セーバーがAbacus Internationalの買収を完了

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【シンガポール2015年7月1日PRN＝共同通信JBN】

＊セーバーはアジア太平洋の大手GDS買収で世界成長を加速

セーバー（Sabre Corporation、http://www.sabre.com/ 、NASDAQ:SABR）は1日、アジア太平洋地域の大手GDS（航空券など旅行関連の予約・発券システム）会社Abacus International（https://www.abacus.com.sg/ ）の買収を完了したと発表した。

セーバーのトム・クライン社長兼最高経営責任者（CEO）は「Abacusの買収は、急成長するアジア太平洋地域でのセーバーの先行的地位をさらに強化する。セーバーは当社の世界規模の強力な技術基盤による能力とAbacusの地域市場に根付いた専門知識を統合することで、アジア太平洋の航空会社、ホスピタリティー会社、旅行会社の顧客に、今までになかった技術革新やサービスの選択肢を提供することが可能となる。またアジア太平洋での成長と拡大を目指す世界に顧客にとっても、当社は理想的なテクノロジーパートナーになれる」と語った。

Abacusはアジア太平洋59市場の10万を超える旅行会社にサービスしている。また世界や同地域の航空会社やホテルと独自の関係を持ち、それには格安航空会社や中国の航空会社との関係も含まれる。

セーバーはこれまでAbacusの35%株式を保有していたが、残りの株式を4億1100万ドルの現金で取得する。

さらに買収に伴ってセーバーは、Abacusと以前共有していたアジアの航空会社11社との長期サービス契約を新しく結んだ。

買収には関連した運転資金の調整やキャッシュが含まれるが、買収資金は手元資金と70億ドルのリボルビング借り入れで賄う。

セーバーは同時に、Abacusの国別子会社であるAbacus Distribution Systems (Hong Kong)を傘下に置く契約に調印した。

セーバーの経営陣はAbacus買収に関連して業績見通しを手直しし、2015年8月4日（火曜日）に予定している決算についての電話会議で公表する。

▽セーバーについて

セーバー（Sabre Corporation）は世界の旅行ツーリズム業界の大手テクノロジープロバイダー。セーバーのソフトウエアやデータ、モバイル、ディストリビューションのソリューションは、数百の航空会社と数千のホテルが乗客・宿泊客の予約、収益管理、フライト・ネットワーク・乗務員管理など重要業務の処理に使用している。セーバーは世界の主要旅行市場を運営し、年間1100億ドルを超える旅行支出を処理している。本社は米テキサス州サウスレイクに置き、世界の約60カ国で操業している。

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▽報道関係問い合わせ先

Pam Wong

+447-968-902-626

pam.wong@sabre.com

Investor Relations Contact:

Barry Sievert

+1-682-605-0214

barry.sievert@sabre.com

ソース：Abacus International

Sabre Completes Acquisition of Abacus International

PR61040

SINGAPORE, July 1, 2015 /PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

Leading GDS in Asia Pacific will enable accelerated global growth for Sabre

Sabre Corporation (http://www.sabre.com/) (NASDAQ: SABR) today announced that

it has completed the acquisition of Abacus International

(https://www.abacus.com.sg/), the leading global distribution system (GDS) in

the Asia Pacific region.

"The addition of Abacus further strengthens Sabre's leading position in the

fast-growing Asia Pacific region," said Sabre President & CEO Tom Klein. "Our

ability to combine Sabre's strong global technology platform capabilities with

Abacus' deep local market expertise will provide Asia Pacific airline,

hospitality and travel agency customers with unprecedented innovation and

service options. It also makes us an ideal technology partner for global

customers seeking to grow and expand in Asia Pacific."

Abacus serves more than 100,000 travel agents across the Asia Pacific region's

59 markets and has both global and uniquely local relationships with airlines

and hotels, including the leading portfolio of low-cost airline content and

Chinese airline content.

Sabre, which previously owned 35% of Abacus, acquired the remaining portion for

net cash consideration of $411 million.

Separately, the acquisition includes new long-term distribution agreements

between Sabre and the 11 Asian airlines that previously shared ownership of

Abacus with Sabre.

The acquisition, including associated working capital adjustments and cash

acquired, was financed through cash on hand, augmented by revolver borrowings

of $70 million.

Sabre has also signed an agreement to acquire Abacus national marketing

company, Abacus Distribution Systems (Hong Kong).  

Sabre management will update financial guidance as it relates to the Abacus

acquisition during the company's next earnings conference call, which is

scheduled for Tuesday, August 4, 2015.

About the Company

Sabre Corporation is a leading technology provider to the global travel and

tourism industry. Sabre's software, data, mobile and distribution solutions are

used by hundreds of airlines and thousands of hotels to manage vital

operations, such as passenger and guest reservations, revenue management, and

flight, network and crew management. Sabre also operates the world's leading

travel marketplace, processing more than $110 billion of annual travel spend.  

Headquartered in Southlake, Texas, USA, Sabre operates in approximately 60

countries around the world.

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www.sabre.com, in the Investor Relations section. We intend to use this website

as a means of disclosing material, non-public information and for complying

with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, investors

should monitor the Investor Relations section of our website, in addition to

following our press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls,

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accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference into, and is not

a part of, this document.

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future events, uncertainties and our plans and expectations of what may happen

in the future. Any statements that are not historical or current facts are

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Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and

other factors that may cause Sabre's actual results, performance or

achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances

or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. The

potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, the closing and

effects of the acquisition described in this release, dependency on transaction

volumes in the global travel industry, particularly air travel transaction

volumes, adverse global and regional economic and political conditions,  

dependence on maintaining and renewing contracts with customers and other

counterparties, exposure to pricing pressure in the Travel Network business,

dependence on relationships with travel buyers, changes affecting travel

supplier customers, travel suppliers' usage of alternative distribution models,

and competition in the travel distribution market and solutions markets.  More

information about potential risks and uncertainties that could affect our

business and results of operations is included in Part I, Item 1A, "Risk

Factors" in Sabre's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,

2014 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Although we believe

that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are

reasonable, we cannot guarantee future events, results, actions, levels of

activity, performance or achievements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue

reliance on these forward-looking statements. Unless required by law, Sabre

undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking

statements to reflect circumstances or events after the date they are made.

Media Contact:

Pam Wong

+447-968-902-626

pam.wong@sabre.com

Investor Relations Contact:

Barry Sievert

+1-682-605-0214

barry.sievert@sabre.com

SOURCE  Abacus International