Progress Software Corp. Announcement under the Irish Takeover Rules

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BURLINGTON, Mass., April 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As was announced on 26 March, 2024, Progress Software Corp. (“Progress”) has expressed interest in acquiring MariaDB plc (“MariaDB”), via an announcement under Rule 2.4 of the Takeover Rules. Why do we believe this acquisition makes sense for Progress, for MariaDB customers and developers and for existing Progress customers and shareholders?

Why MariaDB and Progress Belong Together
We think that the best acquisitions are mutually beneficial for both organizations. In a new blog published today, John Ainsworth, our Executive Vice President and General Manager, Application and Data Platform, discusses the history of Progress in the database space and why we believe MariaDB makes for an ideal business candidate to be a part of Progress.

The Benefits of MariaDB Joining Progress
As a trusted provider of infrastructure software, our team believes the relational database management (RDBMS) product from MariaDB offers an attractive value proposition for our customers looking for a scalable, reliable open-source RDBMS and that we have a proven track record of both delivering mission-critical database management products and collaborating with and nurturing a vibrant open-source community.

A Strong Database Heritage
Progress was founded over 40 years ago with the goal of helping customers build mission-critical business applications with a platform that reduces complexity and provides the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) in the industry. That platform, OpenEdge, remains a core pillar of our company.

OpenEdge customers include many companies that you would recognize. But you might not know that a significant portion of our customers are other software companies that have built their applications (and businesses) on our platform.

Our commitment to OpenEdge remains strong, with our latest long-term support (LTS) release, 12.8 being supported until 2030. We are also actively working on the innovation releases that will follow and enable our customers to meet pressing business challenges well into the future.