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VeriFone Fact Sheet

Global Headquarters:

2099 Gateway Place, Suite 600
San Jose, CA, 95110, USA
Main Tel: (408) 232-7800
Main Fax: (408) 232-7811

Business:

VeriFone is the global leader in secure electronic payment solutions, providing expertise, solutions and services that add value to the point of sale.

Products & Markets:

VeriFone provides merchant-operated, consumer-facing and self-service payment systems for the financial, retail, hospitality, petroleum, government and healthcare industries. The company's solutions are utilized by merchants, processors and acquirers in developed and emerging economies worldwide.

Stock Exchange:

New York (NYSE) under the symbol "PAY"

Number of employees:

Approximately 5,000 worldwide

Sales/Marketing Offices:

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Spain, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

R&D and Manufacturing Facilities:

Turkey, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, China, France, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Key Events:

1981, founded 1981 in Hawaii
1989, ships 1 millionth system
1990, listed as public company on NASDAQ
1997, acquired by Hewlett-Packard Co.
2001, acquired by Gores Technology
2002, recapitalized by GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC
2005, listed as public company on New York Stock Exchange
2009, founded Secure POS Vendor Alliance (SPVA)

Acquisitions:

2005, GO Software
2006, Payment Systems Business of Trintech
2006, Lipman Electronic Engineering
2007, PCI Australia
2010, Taxi Media Division of Clear Channel Outdoor
2010, Orange Logic
2010, VeriFone Transportation Systems
2010, WAY Systems
2010, Semtek
2011, Gemalto POS solutions business
2011, Destiny Electronic Commerce (CSC)
2011, Hypercom
2011, Global Bay Mobile Technologies
2011, Show Media (Taxi media assets)
2011, Taxi Media UK
2012, Point International
2012, LIFT Retail Marketing Technology

Investments:

2005, VeriFone Transportation Systems
2007, VeriFone Access
2010, Trunkbow International Holdings Ltd.
2010, All Business Solutions, S.R.L.
2010, ABS (Majority Ownership)