DATA Communications Management (DCM) investor relations material

Transaction overview

• Acquired Octacom Limited for $54M, with $43.2M in cash and $10.8M in shares, issuing 6.4M shares and retaining Octacom's leadership to run the combined IDP business.

• Octacom generated ~$23M in FY26 revenue, with 10% from SaaS, and is profitable and fast-growing.

• Amended $160M credit facility includes a $70M revolver, $40M term loan, and $50M acquisition facility, lowering overall cost of capital.

• Acquisition is accretive on a fully funded basis and supports a strategic focus on higher-growth, margin, and recurring revenue.

Strategic rationale and market opportunity

• Accelerates leadership in the Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) market, which is compounding at over 30% CAGR globally and in Canada.

• Octacom's platform brings highly recurring, blue-chip revenue and deep workflow integration across 15+ verticals.

• Combined entity leverages national infrastructure, enterprise relationships, and a 150+ technology team.

• Enhanced defensible moat with enterprise-grade assurance, secure Canadian facilities, and compliance with major data privacy regulations.

IDP technology and relevance

• IDP uses AI and machine learning to capture, classify, extract, and validate data from unstructured documents at scale.

• Enables automation of document workflows in sectors like government, healthcare, BFSI, and logistics.

• Reduces manual data entry costs, improves compliance, and supports digital transformation mandates.

• Octacom's proprietary Odiss workflow automation and in-house IDP are configurable for enterprise environments.