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For immediate release
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Attention: Business and Financial Editors
Resolve and Central Tax® Streamline Property Tax Management with Outsourced Solution
TORONTO, ON, December 19, 2007 –
Resolve Corporation, a Canadian business leader in business process outsourcing,
and Central Tax, an industry outsourcer specializing in property tax solutions,
announced today that they have formed a strategic alliance to pursue the market
for outsourced property tax solutions in the financial services sector.
"Resolve is pleased to be working with Central Tax to extend our suite of lending
solutions,” said Bruce Derraugh, Executive Vice President, Resolve.
“Our mortgage lending customers have been requesting an outsourced solution
to simplify the payment of property taxes to municipalities and school boards, and
working with Central Tax allows us to deliver that capability. This partnership
enables Resolve to act as the principal point of contact for lenders, streamlining
their relationships with more than 5,000 tax authorities across Canada.”
There are currently over 2.5 million property tax accounts being administered by
Canadian financial institutions on behalf of their mortgage customers, representing
a significant opportunity for outsourcing. The combined offering builds upon
Central Tax innovative tax monitoring and administration system, which alleviates
many of the challenges involved in the set up and the overall management of the lender’s
property tax account.
"Combining our technology with Resolve’s expertise in financial services
outsourcing provides lenders and their customers with an automated solution for
property tax payment," stated Yves Varin, Executive Vice President of Central
Tax. "This combined solution will lead to enhanced efficiencies for both lenders
and taxing authorities, resulting in a reduction of operating expenses for both
parties."
About Resolve
Resolve works with businesses as an outsourced resource taking on critical processes
and managing them better, faster and more cost-effective. We have over 35 years
experience managing processes for Fortune 500 clients in the financial services,
retail, government, consumer goods and communications industries. Headquartered
in Toronto, Canada, Resolve employs more than 4,500 people in 29 locations and is
listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange as Resolve Business Outsourcing Income Fund,
symbol RBO.UN. For more information, visit www.resolve.com
About Central Tax®
Founded in 2002, Central Tax ® (centraltax.com) is a specialized industry
outsourcer and intermediary active in the property and school tax sector. Through
a dynamic, fully secured, single window service facility designed to accommodate
all manner of tax reserve management transactions, Central Tax ® electronically
centralizes and harmonizes the multifaceted tax transaction process, thereby enabling
mortgage lenders, municipalities, school boards and taxpayers to interact with one
another. For more information, visit www.centraltax.com/corpo
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This press release may include certain statements that constitute
forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws.
Such forward-looking information may involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance
or achievements of Resolve, or industry results, to be materially different from
any future results, performance, achievements or opportunities expressed or
implied by such forward-looking information. This forward-looking information
includes estimates, forecasts and statements as to management’s and others’
expectations with respect to, among other things, growth strategies and the
outlook for Resolve and the business process outsourcing industry and may use
words such as ‘‘may’’, ‘‘will’’, ‘‘estimate’’, ‘‘expect’’, ‘‘anticipate’’,
‘‘believe’’, ‘‘intend’’, ‘‘plan’’, ‘‘could’’, “continue” and other similar
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events and operating performance and speaks only as of the date of this press
release. Forward-looking information involves significant risks and
uncertainties and should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or
results and will not necessarily be an accurate indication of whether or not
such results will be achieved. A number of factors could cause actual results to
differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking information,
including, but not limited to, loss of key customer contracts or reduction of
services purchased by key customers, foreign exchange rates, increases in costs
to Resolve that cannot be passed on to customers, disputes with key customers,
competition, the ability of Resolve to manage operations and execute growth
strategies, stability of internal and government information systems and
technology, technological changes, the ability to maintain software licenses,
changes in privacy laws, and risks inherent in bidding on government contracts.
These risk factors are discussed in greater detail under ‘‘Risks’’ on page 14 of
Resolve’s MD&A for the period ending December 31, 2006, which is available on
SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Although the forward-looking information contained in
this press release is based upon what management believes are reasonable
assumptions, Resolve cannot assure that actual results will be consistent with
this forward-looking information. This forward-looking information is made as of
the date of this press release, and Resolve assumes no obligation to update or
revise it to reflect new events or circumstances.
For further information: Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Resolve Corporation
(905) 306-2196
Media Inquiries:
John Nevins
Director, Corporate Communications
Resolve Corporation
(905) 306-2642
Denis Savard
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executing Officer
Central Tax®
(877) 585-8293
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