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NCC - Acquisition drives shaeres above Â£5

December 2010

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Escrow solutions provider NCC has acquired US-based iSEC Partners, a leading US security testing services provider for an initial Â£8.1m, rising to a maximum Â£14.4m. iSEC made an audited profit before interest and tax of US$2.4m on revenue of US$7.8m in the year to 30 June and the deal is immediately eps enhancing. Like NCC, ISEC also has an order book derived from recurring contracts worth US$3.2m. The acquisition substantially increases NCC's scale in the US and will also provide opportunities to cross-sell iSEC's security testing services to its UK customers. Most recently NCC announced that for the first four months of this year, group revenues were 33% ahead of the same period last year. The core escrow business grew revenue ...

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NCC - Acquisition drives shaeres above Â£5

December 2010

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