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SoftwareOne Holding AG has successfully completed its recommended voluntary offer for all issued and outstanding shares in Crayon, combining two leading global providers of software and cloud solutions. The combined company has a total revenue of approximately CHF 1.6 billion, presence across 70+ countries, and around 13,000 employees. The integration execution process starts today, with a focus on delivering synergy targets, implementing a joint operating model, and harmonizing GTM and offering. The combined company will retain its legal domicile in Stans, Switzerland, while Oslo will remain an important hub for both sales activities and certain other functions.

SoftwareOne Holding AG has made a recommended voluntary offer to acquire all outstanding shares in Crayon Group Holding ASA for NOK 69 per share. The offer includes a cash consideration of NOK 69 and 0.8233 newly issued shares in SoftwareOne. The offer period will run from March 14, 2025, to April 11, 2025, and is subject to certain conditions. The acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.

SoftwareOne, a leading global provider of software and cloud solutions, is combining with Crayon Group Holding ASA to drive portfolio focus and resolve sales execution issues. The combined company aims to achieve CHF 11.4bn in gross billings and CHF 223m in cost synergies by Q1 2025, with a targeted annualised run-rate cost savings of 25%. The merger is expected to result in EPS accretion by 2026.

SoftwareOne ANZ leaders cut the ribbon on their new North Sydney office on Tuesday, following the completion of the company's acquisition of Crayon in July 2025. The ribbon cutting followed SoftwareOne’s global announcement on January 29 2026 of the transition of the Crayon brand to SoftwareOne.

Following on from its merger with Crayon in December 2024, SoftwareOne has officially brought the teams together in a new Sydney office. The change marks an important milestone, combining SoftwareOne’s global services and cloud capabilities with Crayon’s channel-centric heritage and partner expertise.

Skien municipality has signed a contract with Ayfie and their strategic ITpartner Crayon to provide efficient, secure and sovereignty-focused AIsolutionsto its employees. The agreement covers an initial six-month period with anoption for renewal, and will be delivered together with Crayon to ensuresmoothonboarding and secure operations.

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Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) want to unlock the value of data and increase their use of AI for achieve a key business outcome: to enhance their ability to innovate. According to the Future of Operations 2025 study conducted by Forrester Consulting and commissioned by Crayon, 84% of SMB decision-makers have AI initiatives either in place, in motion, or in planning.