Final negotiations are under way and are intended to be completed, including the formal registration of the transaction, not later than in March.

Sigma delivers on the international market and focuses on functional undertakings, supplying IT solutions and consulting services to development-intensive customers. Operations are based on entrepreneurially driven niched subsidiaries, which are organized in business areas: Business Solutions, IT Solutions and Information Solutions. The Group has approximately 1,000 employees in Sweden and Denmark.

Becoming a part of the Sigma will create a favorable business environment for Eclipse SP to develop business extensively and meet the Eclipse SP mission objectives to be a leading Ukrainian provider of IT consulting services all over the world. This mission smoothly integrates into the Sigma AB corporation vision, to be the “first choice”.

“This transaction provides us the possibility, without jeopardizing quality, to offer our customers undertakings at a considerably lower cost,” says Sune Nilsson, CEO of Sigma.

“Our vision for Eclipse SP has always been to provide premium IT services and solutions to demanding clients worldwide” said Vladimir Beck, Eclipse SP founder and CEO. “We believe that joining Sigma will leverage the opportunities of the Group to build partnerships with strong brands along with effective delivery model provided by Eclipse”.

“We are very positive about joining Sigma group, known as a knowledge company with considerable leading-edge expertise” said Valery Krasovsky, Eclipse SP co-founder and COO. “The synergy achieved between ourselves and Sigma will be to benefit of our customers, who will be receiving the same level of service as in the past, enhanced by the broad experience of the Sigma”.

About Sigma

Sigma — one of Sweden's leading IT consultants.

Sigma delivers on the international market and focuses on functional undertakings, supplying IT solutions and consulting services to development-intensive customers. Operations are based on entrepreneurially driven niched subsidiaries, which are organized in business areas: Business Solutions, IT Solutions and Information Solutions. In strong competition, Sigma is continuously ranked as one of the leading IT consultants in Sweden. Sigma is listed on the O-List of the Stockholm Stock Exchange and has about 1,000 employees in Denmark and Sweden.

More information about Sigma can be found at www.sigma.se

About Eclipse SP

Eclipse SP LLC provides top-quality IT services to customers in such segments as telecommunications, banking, aerospace, e-business and real estate as well as in the tourism and entertainment industries. The company's three major business areas are software development, system integration and IT consulting. Founded in 2002 and currently staffed to about 90 consultants, Eclipse has continuously shown profitability and growth to date.

Eclipse SP LLC's customers are located primarily in Western Europe and the US, markets in which the company has regional offices since early 2005. Eclipse also has sales and support partners in Switzerland, the UK, Germany and Austria.

More information about Eclipse SP can be found at www.eclipse-sp.com