SPSS Announces Special Stockholder Meeting for October 2, 2009 in Chicago
August 28 2009 - 3:05PM
Business Wire
SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS), a global provider of Predictive
Analytics software and solutions, today announced that it has
established a record date and special meeting date for its
stockholders to consider and vote on a proposal to adopt the
previously announced agreement and plan of merger providing for the
acquisition of SPSS by International Business Machines Corporation
(“IBM”). SPSS stockholders of record at the close of business on
August 31, 2009 will be entitled to notice of the special meeting
and to vote on the proposal. The special stockholder meeting will
be held on October 2, 2009, at 9 a.m. Central time, at 233 South
Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606.
About SPSS Inc.
SPSS Inc. is a leading global provider of Predictive Analytics
software and solutions. The Company’s complete portfolio of
Predictive Analytics Software
(PASW) products — data collection, statistics, modeling and
deployment — captures people’s attitudes and opinions, predicts
outcomes of future customer interactions, and then acts on these
insights by embedding analytics into business processes. SPSS
solutions address interconnected business objectives across an
entire organization by focusing on the convergence of analytics, IT
architecture and business process. Commercial, government and
academic customers worldwide rely on SPSS technology as a
competitive advantage in attracting, retaining and growing
customers, while reducing fraud and mitigating risk. Founded in
1968, SPSS is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. For more
information, please visit www.spss.com.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
This communication may be deemed to be solicitation material in
respect of the proposed transaction between SPSS and IBM. On August
10, 2009, SPSS filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) a preliminary proxy statement in connection with the
proposed transaction and will file the definitive proxy statement
and other relevant materials with the SEC. INVESTORS AND SECURITY
HOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY
STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY IN THEIR
ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION. Investors and
stockholders may obtain free copies of the definitive proxy
statement (when available) and other documents filed with the SEC
by SPSS through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, investors and
stockholders may obtain free copies of the definitive proxy
statement (when available) from SPSS by contacting SPSS by
telephone at (312) 651-3000, or by mail at SPSS Inc., 233
South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606, or by going to the
Investor Relations section of SPSS’s corporate website at
http://investor.spss.com.
Participants in the Solicitation
SPSS and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to
be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the
stockholders of SPSS in connection with the proposed transaction.
Information regarding the interests of these directors and
executive officers in the proposed transaction is included in the
preliminary proxy statement described above and will be included in
the definitive proxy statement when it becomes available.
Additional information regarding these directors and executive
officers is also included in SPSS’s proxy statement for its 2009
Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on
March 31, 2009.
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