Press Release
November 22, 2004
PERFECT COMMERCE AND PANTELLOS COMPLETE MERGER
Creates Number One On-Demand SRM Provider
Kansas City, Mo. Nov. 22, 2004
Perfect Commerce, Inc., a leading provider of On-Demand Supplier Relationship Management solutions (SRM) and The Open Supplier NetworkSM (The OSNSM) today announced that it has completed its merger with Pantellos Corporation. The move, designed to deliver tremendous value to its clients, establishes Perfect Commerce as the largest provider of On-Demand SRM solutions.
Perfect Commerce now serves more than 500 clients, including 51 Fortune 500 customers and over 190 Fortune 1000 customers, and expects combined revenues of over $30 million in 2004 and $40 million in 2005.
The company will maintain a single focus: to help customers accelerate the delivery of bottom-line results by reducing the cost and complexity of their purchasing processes. Perfect Commerce offers a comprehensive portfolio of On-Demand SRM solutions, a deep array of complementary services and the largest independent supplier network in the world (The OSN).
Perfect Commerce's current chairman and CEO, Sandy Kemper will remain the chairman and CEO. Jim Neikirk, previously the president and CEO of Pantellos, has been named president of the company. Perfect Commerce will remain privately held and headquartered in the metropolitan Kansas City area, with offices in Texas, California, Nevada and France.
"We are very pleased that our respective shareholders and customers support our vision of combining the strengths of Perfect Commerce and Pantellos to become the number one On-Demand SRM provider," said Kemper. "This merger enables Perfect Commerce to provide a more comprehensive offering that contributes directly to our client's bottom-line financial results."
For more information about the Perfect Commerce - Pantellos merger, please visit: www.perfect.com/merger.
About Perfect Commerce, Inc.
Perfect Commerce is the largest provider of On-Demand Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) solutions with more than 500 clients, 190 clients in the Fortune 1000, 165,000 users and 8,500 suppliers.
With industry-leading solutions for the entire source-to-settle process, a deep array of complementary services and the largest independent supplier network in the world (The OSN), the company enables businesses to reduce the cost and complexity of their purchasing process and accelerate the delivery of bottom-line results.
Perfect Commerce can be reached at 877-871-3788 or www.perfect.com.
Perfect Commerce Media Contact
Claudia Moore
claudia.moore@perfect.com
816-448-4323
Brian Temple
brian.temple@pantellos.com
281-863-6590
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