SAI Global Announces Acquisition

Published: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 22:00

SAI Global Ltd. recently acquired Easy i Holdings Ltd., a compliance training and awareness solutions company with operations in the United States and the United Kingdom. Ross Wraight, SAI Global CEO, says the acquisition is part of the company’s growth strategy and will allow it to expand into the compliance solutions market.

“Easy i brings to SAI a blue-chip client base and has a track record in delivering practical solutions that address organizations’ complete compliance training and reporting needs,” Wraight says. “Strategically, the transaction extends our portfolio of standards and compliance-based products and provides us with a tried and proven online training platform. It also offers a significant opportunity to grow our compliance-based business and develop a broader range of information-based compliance products including the financial advisors market.”

Easy i has several million users in more than 100 countries. Its major clients include General Electric, the U.S. Department of Defense, Airbus, Diageo, Eli Lilly, Saudi Telecom, Standard & Poor’s, PepsiCo. and DaimlerChrysler.

“Our focus on issues of regulatory compliance, risk management and ethics training and awareness has driven growth in the business,” says Easy i Chairman Terry Hancock, who will be staying with the organization. “Going forward with the SAI group will allow us to expand in terms of client relationships, content and geography, as well as helping drive new modes of distribution and development for current SAI solutions.”

SAI Global is part of Excel Partnership Inc. and is a leading business publishing, training and assurance organizations. For more information, visit www.xlp.com or www.easyi.com.

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