ACS Signs Agreement to Acquire Intellinex, LLC

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., a premier provider of business process outsourcing and information technology solutions, announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Intellinex, LLC, an Ernst & Young LLP enterprise and leader in integrated learning solutions. The transaction is expected to close within 30 days and is subject to Hart-Scott-Rodino approval as well as other customary closing conditions.

“We expect all of ACS/Intellinex’s customers, including Ernst & Young, will benefit from their combined knowledge and expertise,” said Mike Hamilton, Americas Chief Learning and Development Officer for Ernst & Young LLP. “Ernst & Young was recently ranked third in Training magazine’s Training Top 100, and we believe this transaction will allow us to focus even more of our efforts on the development and implementation of world-class learning content and programs for our people.”

“Intellinex has demonstrated its value to our global organization through the services and technologies it offers,” said Pierre Hurstel, Ernst & Young Global Managing Partner — People. “Through its affiliation with ACS, I believe Intellinex will become even more effective in the delivery and implementation of our learning programs. I look forward to a continued relationship and am confident that the innovation and commitment Ernst & Young has received from Intellinex can only strengthen.”

Ernst & Young LLP has entered into a multi-year learning services agreement with ACS/Intellinex to use its technology and administrative training support, as well as its learning design, to facilitate the delivery of the training content developed by Ernst & Young to its people.

“Intellinex’s proven technology content delivery platform and methodology is used by some of the largest companies in the world, including Ernst & Young, one of the world’s most respected professional services firms,” said Mark King, ACS President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are honored by this important new relationship with Ernst & Young and are fully committed to providing world-class learning services that contribute to Ernst & Young’s continued success and competitive differentiation.”

With this acquisition, ACS will further expand its already extensive menu of human resource outsourcing (HRO) BPO capabilities. The learning solutions ACS gains through Intellinex include more than 50,000 hours of learning content and curriculums developed for 200 corporate clients and government agencies in North America and Europe, including such companies as Cisco Systems, Canon USA, Ernst & Young, and Turner Construction.

“This acquisition enables ACS to offer the HRO marketplace a scalable, reliable, and secure learning technology platform; custom content development and content management capabilities; and a range of managed services that focus on aligning learning to business goals and objectives,” said Ann Vezina, Group President of ACS Commercial Solutions. Vezina pointed to increasing knowledge levels of skilled labor, accelerating adoption of changes in the workplace, and an overall shift to a services-based economy as factors driving the rising need among multi-national business and government organizations for outsourced knowledge creation and exchange.

ACS will become one of the only HRO providers delivering fully-integrated enterprise learning capabilities, including management of the entire learning infrastructure. The company will gain access to existing Intellinex clients, including some of the most recognized names in business, with cross-sell opportunities for its wide range of additional BPO services.