives and pricing,
future capital requirements, and general economic conditions that
are less favorable than expected. In light of these risks and
uncertainties, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking
information contained in this press release will in fact occur.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the
shares of common stock in any state in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under securities laws of any such state.
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