WM-data
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Number of employees | ~9,000 (2006) |
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WM-data was a
).History
WM-data was founded by
secondary sector of industry, commerce and logistics, bank, finance and insurance, telecommunications, public sector, medicine and health care, and utility. The company was acquired by Logica PLC in 2006.[1]
Market
Its main market was the Nordic countries and its main customers were large companies and organisations. The Swedish branch stood for around 65% of the turnover, Denmark 15%, Norway and Finland around 10% each.
Acquisitions
In May 2005, WM-data acquired
Atos Origin's operations in Sweden and Norway for approximately 1.33 billion SEK. The parties also agreed to an Enterprise Alliance Agreement to strengthen future cooperations.[2]
In August 2006, British LogicaCMG announced their offer to acquire WM-data's entire share capital.[3] Later, in October, WM-data became a subsidiary of LogicaCMG after 85% of the shareholders agreed to sell their shares. At the time the Nordic region compromised 23% of the group's turnover and was the largest geographic area.[4]
References
Notes
- ^ "Investor AB – press release". Cision Wire. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2006-08-21.
- ^ "WM-data acquires Atos Origin's operations in Sweden and Norway" (PDF). Waymaker.net. Retrieved October 17, 2006.
- ^ WM-data AB (publ) Board of Directors. "Statement of the Board of Directors of WM-data AB (publ) in relation to the public offer by LogicaCMG plc for the shares and convertible debentures of WM-data AB (publ)". WM-data AB (publ). Archived from the original on February 24, 2007. Retrieved August 22, 2006.
- ^ Mats Brandon. "Norden mindre viktigt för brittiskt WM-data" (in Swedish). IT.BRANSCHEN. Retrieved September 19, 2006.
Web pages
- "About us". WM-data AB (publ). Archived from the original on November 19, 2005. Retrieved August 22, 2006.
- "WM-data" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved August 22, 2006.
