Digital River Expands its Global E-Commerce Agreement with ACD SystemsMINNEAPOLIS — August 13, 2007 — Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ:DRIV), a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions, today announced that it expanded its e-commerce agreement with ACD Systems International Inc., a recognized world leader in the software industry marketplace. As part of the e-commerce agreement, Digital River is now managing and hosting ACD Systems’ European e-commerce operations in addition to its U.S. operations. Digital River recently launched newly designed and localized European online stores located at www.acdsee.com. For these stores, Digital River is managing the online sale and digital and physical delivery of ACD Systems’ photo and graphic management and editing software applications. Digital River also is supporting search engine, affiliate and e-mail marketing as well as other key marketing programs. “Our results-oriented, global e-commerce services and solutions continue to win us more business from our existing clients,” said Don Peterson, Digital River’s senior vice president of global client development. “We are excited about the opportunity to expand our relationship with ACD Systems by implementing our e-commerce and e-marketing best practices across its U.S. and European e-commerce operations.” Global customers visiting the newly re-designed online stores can find localized shopping experiences. The stores feature Dutch, English, French and German languages, currencies and product lines, including ACD Systems’ ACDSee, FotoSlate and Canvas X software. In addition to powering the online software stores, Digital River is providing fraud prevention screening and multi-lingual customer service support as well as processing order transactions using multiple preferred payment methods, including wire transfers, credit cards and more. “With our re-designed and newly-launched online stores, we are providing a user-friendly online shopping experience that is highly efficient for consumers,” said Mark Franklin, executive vice president of ACD Systems. “We have streamlined our online business with Digital River as our sole global e-commerce provider. We look to the company to centrally manage all of our e-commerce operations and help us run online stores that are effectively tailored to each market with local languages and preferred payment methods.” About ACD Systems About Digital River, Inc. Founded in 1994, Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis with offices in major U.S. cities as well as Cologne, Germany; London, England; Shannon, Ireland; Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Taipei, Taiwan; Tokyo, Japan; and Shanghai, China. For more details about Digital River, visit the corporate Web site at www.digitalriver.com or call 952-253-1234. Digital River is a registered trademark of Digital River, Inc. ACD, ACD Systems and ACDSee are trademarks of ACD Systems International Inc. or its subsidiaries and may be registered in Canada, the United States, European Union, Japan or certain other jurisdictions. Canvas is a trademark of ACD Systems of America, Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Trademarks of ACD Systems of America, Inc. are used under license by ACD Systems International Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other company and product names are trademarks, registrations or copyrights of their respective owners. # # # |
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