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World Wide Agreement Authorizes MICROS to Actively Market the MICROS
Restaurant Enterprise Series to More Than 11,000 BURGER KING(R) Restaurants
COLUMBIA, Md., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MICROS Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the
hospitality industry, is pleased to announce that it has been selected by
Burger King Corporation as an approved vendor. The world wide agreement
authorizes MICROS to actively market and sell the MICROS RES point-of-sale
solution to more than 11,000 BURGER KING restaurants throughout the world.
Burger King Corporation completed a full test and evaluation of the MICROS
RES point-of-sale solution in its corporate offices in Miami. Upon completion
of this extensive testing, MICROS RES was selected as an approved solution
based on the comprehensive criteria established by Burger King Corporation.
"The MICROS RES point-of-sale solution offers the robust features and
functionality required to effectively manage the BURGER KING systems high
volume, unique quick service business environment," stated Jonathan
Fitzpatrick, Vice President, IT Americas for Burger King Corporation. "In
addition, MICROSs multi-language and multi-currency functionality, along with
MICROSs ability to provide complete hardware and software support anywhere
throughout the world makes MICROS a preferred vendor for our franchisees in
the U.S. and around the world."
"MICROS is proud to have been formally selected by Burger King Corporation
as an approved vendor for its franchisee community," stated Alan Hayman,
Executive Vice President, Restaurant Sales and Strategies for MICROS. "This
approval by Burger King Corporation recognizes MICROS Restaurant Enterprise
Series as a strategic solution for their quick service restaurant operators
worldwide."
About Burger King Corporation
The BURGER KING(R) system operates more than 11,000 restaurants in all 50
states and in more than 60 countries and territories worldwide. Approximately
90 percent of BURGER KING(R) restaurants are owned and operated by independent
franchisees, many of them family-owned operations that have been in business
for decades.
Burger King Holdings Inc., Burger King Corporations parent company, is
private and independently owned by an equity sponsor group comprised of Texas
Pacific Group, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners. To learn more
about BURGER KING(R), please visit the companys Web site at
http://www.burgerking.com.
About MICROS Systems, Inc.
MICROS Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications for the hospitality
and retail industries worldwide. Over 200,000 MICROS systems are currently
installed in table and quick service restaurants, hotels, motels, casinos,
leisure and entertainment, and retail operations in more than 130 countries,
and on all seven continents. In addition, MICROS provides property management
systems, central reservation and customer information solutions under the
brand MICROS-Fidelio for more than 20,000 hotels worldwide, as well as point-
of-sale and loss prevention products through its subsidiary Datavantage for
more than 50,000 specialty retail stores worldwide. MICROS stock is traded
through NASDAQ under the symbol MCRS.
For more information on MICROS and its advanced information technology
solutions for the hospitality industry, please contact Louise Casamento, Vice
President of Marketing at (443) 285-8144 or (800) 638-0985. You can also
visit the MICROS website at http://www.micros.com or send an email to
info@micros.com.
The MICROS logo is a registered trademark of MICROS Systems, Inc. All
other product and brand names are the property of their respective owners.
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