Infor and Golden Gate Capital Complete Acquisition of SoftBrands

ATLANTA - Aug 13, 2009

Infor and Golden Gate Capital today completed the acquisition of SoftBrands, a leading provider of software solutions for businesses in the manufacturing and hospitality industries.

This transaction provides more product options and flexibility for both SoftBrands and Infor customers. Manufacturing customers will have access to a broader array of enterprise solutions that improve efficiency and provide significant ROI. Additionally, SoftBrands' Central Reservation and Property Management solutions, used by leading hotels around the world, complement Infor's Financial Management, Performance Management, Customer Relationship Management, and Workforce Management solutions run by many of the world's leading hotels and casinos-offering a complete suite of business software for companies in the hospitality industry.

About Infor

Infor acquires and develops functionally rich software backed by thousands of domain experts and then makes it better through continuous innovation, faster implementations, global enablement, and flexible buying options.  In a few short years, Infor has become one of the largest providers of business software in the world.  For additional information, visit www.infor.com.

About Golden Gate Capital

Golden Gate Capital is a San Francisco-based private equity investment firm with approximately $8 billion of capital under management. Golden Gate is dedicated to partnering with world-class management teams to invest in change-intensive, growth businesses. The firm targets investments where there is a demonstrable opportunity to significantly enhance a company's value. The principals of Golden Gate have a long and successful history of investing with management partners across a wide range of industries and transaction types, including leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate divestitures and spin-offs, build-ups and venture stage investing. For more information, visit www.goldengatecap.com.