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Proposed Offering of Senior Notes by Affiliates of Golden Gate Capital and Summit Partners

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and BOSTON, MA — (Marketwire) — 03/16/12 —

Golden Gate Capital and Summit Partners today announced that GGC Software Holdings, Inc.-s (“GGC Holdings”) wholly owned subsidiary, Lawson Software, Inc. (“Lawson”), intends to commence an offering of approximately $1,150 million in aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2019. The notes are being issued in connection with the proposed combination of Infor Global Solutions Intermediate Holdings Limited and Lawson. The notes will be guaranteed by GGC Holdings and certain of the combined company-s existing and future subsidiaries that guarantee their new credit facilities.

The notes and the related guarantees will be offered in the United States to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. The notes and the related guarantees have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell the notes, nor a solicitation for an offer to purchase the notes.

Golden Gate Capital is a San Francisco-based private equity investment firm with approximately $12 billion of capital under management.

Summit Partners is a growth equity firm that invests in rapidly growing companies. Founded in 1984, Summit has raised more than $14 billion in capital.

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