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Vienna based Topcall is the target for Dicom in a £27m deal. An supplier of software for the acquisition and digisation of information, Dicom expects the deal to expand its offerings.
Dicom also announced increased operating profit of £12.9, up 10%. Pre-tax profit however fell by 11% to 7.8m
The companies offerings complement each other. Topcall can capture a wider range of media. Faxes, emails, speech and video.
Sales methods differ as well. Dicom operates resellers with over 90% going through this channel. Topcall has a direct-sales model.
Dicom expects to wrap up the deal by November. It has to have 75% acceptance of the target shareholders.
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