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On September 1, 2009, we completed our acquisition of eventIS Group B.V. (“eventIS”) from a holding company in which Erwin van Dommelen, elected President of SeaChange Software in March 2010, has a 31.5% interest. We have made cash payments to date to the holding company of $41.0 million and issued 227,041 of restricted common shares, 75,018 of which will vest in equal installments over three years beginning fiscal 2011 and 152,023 which will vest in equal installments over three years beginning in fiscal 2012. We are obligated to make payments of approximately $137,000 in cash on each of September 1, 2012 and September 1, 2013 and an additional payment in an aggregate amount of $2.8 million with $1.7 million payable in cash and $1.1 million payable by the issuance of restricted shares of our common stock on September 1, 2012. We have also accrued $1.8 million for additional payments that may become due under the earn-out provisions of the eventIS share purchase agreement, which will be paid to the holding company if certain performance goals are met.

 

On April, 5, 2012, we purchased 63,000 shares from our former CEO, William Styslinger, III. The consideration for these shares totaled $504,000 at the then current market price of $8.00 per share.