December 19, 2000Wolters Kluwer nv and Loislaw.com, Inc., Van Buren, Ark., USA, an online provider of comprehensive legal information, announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of Loislaw.com (Nasdaq: LOIS) to Wolters Kluwer nv for approximately net usd 95 million, or usd 4.3545 per share. Wolters Kluwer nv said it will commence with a tender offer for all outstanding shares of Loislaw.com, and that holders of approximately 67% of the shares, including Founder and ceo Kyle D. Parker, have agreed to tender their shares.
December 14, 2000With reference to the press release issued earlier today by Wolters Kluwer Nederland bv (www. volters-kluwer.nl/perskamer.html) on the planned regrouping of its professional publishing activities, Wolters Kluwer nv announces that reorganizations also will take place in a number of other European countries. In addition to cost-saving measures, these reorganizations will entail structuring the organization to improve organic growth. Detailed announcements are not yet possible, partly due to the need for consultation with the relevant parties.
December 12, 2000Wolters Kluwer announces that David J. Smith will be appointed as ceo of the Legal, Tax & Business Europe cluster with effect from January 1, 2001. The Legal, Tax & Business Europe cluster has annual sales of more than eur 1.2 billion and comprises operations in fifteen countries.
December 06, 2000Wolters Kluwer today announced that it has chosen NaviSite, Inc. as the sole managed applicationhosting provider for its companies in the United States and Canada. Wolters Kluwer is working withNaviSite to create an efficient and cost-effective enterprise hosting infrastructure for its North American legal, tax, business, health and science companies, including Aspen Publishers, CCHINCORPORATED and Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
November 28, 2000Wolters Kluwer has launched today a 5-year bond issue for an amount of EUR 550 million.
November 14, 2000Wolters Kluwer, today announced that it is preparing to launch a new benchmark Euro denominated bondissue. The company has appointed Credit Suisse First Boston and Rabobank International to act as bookrunners for the issue. The transaction is expected to be launched following a European roadshowthat will commence in the week of November 20.
October 17, 2000Wolters Kluwer announces it has sold part of its Professional Training activities, notably Krauthammer International, IEC, and HQ Group, with a combined sales level Of EUR 47 million.
October 10, 2000Wolters Kluwer announced today that Nancy McKinstry has been named president and CEO of WoltersKluwer Legal, Tax & Business North America as of October 2000. The North American unit with annualsales of more than EUR 1 billion is comprised of Aspen Publishers, CCH Canadian, CCH U.S. Publishingand CCH Tax Compliance, and CCH Legal Information Services (LIS).
August 08, 2000Full year outlook of flat ordinary net income (before amortization of goodwill) reiterated.
June 19, 2000Wolters Kluwer announces that it has completed the acquisition of A3 Software (WWW.Atres.com), a leading provider of payroll-related, tax compliance and accounting software and services, based in Barcelona, Spain.
May 24, 2000Effective 1 May, Duco W. Sickinghe has been appointed Managing Director European Internet Developments.
May 19, 2000Wolters Kluwer said today that it has acquired the professional tax, accounting and relatedproducts of Harcourt, Inc.'s Professional Publishing unit, San Diego (USA). The products willbecome part of Aspen Publishers, Gaithersburg, Md., a member of Wolters Kluwer Legal, Tax& Business North America. The product line had 1999 revenues of approximately EUR 7million.
May 02, 2000Wolters Kluwer announces the acquisition of Baltzer Science Publishers, an Amsterdam-based publishing firm of English language scientific journals for the international academic and professional research market. Baltzer will become part of Kluwer Academic Publishers, Wolters Kluwer's international scientific publishing company.
May 01, 2000CCH Tax Compliance, Torrance, Calif., part of Wolters Kluwer US, has signed an agreement with Arthur Andersen LLP, Sarasota, Fla., to license CCH's ProSystem fx Tax compliance software for 70 offices in the USA and 27 international offices. The agreement is part of an arrangement by which CCH acquires from the firm the assets of APIus Tax software, used by 3,000 mid-sized accounting practices and Arthur Andersen. CCH plans to transition current APIus Tax customers to ProSystem fx Tax. Details of this arrangement are available at www.cch.com. This agreement does not include the AACTS product, which is used by Arthur Andersen and is also sold to large US corporate customers.
April 27, 2000Wolters Kluwer announces today that it has reached agreement to acquire Financial Data Systems Ltd, in Woking, Surrey, England.
April 26, 2000Following the publications of 10 March and 14 April last Wolters Kluwer nv announces that the 1999 dividend has been fixed as follows:
EUR 0.46 in cash
or
for every 59 (certificates of) ordinary shares (of par EUR 0.12) one new (certificate of) ordinary shares (of par EUR 0.12) to be charged to the tax exempt share premium reserve or if so desired to the other reserves.
April 05, 2000Wolters Kluwer nv has appointed Annie Hull-Bom as Head of Investor Relations. She will report to the Chairman of the Executive Board and will assume her Investor Relations responsibilities with effect from 1 June 2000. In this capacity Annie succeeds Hans van Dinter, who will continue his activities as Chief Financial Officer of Wolters Kluwer nv.
March 29, 2000Wolters Kluwer announces the intention to change the management structure of the Wolters Kluwer companies in the Netherlands. The business units of the subsidiaries Kluwer, Samsom, ten Hagen & Stam and Bohn Stafieu Van Loghum will, according to the plans, report directly to a management board consisting of three people.
March 16, 2000Wolters Kluwer said today that it has acquired KnowledgePoint, Petaluma, California (USA). KnowledgePoint (www.Knowled-gePoint.com) is a provider of corporate human resources (HR)
management software and online products. KnowledgePoint will become part of CCH INCORPORATED (CCH), Riverwoods, Ill., a Wolters Kluwer US company.
March 10, 2000Wolters Kluwer Financials 1999; Strategy Update; Outlook 2000-2002
March 10, 2000The Supervisory Board of Wolters Kluwer nv will propose to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 14 April 2000, that Mr. K.A. L. M. (Karel) Van Miert be appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board as from 14 April 2000. The Executive Board of Wolters Kluwer nv and the Central Works' Council of Wolters Kluwer Nederland have both stated that they support the recommendation for the vacancy. Subject to other recommendations or objections from the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Mr. Van Miert will be appointed on 14 April 2000.
March 10, 2000The Supervisory Board of Wolters Kluwer announces that Mr. Caspar van Kempen will resign as Chairman of the Executive Board of Wolters Kluwer as of today. Mr. Van Kempen resigns due to differences with his Executive Board colleagues over business strategies.
February 29, 2000Wolters Kluwer, who owns 51% of JobNews b.v., announces that it has reached agreement about the purchase of the remaining 49% of the shares of this company per March 31st.